Training and Workforce

Two new online icing education courses were released this winter, one from King Schools and the other by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air S

Despite reports indicating that operators were flying less in 2008, the number of business aircraft accidents increased from the previous year, according t

The February 27 deadline for the public to submit comments about the Transportation Security Administration’s proposal to regulate general aviation operati

Satellite monitoring of 121.5-MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) will end as of February 1.

There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years. 

Rather, investigation documents

Marignane, France-based Helisim has started operating the first EC 225 Super Puma flight simulator, which was to be EASA certified as a level-D simulator l

Equipment manufacturer Thales is one of the two main shareholders in Helisim, at 45 percent, on par with Eurocopter.

Australia’s Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation, Jacinta Allan, officially launched the Kangan Batman TAFE Aviation Industry Training Centre’s

The November 20 issue of the Daily News & Analysis of Mumbai, India, reports Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) institutes might shut down across t

At the 2009 Aviation Industry Expo–to be held March 10 through 12 in Las Vegas–the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) will offer its new “Educa

The first Embraer Phenom 100 customers have received their type ratings in the very light jet after completing training with Embraer CAE Training Services

Crashworthiness Study Cockpit airbags and X-shaped harnesses could reduce the severity of injuries in crashes with high horizontal deceleration components

Concerned by mounting losses in emergency medical services (EMS) flights, the NTSB has added the safety of such flights to its 2009 Most Wanted List of Saf

The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust–funded in memory of aviation pioneer Emil Buehler–has pledged $2 million toward building an aviation maintenance science b

FlightSafety International has opened its newly expanded Gulfstream maintenance training facility in Savannah, Ga.

FlightSafety International plans to build a 33,000-sq-ft Hawker Beechcraft training center in Wichita.

The Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance is seeking applicants for 12 available training and education scholarships, many of which are not restric

FlightSafety International (Booth Nos.

Embraer CAE Training Services, a joint venture of Brazilian OEM Embraer (Booth No.

Jeff Roberts, CAE group president for innovation, civil training and services, leads the company’s global training organization serving approximately 3,500

Frasca International has received several recent orders for its Mentor advanced aviation training device from Lewis University, Pinnacle Aviation, the Univ

Montreal-based CAE plans to add a Global Express full-flight simulator to its training facility in Dallas next year.

Brisbane, Calif.-based Aircraft Technical Publishers (Booth No.

Frasca International (Booth No.

Users of the Millennia scheduling software program designed by Aviation Information Services (AIS) will now turn to Aviation Integration (AI) for training

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will be highlighting its new aviation Ph.D.

King Schools and Rockwell Collins signed an agreement to share online training opportunities available from the two companies.

Women in Corporate Aviation will be presenting a $2,000 career scholarship today to student pilot Stacy Booker at a ceremony hosted by WCA and Southeast Re

50-year award honorees

Fifty years ago, Ardenbrook, a private real estate investment company with operations mainly in five Western states, opera

For a 57-year-old company, FlightSafety International may be more mature than some others, but it hasn’t stopped growing.