APATS 2023 Conference Chair Jacques Drappier looks forward to a return to an in-person conference in Singapore next week with some inside details of what to expect from the premier aviation training event in Asia-Pacific.
Flight training device OEMs are reporting attention-getting sales across the full spectrum of flight simulation training devices. Group Editor Marty Kauchak spoke with several FSTD providers to gain insight into these trends.
Dr Trang Dao, consultant, aviation psychiatry, will be one of our speakers at APATS 2023, delivering her presentation on Training Aviation Professionals in Detection & Management of Mental Unfitnes. You won't want to miss her frank discussions on the issues that need to be tackled in aviation!
Watch Captain Colin Rydon, FRAeS, and Captain Hugues Carpentier sit down with Captain Jacques Drappier to discuss selection and Ab Initio. The duo warn about the pilot shortage that is coming like a tidal wave in Europe next year and push for regulators to lead on improving sustainability in the industry.
“Start to finish, this conference will be packed with information and guidance about improving training and improving aviation safety.” Take a look at the 2023 WATS Pilot Conference and plan your visit.
Watch Sarah Barry, an experienced airline pilot, Senior Lecturer and Director of Education in the School of Aviation and Security at Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, UK, talk with Captain Jacques Drappier about the issues that are continuing to prevent a surge in the number of women pilots.
The slow and reactive regulatory paradigm has probably outlived its usefulness in terms of industry safety. Captain John Bent, FRAeS, argues that we need to establish new primary pilot training standards.
Captain Helen Heenan, MSc FRAeS, sits down with Captain Jacques Drappier to discuss mental health in aviation. Helen explains why conversations about mental health in aviation need to go further, with some pilots afraid to disclose issues for fear of losing their jobs.
