Training and Workforce

Just when we might have thought that flight simulators are about as “leading edge” as they can get, it turns out that the engineers have been busy developi

According to Boeing, over the next 20 years there will be worldwide demand for 466,650 pilots and 596,500 maintenance personnel.

Germany-based operator Heli Aviation is developing the Heli Trainer, a new kind of simulator for ab initio helicopter pilot training.

King Schools, distributor for Redbird Flight Simulation’s desktop TD and TD2 flight training devices, demonstrated a new Redbird feature, the Parrot contex

Sean Tucker’s Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety, which provides aerobatic and upset recovery training in King City, Calif., has partnered with light jet br

Embraer yesterday received Brazil ANAC, FAA and EASA approval for Garmin’s synthetic vision technology (SVT) system on the Phenom 100, which has a Garmin G

Citing an increase in aircraft accidents involving loss of control (LOC), the FAA yesterday issued Information for Operators 10010, which calls for operato

SimCom signed an agreement with Pilatus Aircraft to manufacture a type-specific PC-12 NG flight training device, to be used by owners and operators through

Assembly Bill 48, passed last year by the state of California, eliminates a long-standing flight training facility exemption from authorizing legislation f

FlightSafety International (Booth No.

Users of Pratt & Whitney Canada engines can look forward to access to more training locations and online learning tools becoming available to them in t

CAE Announces $50 Million in Simulator Sales
Montreal-based CAE (Booth No.

Eurocopter and Pawan Hans Helicopters, an India-based operator, have signed two memoranda of understanding to create one training and one maintenance, repa

The FAA designated Tom Norton as one of only two Eclipse 500 pilot examiners in the world, allowing Sarasota, Fla.-based Norton Aviation to offer in-aircra

Despite the economic downturn that has dampened the aircraft delivery schedules for most airframers over the past year, FlightSafety International’s two Eu

With accumulated flight time approaching 10,000 hours, some 350 pilots have been trained to fly Embraer’s new Phenom 100 very light jet, more than 100 of w

Since last year’s EBACE show, Canada-based training provider CAE (Booth No.

Single-engine airplanes equipped with glass cockpits had no better overall safety record than airplanes with conventional instrumentation,

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has updated its online Teterboro Airport training tool, which covers critical safety information for pil

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has developed a common safety approach for global companies operating aircraft in the mining and resources sector, and t

Before Eclipse Aviation declared bankruptcy and end

In 2008, the FAA