Training and Workforce

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

Training and Workforce

TSB Recommends Increased CRM Training

In the wake of its investigation into the January 2007 fatal crash of a Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100 medical transport in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Tra
Training and Workforce

Win Flight Training and Help an Airport Grow

NBAA Convention visitors have a chance to win aerobatic flight training or advanced spin-recovery training, while helping to shape the future of a growing
Training and Workforce

FSI Simulator for Falcon 7X Planned for DFW

FlightSafety International plans to offer Dassault Falcon 7X simulator training at its Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) learning center starting in early 2011.
Training and Workforce

SimCom upgrades units, adds light-jet fam course

SimCom Training Centers is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, as well as  the addition of new training programs and upgraded simulators.
Training and Workforce

Web-based service teaches fatigue-management skills

Aviation insurance giant USAIG, in collaboration with Alertness Solutions, is launching Z-Coach, a science-based fatigue management program.
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Training and Workforce

SimuFlite’s online courses target pilots and techs

At NBAA’09, CAE SimuFlite (Booth No.
Training and Workforce

Virtual trainers on show at Aerosim

Aerosim Technologies might not be a name familiar to most business aircraft pilots who train in full-motion simulators, but pilots who need to learn how to
Training and Workforce

AW’s Italy training center growing

Now in operation for more than three years, AgustaWestland’s Alessandro Marchetti helicopter training academy in Italy is continuing to expand the scope of
Training and Workforce

King Schools offers online Part 135 course

King Schools has added a new course–Part 135 initial and recurrent training–to its series of professional online courses.
Training and Workforce

CAE’s Brown hands over reins to Parent

Robert Brown, president and CEO of Montreal-based pilot training provider and simulator manufacturer CAE, has announced his retirement effective at the end
Training and Workforce

Hot Section: Hawker Beechcraft offers MX raining with FSI

MxPro, a training partnership between FlightSafety International and Hawker Beechcraft, incorporates both academic and hands-on situational training for ma
Training and Workforce

Controller Error Reporting changed

The FAA moved the reporting of operational errors by air traffic controllers away from a punitive system to “one in which understanding why operational err
Training and Workforce

FSI Trains Laid-off Pilots at no cost

FlightSafety International launched the Proficiency Protection Program, which is intended to help maintain the currency of business aircraft pilots and mai
Training and Workforce

Free Training for Laid-off Bizav Pilots, Techs at FSI

FlightSafety International today announced the Proficiency Protection Program, which is intended to help maintain the currency of business aircraft pilots
Regulations and Government

Part 135 CRM may be mandatory

The FAA has released a proposal to require crew resource management (CRM) training for all Part 135 certificate holders’ pilots and flight attendants.
Training and Workforce

PrivatAir Launches Training Division

PrivatAir, the Geneva-based company specializing in executive charter with large aircraft, announced the launch of a training service for employees of priv
Training and Workforce

CAE Expands e-Learning Portfolio for Bizav Training

CAE (Booth No.
Training and Workforce

Phenom Pilot Training Soaring at CAE

Nearly 50 customers have completed Phenom 100 pilot training at Embraer CAE Training Services, a joint venture between CAE and Embraer, CAE told AI
Aircraft

Delayed VLJ deliveries allow time for transition

The economic downturn is giving manufacturers and operators of very light jets (VLJs) more time to prepare for the airplanes’ widespread entry into service
Training and Workforce

Phenom Pilot Training Program Soaring at CAE

Nearly 50 customers have completed Phenom 100 pilot training at Embraer CAE Flight Training Services, a joint venture between CAE and Embraer, CAE told AIN
Training and Workforce

Mechanics Are Winners at Mx Skills Contest

At the Aviation Industry Expo held from March 10 to 12 in Las Vegas, 15 teams of maintenance technicians vied for top honors in the second annual maintenan
Training and Workforce

EC 135 Sim Available in Germany

Eurocopter is offering an EC 135 helicopter flight simulator at its training facility in Donauwörth, Germany.
Training and Workforce

Aviation Specialties Trains South Korean pilots with NVGs Aviation Specialties

Unlimited (ASU) has completed a cockpit modification for night-vision-goggle compatibility in a Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin, the first helicopter to get su
Training and Workforce

Web Program Improves English Skills

Carnegie Speech Company and the UK’s Mayflower College have launched “Climb Level 4,” an online English training product for pilots and air traffic control
Training and Workforce

Fast Track A&P/Associate Degree Program Available

Future technicians can now take advantage of a combined FAA Airframe and Powerplant mechanic and associate degree program offered by St.
Training and Workforce

Working Group Creating Helo Simulator Standards

A group of industry representatives from helicopter OEMs, training companies and operators is close to submitting to the International Civil Aviation Organ
Training and Workforce

Silver State Mess Still Being Felt a Year Later

A year after training school Silver State Helicopters shut its doors and declared bankruptcy–leaving 2,400 students deep in debt with their professional pi
Charter & Fractional

First Ab Initio Pilots Enter NetJets Europe Ranks

NetJets Europe has introduced into its workforce the first nine new pilots to complete its ab initio training program.
Training and Workforce

Global Jet Online Course Approved for IA Renewal

Global Jet Services is now offering its Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) Course 1 Basic Electronics online.