Training and Workforce

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

Training and Workforce

Joint civilian/military flight school nests in Philippines

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

CAE Inaugurates Denver Training Center

CAE last month inaugurated its aviation training center near Denver International Airport.
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Is it real or is it a FlightSafety sim?

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
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Night-vision training offered to more pilots

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

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

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

The Pilot Selection Process

Even under ideal circumstances, hiring pilots for a corporate operation is arduous.
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Erau offers fast FO training

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

Men in black looking for suspicious aliens

As of June 13 at least 50,500 foreign nationals in the U.S.
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CAE challenges FlightSafety’s dominance in bizav training

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

With the opening of its new northern Virginia regional airline training center last fall, Pan Am International Flight Academy served notice of its commitme
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Pan Am’s SimCom Focuses on Business Aviation Training

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

PRM Operations Training Video Available Online

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

U.S. training programs approved by JAA

FlightSafety International and Bombardier Aerospace have received JAA approval for certain training programs.
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Flightsafety to try biometric student ID cards

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

Simulator maker CAE last month announced that Bombardier has awarded the company the simulation development contract for the CRJ900 regional jet and upgrad
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CRJ Flight Training Device Lands in Arizona

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

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

FlightSafety, NetJets Continue To Fly High

In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders released Friday, investment mogul Warren Buffett said the company’s flight-services division–which
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
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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
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PC-12 simulator work

SimCom instructor Ted Otto knows the PC-12.
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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.
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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
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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.
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FAA Updates Ground Training AC

The FAA has released draft Advisory Circular updating AC 150/5210-20 on airport ground operations training.
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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
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Matriculation looms for first CAM candidates

After four years of studying, the time has come for the test.
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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
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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