2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

AIN Staff

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Transportation Department Inspector General Kenneth Mead last month called for renewed emphasis to reduce the general aviation accident rate, noting that t

DOT calls for renewed focus on flight training

Gordon Gilbert

To help pilots understand the complexities of today’s stricter airspace rules and reduce violations for operating in restricted airspace–particularly the s

FAA Offers Restricted Airspace Training

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

CAE is relocating its Sikorsky S-76 and Gulfstream IV simulators from its SimuFlite facility in Dallas, to its new business aviation training center near M

New Training Center Getting More Simulators

Matt Thurber

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

The FAA is not planning to ground the Mitsubishi MU-2, despite a plea from Rep.

FAA requires more stringent training for MU-2 operators

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

An ATP corporate pilot who is a Gold Seal CFI and safety counselor is currently working on a rulemaking petition to allow pilots to accomplish the FAR 135.

Simulator line checks proposed

A new FAA program is intended to improve the use of comprehensible English as the international language of aviation and support new English language profi

Better Aviation English Goal of Program

Montreal-based CAE will build the first full-flight simulator for the new ARJ21 regional jet being developed by China’s AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Co.

CAE To Provide Simulator for China’s RJ 

Sino Swearingen has selected Global Jet Services as the maintenance training provider for its new business jet, the SJ30-2.

Global Jet Services Named Sino Mx Trainer

FlightSafety International (FSI) achieved a first recently when it put a Citation Sovereign simulator into service at its Orlando Learning Center.

Electric Sim Motion Moves to a Higher Level

In the most recent flare-up of controversy about MU-2 safety and upcoming formal training requirements, a small bit of information about something called “

Level-E training likely for MU-2

Testifying before the House space and aeronautics subcommittee last month, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) president and CEO John Douglass said NASA

AIA Predicts Worforce Crisis

The FAA has teamed with the Build A Plane organization to provide retired aircraft to high schools looking to establish an aviation maintenance program.

Training and Workforce