Training and Workforce

Course is conducted in a full-motion simulator with expanded aerodynamic model for upset prevention and recovery training.

Company starts training in full-motion Cessna Citation Latitude sim at its Wichita center.

FAA said existing curriculum is “outdated, does not meet current industry needs and can be changed only through NPRM and comment rulemaking."

New Lutz, Fla. facility already has Citation CJ3 and King Air 250/300i ful-motion, level-D sims and will add three more next year.

The Info details the parameters for a pilot to log an instrument approach procedure for currency.

The company will train aircraft engineers and technicians on current and new engine models, beginning with the GTF and V2500.

Avionics manufacturers look to expand collaboration between humans and machines.

The online course takes pilots beyond the traditional pilot's guide.

The FS1000 simulator built for the G280 include the company’s Vital 1100 visual system, electric motion cueing and new instructor operating station.

U.S. university Embry-Riddle is levering off its historic involvement in Brazil in a bid for renewed impetus.

Airbus subsidiary Helibras has finished construction of its Training and Simulator Center in Rio de Janeiro.

The simulator is expected to be ready shortly after certification is planned for the newly upgraded King Air 350.

FlightSafety’s new G550 upset training course uses simulator aerodynamic modeling based on extended envelope flight-tests.

The flight training device is the company's first skills trainer.

Safety 1st includes line services curricula developed through collaboration with NATA members and industry experts.

The manufacturer incorporated the training into its curriculum for TBM operators.

Airplane type rating takeoffs and landings must be carried out under the control of an Approved Training Organization.

The two-week initial-level course includes hands-on sessions.

Live telemetry from the data-collection device will be broadcast during an aerobatic performance.

Four scholarships are available. Applications are due August 10.

Training programs for the Airbus AS350 B3, Airbus EC130T2 and Bell 407GX are coming at its new learning center, which is slated to open in fall 2016.

Life-raft survival, lithium battery fires and foodborne pathogens were among the topics aired.

Loss of control in flight represents the most severe hull loss causal factor in commercial aviation worldwide over the past 10 years.

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced that its 19th annual Safety Standdown U.S.A. will take place October 6 to 8 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Wichita.

University’s Daytona Beach campus flight training department become first flight training organization in U.S. to earn distinction.

CAE has bought the NFTC flying school in Canada as a prelude to competing for more training system requirements.

Simulators are sexy, but the recurring revenue is in flight training services.

American management team and techniques injected into Netherlands acquisition by U.S. aerospace giant.

Grob’s G 120TP trainer has been selected as part of CAE’s contract to train U.S. Army fixed-wing pilots.

The agency is seeking to raise the number of hours such devices can contribute to an instrument rating.