Training and Workforce

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

Training and Workforce

Thales Checks In with Reality H Sims

After making its Reality H simulators available in France, the devices will be available in Norway and Australia.
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Training and Workforce

Embry-Riddle Offers New Aviation Safety Courses

Courses are applicable to a certificate of management in aviation safety.
Avionics

Sidesticks Shine in G500 Sim Flight

Gulfstream’s new jets have vastly improved cockpit ergonomics thanks to active control sidesticks.
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Safety

Aviation Safety Question of the Week (Feb. 16, 2015)

What is reported to be the most common cause of aircraft engine failure?
Safety

IBAC Announces First Certified Bizav Handler

The organization’s IS-BAH best practices standard, launched last year, sees its first member.
Safety

Aviation Safety Question of the Week (Feb. 9, 2015)

Which components are typically used in certification of a turbojet aircraft to determine the accelerate-stop distance during takeoff?
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety To Add Fourth Gulfstream G650 Simulator

Will be installed at the company's learning center in Wilmington, Delaware, early next year.
Training and Workforce

NBAA S&D Committee Names Scholarship Recipients

Scholarships help recipients develop business aviation scheduler and dispatcher careers.
Avionics

Salt Lake City Hosts Duncan Aviation NextGen Seminar

The seminar is intended to provide useful, practical information about precisely what equipment operators need to comply with the coming mandates.
Safety

Aviation Safety Question of the Week (Feb. 2, 2015)

Which of the following is true regarding the operation of aircraft flight controls at or below maneuvering speed (VA)?
Safety

Aviation Safety Question of the Week (Jan. 26, 2015)

This week's question looks at flaps and their effect on an airplane's angle of attack
Training and Workforce

Precision Flight Controls Developing Helicopter FTDs

Models include Robinson R22, R44 and R66 as well as the Bell 206 and 407.
Training and Workforce

Universal Graduates 260

The U.S. civilian flight school conducted 28,000 hours of flight training last year.
Regulations and Government

FAA Withdraws Air Training Device Final Rule

Rule would have allowed instrument pilot trainees to obtain credit for up to 20 hours of instrument time in an approved aviation training device.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation Teams with Executive Flight Training

Goal is one-stop maintenance and recurrent training capabilities for the King Air, PC-12, TBM, Citation, Conquest and Cheyenne.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Promotes Davenport, Johns to Executive V-p Slots

David Davenport is now executive vice president of the commercial segment, while Raymond Johns is executive vice president of the government segment.
Training and Workforce

Boeing Develops EC135 Training for Australia

The $500 million deal covers helicopters, sims and a sea-going training vessel.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Adds Airbus EC145 To Training Portfolio

EC145 simulator is slated to be ready by early next year.
Training and Workforce

Second Civil Test Pilot School Opens in Mojave

The International Flight Test Institute’s first group of students begin their studies in the six-month flying qualities course early next year.
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Training and Workforce

Emirates-CAE Expanding Dubai Training Center

ECFT to double simulator bays at second Dubai facility.
Training and Workforce

First Legacy 500 Pilot Class Graduates at FlightSafety

FlightSafety St. Louis center providing training with level-C simulator.
Training and Workforce

CAAi To Host Open-Access SMS Training Courses in UAE

CAAi sees the need for organizations in the Middle East to understand that the ICAO SMS regulatory framework is critical.
Training and Workforce

17 Flight Sims Planned for Abu Dhabi Training Center

The FlightSafety Learning Center is planned to be built in two stages, with Phase 1, an 8,000 sq m facility, to be completed by September 2015.
Charter & Fractional

Arab Wings Launches Charter Venture in Iraq

IWG’s Royal Jordanian Air Academy continues to be an important source of new pilots for the Middle East region
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Rotorcraft

Bell To Install First 429 Simulator in Europe

Training center to open in Valencia, Spain, in 2016.
Maintenance and Modifications

Textron To Set Up Cessna, Beech Maintenance Training in Wichita

Facility will start with maintenance training for in-production Beechcraft airplanes in January 2016 and Cessna models a year later.
Training and Workforce

Airbus Rolls Out A350 Pilot Training

The pilot training course for the A350XWB Airbus has broken new ground
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Training and Workforce

AIN Blog: Reaching Out to Aviation's Future Employees

Barrington Irving's visit to Southern California inspires ideas about how to attract kids to aviation careers.
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Training and Workforce

FlightSafety International Taps Steve Loranger as Senior Advisor to the CEO

He brings leadership abilities, in-depth knowledge of the aerospace industry and experience as a long-time FSI customer.
Rotorcraft

Thales, CareFlight Team on AgustaWestland AW139 Sim Training

Simulator will feature Thales’ Reality H technology, electric motion and the possibility to use night-vision goggles.