Training and Workforce

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

Training and Workforce

Flight Training: What's missing?

Plus, how to address the looming CFI shortage that will only exacerbate the pilot shortage.
Training and Workforce

Piper Lines Up M600 Training Provider

Buyers of the new single-engine turboprop won't have to look far for their training.
Training and Workforce

Part 135 Training Changes Recommended

An industry working group has submitted recommendations to the FAA to improve training for Part 135 pilots.
Training and Workforce

Upset Training Done in Flight

Flight Research’s upset-training program offers pilots training in a Sabreliner and Aermacchi Impala.
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Training and Workforce

AIN Blog: Impressions from Heli-Expo 2016

Celebrating the rotary-wing world in Louisville, Ky.
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Training and Workforce

Whirly-Girls Take Scholarship Total to a New High

Whirly-Girls International, the non-profit charity dedicated to the advancement of women in the helicopter industry
Training and Workforce

Argus to Acquire UAS Safety Trainer USI

Argus International Inc. plans to acquire the Unmanned Safety Institute by the end of March 2016.
Training and Workforce

Embry-Riddle Celebrates 90 Years and Best-Value Accolades

From airmail provider to flight training expert, ERAU has proved it can grow and change with the times.
Training and Workforce

FSI Adds Bizjet Sims, To Start S-76 Training in Asia

Gulfstream G650 sim in Delaware OK'd by FAA and Dassault Falcon 2000LXS sim in Paris gets U.S. and European nods.
Training and Workforce

AIN Blog: The Cirrus Training Philosophy

Learning to fly the Cirrus SR20 was an education in modern training technology.
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Training and Workforce

New Training Provider Tackles Rising Demand for Pilots

Airways Aviation is offering an alternative approach to training the next generation of airline pilots.
Training and Workforce

Lockheed Martin Encourages Singapore Girls into Aerospace Careers

The U.S. company held a seminar recently in Singapore called “Girls Take Flight.”
Training and Workforce

NATA Targets Misfueling Mistakes

The program consists of four different misfueling informational tracks.
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Rotorcraft

CAE’s Brunei Training Center Serves the Region

Visiting the “Abode of Peace” before the show, journalists got to see how Canada’s CAE has created a training paradise.
Training and Workforce

Pilots Learning To Fly in Frasca Simulators

The company’s simulators are seeing growing interest in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Training and Workforce

The Search for MH370 Continues And So Does the Mystery

Almost two years after MH370 disappeared, the location is still a mystery – with only one item washing up.
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Training and Workforce

Pair of FlightSafety Cessna Caravan Sims Get FAA Nod

The simulators, housed at comapny's Wichita East learning center, are equipped with Garmin G1000 and Garmin G600 avionics.
Training and Workforce

Kerr Wins Top NBAA S&D Award, Others Get Scholarships

Dorette Kerr worked to expand training opportunities to NBAA Schedulers & Dispatcher members.
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Safety

Training to Survive an Inflight Emergency

Training to Survive an Inflight Emergency
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Avionics

FlightSafety Adds Gulfstream Cockpit Datalink e-Course

Three-hour eLearning CPDLC scenario-based course familiarizes pilots with CPDLC/ADS-C operations in normal and abnormal situations.
Training and Workforce

FAA's Oversight of Pilot Automation Training Questioned

The FAA does not have processes in place to monitor pilots' mastery of automation and manual flying, the Transportation Department IG says.
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Safety

DOT IG Stresses Manual Flying Skills, Pilot Monitoring

Recent accidents have shown that pilots who typically fly with automation can make errors when confronted with an unexpected event.
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Charter & Fractional

FAA Amends Rule for Charter Ops Training Under Part 121

Correction makes it easier for operators to raise the safety bar by voluntarily complying with the more rigorous training requirements of Part 121.
Training and Workforce

DOT OIG Seeks Further FAA Work on Controller Training Contract

The original controller training contract, issued to Raytheon, was awarded in 2008 and updated in 2010.
Training and Workforce

FAA Moves Comment Period for AMT School Regulation Change to February 1

The rule change would allow AMT schools to amend curriculums using a simpler process.
Training and Workforce

NATA Celebrates Diamond Anniverary

The Association has represented the aviation business industry since it was formed in the run up to the U.S. entry into the Second World War.
Training and Workforce

Authorities Approve Bombardier CS100 Training Devices

Qualification of the CS100 full-flight simulator and flight training device follows type certitication of the narrowbody airliner.
Safety

Have Simulator, Will Travel

Aircare International’s latest emergency training simulator is as close as you will ever want to get to a real in-flight emergency
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Training and Workforce

Avfuel Bolsters Online Ramp Service Course

The fuel provider will add six new training modules to the program by the end of the year.
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Training and Workforce

ERAU Grad Plans ‘Dream Soars’ Round-the-World Solo

Shaesta Waiz is hoping to become the youngest female to travel around the world to promote STEM and women in aviation.