Training and Workforce

Zurich-based Jet Aviation Business Jets has been approved by Swiss authorities as a type-rating training organization (TRTO), clearing the way for the comp

Altitude chamber training is now being offered by MedAire at Arizona State University.

Eclipse Aviation introduced an in-house mandatory training program for customers of its Eclipse 500 very light twinjet, which includes pilot qualification

Where will we find tomorrow’s pilots? The military, long a provider of trained aviators, hasn’t produced sufficient numbers to satisfy the civil aviation d

One OEM called it “an adjustment.” Another referred to it as a “reduction in force.”

Eclipse Aviation introduced an in-house mandatory training program for customers of its Eclipse 500 very light twinjet that includes pilot qualification an

The FAA has given $20 million to the FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation, a research and training facility at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universit

Many business gurus believe knowledge is power, but the ability to transform that wisdom into action is the real measure of success.

The aviation industry has often been heavily focused on the requirement for new-hire pilots to have a college degree, that is up until the past few years w

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An airport-wide aviation career fair that drew some 45 exhibitors and close to 1,500 middle- and high- school students over a two-day period started with a

Trade and marketing consultants Garsol Management Innovators of Makati City, the Philippines, have announced plans for the formation of an international fl

CAE last month inaugurated its aviation training center near Denver International Airport.

When Nick Leontidis, CAE’s executive vice president of civil training and equipment, tossed down the gauntlet, saying, “We’re going after FlightSafety…we b

Bowing to demands from an even more security-conscious aviation community, Bell Helicopter is offering the first FAA-approved night-vision-goggle (NVG) tra

Radar manufacturers should consider making equipment easier to use and displays easier to interpret, Honeywell safety specialist Dr.

In conducting a survey about the RDR-4000 weather radar, Honeywell safety specialist Dr.

Even under ideal circumstances, hiring pilots for a corporate operation is arduous.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has a new program that will allow transition from aviation enthusiast to regional airline pilot in less than a year.

As of June 13 at least 50,500 foreign nationals in the U.S.

“We’re going after FlightSafety,” Nick Leontidis, CAE’s executive vice president of civil aviation training and equipment, told AIN.

With the opening of its new northern Virginia regional airline training center last fall, Pan Am International Flight Academy served notice of its commitme

With the opening of its new 67,000-sq-ft training center in Orlando, Fla.

An FAA training video for precision runway monitor (PRM) operations, available online at

FlightSafety International and Bombardier Aerospace have received JAA approval for certain training programs.

Some FlightSafety International students will start evaluating a prototype biometric student identification card at the company’s facility in Vero Beach, F

Simulator maker CAE last month announced that Bombardier has awarded the company the simulation development contract for the CRJ900 regional jet and upgrad

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Pan Am International Flight Academy has installed a Bombardier CRJ flight training device at the school’s Deer Valley, Ariz.

Maintenance professionals will soon be able to quantify the training they have received as a part of their jobs.

In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders released Friday, investment mogul Warren Buffett said the company’s flight-services division–which