Online training needs well-conceived implementation strategies and tactics, as interaction among trainees and trainer changes significantly from the traditional learning environment.
Remote - or online – training has established significant critical mass during the current global pandemic to the point that nearly all training institutions or centres have adopted some form of remote training. Mario Pierobon reports in the second edition of this two-part series.
The Bangladesh Air Force has completed another Operational Conversion Course on its Yak-130s with the 105 Advanced Jet Training Unit at BAF Base Zahurul Haque.
Training to restarting operations at an airline requires collaboration of pilots, cabin crew, trainers, regulators and others. CAT Europe Editor Chris Long, FRAeS, relates the story of how Emirates is meeting the challenges.
The world reeled at the speed and depth of the onset of Covid-19. As we all know, the aviation industry was one of the hardest-hit sectors, and the reaction to it also needed to be both rapid and profound.
Tim Clark, President of Emirates airline, made it clear that despite the challenges which the pandemic brought, the airline will not compromise on the safety of passengers or crew.
Emirates is in a unique situation as the largest operator of exclusively wide-body fleets, and in theory, could have taken the biggest hit. But, as Captain Martin Mahoney, Emirates SVP Flight Training says, whilst practically all the A380 fleet was initially grounded, the B777 fleet continued to operate.
The DiSTI Corporation has received a $4.7 million delivery order from the United States Army. DiSTI will provide Diagnostic Troubleshooting Trainers for the M1 Abrams battle tank and the classroom hardware.