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Columbus Air Force Base’s Innovation Flight has continued its efforts to integrate virtual reality (VR) technology into pilot training, creating pilots for the U.S. Air Force faster. The Innovation Flight’s ambitions are to cultivate skills such as situational awareness, risk management, decision making and to augment the training student... 18 February 2020
A new milestone in providing secure and hassle-free Internet in the skies has been reached by Seamless Air Alliance, which has published the first standard for inflight connectivity. The Seamless Air Alliance is an open, international collaboration of airlines, technology leaders, and suppliers formed to improve the way airlines... 18 February 2020
The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) has taken delivery of six Diamond DA40NG aircraft, the first batch in a re-fleeting program that will total 20 aircraft in the coming years. Hadi Abubakar Sirika, Minister of Aviation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, accepted the six airplanes at Diamond... 18 February 2020
As Britain finalises Brexit and leaves the European union, Cobra Simulation is busy building new partnerships across northern, central and eastern Europe. At the end of January its business development team, alongside several other SME exporters and staff from Scottish Development International, travelled to Warsaw, Poland, on a Scottish... 18 February 2020
Quadrant Pilot has launched a new UK CAA /EASA approved Airline Pilot Standard Multi Crew Cooperation (APS MCC) Course on A320 or B737 NG Full-flight simulators. It said the course helps pilots achieve the highest standards of skill, knowledge and attitudes. "The Quadrant Pilot APS MCC course also enables... 18 February 2020
James Couldridge and Dhak Karanveer Singh have shared The Royal Aeronautical Society's new civil cadet pilot award. The annual award, devised by the Flight Crew Training Group (FTG) in 2019, recognises an ab initio commercial pilot cadet trained by an Approved Training Organisation (ATO). Couldridge and Singh trained respectively... 18 February 2020
Brad Thress, FlightSafety International President and CEO. Image credit: FlightSafety International. Brad Thress has joined the FlightSafety International company as President and CEO. He assumes this responsibility from David Davenport who has left FlightSafety. “I am honored to join FlightSafety International and look forward to leading this exceptional company,”... 17 February 2020
Brad Thress, FlightSafety International President and CEO. Image credit: FlightSafety International. Brad Thress has joined the FlightSafety International company as President and CEO. He assumes this responsibility from David Davenport who has left FlightSafety. “I am honored to join FlightSafety International and look forward to leading this exceptional company,”... 17 February 2020
The 23rd edition of WATS will be the center of the civil aviation training universe in late April. Robert W. Moorman previews some exhibitors’ plans for the event. 17 February 2020
Fly Level, an EASA accredited Romanian Approved Training Organisation (ATO), has awarded Avsoft International a contract for its pilot training. Image credit: Avsoft International Fly Level is using Avsoft’s A320 initial aircraft systems e-learning course for ground school theory pilot training with all modules and tailored exams from the... 17 February 2020
ATP Flight School and Endeavor Air have established a partnership and mutual commitment to the development of professional pilots through designating ATP an Endeavor Air Student To Endeavor Pilot (STEP) Program Academy Partner. Endeavor Air at ATP Flight School's Phoenix-Mesa Training Center. Image credit: ATP Flight School. ATP provides... 17 February 2020
VA Airline Training's (VA) inaugural Ryanair Mentored Programme APS MCC graduates have all joined the airline. The successful graduates will undertake an upcoming B737 type rating. Cambridge-based VA is Ryanair's only training provider in the UK for the Mentored APS MCC programme. It pioneered the new EASA Airline Pilot... 17 February 2020
