In Denmark, higher education is free … but not pilot training.

Anna Kjær Thorsøe, General Manager / CTKI of Center Air Pilot Academy (CAPA) discusses attracting students and helping them to be attractive to airline interviewers.

New and more capable training devices below the full-flight simulator level are shaking the foundations of defense departments’ training enterprises. Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides insights from four randomly selected companies on developments in the military aviation training market space.

In the 12-year period he conducted more than 430 one-on-one human factor sessions with pilots who had not yet met the required standard in the simulator or on the flight line, Lex Rock Heemstra analysed the trends and pitfalls which resulted in those pilots requiring additional training.

The Journal of Civil Aviation Training (CAT) is now accepting presentation abstracts for Asia's largest aviation training conference - the 18th Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) to be held 31 August - 1 September 2021 at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

Instructors need standards… and the ability to adapt their teaching methods – for pilots returning from furlough, for different learning styles, and for new instructional media. Regional airline training veteran Paul Preidecker shares his experienced opinions on expectations of flight instructors.

We are pleased to unveil our pilot conference programme for the 2021 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) from June 15-16 in Orlando, FL, USA, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort.

WATS addresses the current and future training issues affecting your business, from personnel selection and recruitment, to regulation and training technologies. It offers unrivalled opportunities to meet with the key decision makers and influencers within the international airline training community, and allows attendees to discuss the latest training technologies and techniques to improve operational safety and efficiency for pilot, cabin crew, and maintenance training.

Be sure to register your attendance as we move ‘Forward Together’.

 

You may have heard some say ‘forget a piloting career’; no new pilots will be needed because so many experienced pilots are now grounded. Don’t lose faith, encourages Captain John Bent, FRAeS.

Last month, a 24-year-old Japan Air Self-Defense Force trainee and a 25-year-old US Air Force flight instructor died when their T38 trainer crashed nearly two miles from Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama.

During the Great Recession a dozen years ago, smaller communities in the US lost aircraft departures at a rate five times greater than losses at larger airports. US Editor Chuck Weirauch outlines the regional airlines status and outlook.