Civil Aviation Training

Issue 1/2022

Volume: 33

In this issue:

Editorial Comment: Queue the Pilots
FlightSafety: Executive Transfusion
Induced Coma
22 Challenges to Airline Pilot Supply ... and a Call to Urgent Action
Positively Electrifying
AR/MR/VR/XR as Training Disruptors
Still Seeking to Gain Traction
BizAv Boom Stresses Training System
Duct TApe and Other Sticky Scenarios: Taming the Unruly Passenger
SATCE Closes the Fidelity Gap
The Roles of Aviation Organisations in Training
"We're Looking at the Whole Training Journey" - CAT Leadership Interview

Queue the Pilots

Editorial Comment

April 25, 2022

Rick Adams

Airline management and governments worldwide handled the pandemic slowdown rather poorly. How are they doing with the recovery?, asks CAT Editor Rick Adams, FRAeS.

FlightSafety: Executive Transfusion

April 19, 2022

Robert Moorman

FlightSafety International remains a leading training solutions provider, serving the civil and military aviation sectors. But there are a few changes afoot.

The Enduring Legacy of A.L. Ueltschi

April 19, 2022

Robert Moorman

Robert Moorman explores how A.L. Ueltschi built FSI from a one-man show into an international giant of pilot training.

Induced Coma

May 10, 2022

Rick Adams

Travel restrictions and cost are stimulating new FSTD technology options.

22 Challenges to Airline Pilot Supply ... and a Call to Urgent Action

January 4, 2022

CAT Guest Author

The extended grounding of airliners with no-one to fly them is exacerbating airline recovery from the pandemic.

Positively Electrifying

May 3, 2022

Robert Moorman

Electric-powered aircraft are now being viewed as a viable platform for pilot training and air transport. Robert W. Moorman looks at the rapidly evolving sector.

AR/MR/VR/XR as Training Disruptors

April 27, 2022

Marty Kauchak

Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak surveys the latest A/M/V/XR hardware developments and applications in civil aviation pilot training.

Still Seeking to Gain Traction

April 27, 2022

Marty Kauchak

While there is active collaboration between industry suppliers and maintenance schoolhouses to expand A/M/V/XR’s reach into curricula, Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports there are perceived technology gaps and other challenges.

BizAv Boom Stresses Training System

March 15, 2022

Chuck Weirauch

Covid-fueled business aviation demand is creating shortages of aircraft, as well as qualified pilots and maintainers.

Duct Tape and Other Sticky Scenarios

March 30, 2022

Rona Gindin

Bite-size info bits, realistic training equipment and self-defense lessons. Rona Gindin explores some growing parts of cabin crew training.

SATCE Closes the Fidelity Gap

April 11, 2022

Aimee Turner

An emerging AI-based technology for flight simulators offers a virtual traffic environment and fully automated synthetic ATC services.

The Roles of Aviation Organisations in Training

April 27, 2022

Naveed Kapadia

Aviation generally and aviation training in particular is an alphabet soup of industry associations and regulators.

L3Harris Delivers First FFS to Kazakhstan for Air Astana

“We’re Looking at the Whole Training Journey”

CAT Leadership Interview

November 30, 2021

Rick Adams

On the sidelines of the EATS conference in Berlin, CAT Editor Rick Adams had a conversation with Robin Glover-Faure, Vice President Sales & Marketing, L3Harris Commercial Aviation.

eVTOL is Almost Here: What About Pilot Training?

CAT Magazine is devoting increasing coverage of the emerging electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft market. Rick Adams, FRAeS, CAT Editor-in-Chief; explains why in this overview of the rapidly expanding sector.

People Keep Coming Back to WATS

Whether it is the quality of speakers, the latest technology on display in the exhibition hall or the opportunity to network, people keep coming back to the World Aviation Training Summit. If you didn't make it to the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort this year, have a read over the testimonials from the WATS class of 2022 and make sure we see you in 2023!