Training and Workforce
News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.
Airports
TEB training tool available online
Teterboro Airport (TEB) has adopted a training tool developed by Raleigh, N.C.-based Noverant to help pilots prepare for flights into and out of the busy n
Training and Workforce
SFAR outlines more stringent training for MU-2 pilots
More than two years after the FAA completed its latest evaluation of the relatively high accident rate of the Mitsubishi MU-2 twin turboprop, the agency is
Training and Workforce
King course eases transition to Garmin’s G1000 cockpit
If you’re planning on flying a Cessna Mustang, Embraer Phenom, HondaJet or Diamond D-Jet, you’ll have to learn how to run Garmin’s G1000 avionics system.
Training and Workforce
Association: standard training could attract more pilots
As the industry prepares for a possible pilot shortage, an organization called the Professional Aviation Board of Certification (PABC) has its own plan to
Training and Workforce
Winter’s here, time to brush up on training for ground icing
When pilots turn their attention to icing, it’s the in-flight kind that garners the most attention and training focus.
Training and Workforce
FAA Updates Ground Training AC
The FAA has released draft Advisory Circular updating AC 150/5210-20 on airport ground operations training.
Training and Workforce
Fidelity honing its first full-motion helicopter FTD
Fidelity Flight Simulation, a Pittsburgh maker of full-motion flight-training devices (FTDs) for fixed-wing aircraft, this month plans to deliver the compa
Training and Workforce
Matriculation looms for first CAM candidates
After four years of studying, the time has come for the test.
Training and Workforce
Sabena Offering Third-Party Eclipse 500 Training
Mesa (Ariz.) Falcon Field-based Sabena Airline Training Center (SATC) yesterday received Eclipse 500 type-rating training approval from the FAA, making it
Training and Workforce
Aspen Approach Training Courses Introduced
FlightSafety International and CAE SimuFlite have separately introduced a four-hour course to meet the FAA’s new training requirements for pilots who want
Training and Workforce
EBAA cites lack of training capacity
There is too little business-aircraft training capacity in Europe, according to a European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) survey.
Training and Workforce
GAO Study Says Mechanic Curriculum Obsolete
In a study on the projected number of aircraft mechanics and technicians needed in the future, the General Accounting Office said the FAA’s mechanic traini
Training and Workforce
Aviation training schools reexamine the bottom line
Flight schools must innovate to survive, since airlines are no longer able to sponsor tuition and a pilot career has lost its appeal amid headlines announc
Training and Workforce
Arinc Offers International Training Course
An international training course is now offered monthly by Arinc Direct at its Annapolis, Md.
Training and Workforce
SimuFlite To Offer Summit Management Course
CAE has formed a training alliance with “professional development” consultant Summit Solutions of Charlotte, N.C., to provide management, communications an
Training and Workforce
Dubai plans to be seat of training in Middle East
Training was not forgotten amid the multibillion-dollar aircraft and MRO deals various Dubai organizations signed at the Dubai Airshow in November.
Training and Workforce
Schweizer/Jeppesen Update Manuals
Schweizer Aircraft and Jeppesen have updated the training manuals and materials for the Schweizer 300C and 300CBi.
Training and Workforce
Elite Offers Helo FTD
Swiss-based simulation specialist Elite is now offering a helicopter flight-training device (FTD).
Training and Workforce
FlightSafety sued for alleged antitrust law violations
A small, minority-owned maintenance-training company has gone to court to battle the Goliath of pilot and maintenance training, FlightSafety International.
Accidents
Airbus, airline react to NTSB findings
American Airlines and the copilot of Flight 587 are officially being blamed for the November 2001 crash of an Airbus A300 after the vertical tail separated
Training and Workforce
Industry gets more time to review training manual
The maintenance industry received a 60-day extension from the FAA to review and comment on draft AC 145-RSTP.
Training and Workforce
PAMA offers maintenance management workshop
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) announced a new addition to its popular series of professional development workshops offered each
Training and Workforce
Garmin G1000 avionics training video offered
Operators who have ordered a Citation Mustang very light jet don’t have to wait for an aircraft or a simulator to familiarize themselves with the aircraft’
Training and Workforce
No need to renew that LOA, just don’t call it an ‘OpSpec’
There’s no longer a need for Part 91 business jet operators to obtain two-year
renewals of their RVSM letters of authorization (LOA), but because of
renewals of their RVSM letters of authorization (LOA), but because of
Rotorcraft
Turbine Training on the Cheap
FH1100 Manufacturing will offer all-turbine pilot training in the Florida panhandle beginning in May.
Training and Workforce
EMS Goes NVG
Boise, Idaho-based Aviation Specialties Unlimited has installed night-vision goggles in Reach Air Medical Services’ Agusta A109, Bell 407 and BO 105 fleet.
Training and Workforce
Web courses expand ice-training options
In the northern hemisphere, it’s that time of year again, when clouds are full of ice and it’s time to dust off those icing training manuals and relearn th
Safety
Upset training gives pilots an in-flight safety net
Ask most professional pilots about either the USAir accident in Pittsburgh or the United Airlines crash in Colorado Springs, when the Boeing 737s flipped u
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Embraer and CAE Team on Training
Embraer and Montreal-based training provider CAE announced a joint venture to provide pilot and maintenance training for the Brazilian airframer’s new Phen
