Training and Workforce

The economic downturn is giving manufacturers and operators of very light jets (VLJs) more time to prepare for the airplanes’ widespread entry into service

The FAA issued Infor

Nearly 50 customers have completed Phenom 100 pilot training at Embraer CAE Flight Training Services, a joint venture between CAE and Embraer, CAE told AIN

At the Aviation Industry Expo held from March 10 to 12 in Las Vegas, 15 teams of maintenance technicians vied for top honors in the second annual maintenan

Eurocopter is offering an EC 135 helicopter flight simulator at its training facility in Donauwörth, Germany.

Unlimited (ASU) has completed a cockpit modification for night-vision-goggle compatibility in a Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin, the first helicopter to get su

Carnegie Speech Company and the UK’s Mayflower College have launched “Climb Level 4,” an online English training product for pilots and air traffic control

Future technicians can now take advantage of a combined FAA Airframe and Powerplant mechanic and associate degree program offered by St.

A group of industry representatives from helicopter OEMs, training companies and operators is close to submitting to the International Civil Aviation Organ

A year after training school Silver State Helicopters shut its doors and declared bankruptcy–leaving 2,400 students deep in debt with their professional pi

NetJets Europe has introduced into its workforce the first nine new pilots to complete its ab initio training program.

Global Jet Services is now offering its Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) Course 1 Basic Electronics online.

Two new online icing education courses were released this winter, one from King Schools and the other by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air S

Despite reports indicating that operators were flying less in 2008, the number of business aircraft accidents increased from the previous year, according t

The February 27 deadline for the public to submit comments about the Transportation Security Administration’s proposal to regulate general aviation operati

Satellite monitoring of 121.5-MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) will end as of February 1.

There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years. 

Rather, investigation documents

Marignane, France-based Helisim has started operating the first EC 225 Super Puma flight simulator, which was to be EASA certified as a level-D simulator l

Equipment manufacturer Thales is one of the two main shareholders in Helisim, at 45 percent, on par with Eurocopter.

Australia’s Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation, Jacinta Allan, officially launched the Kangan Batman TAFE Aviation Industry Training Centre’s

The November 20 issue of the Daily News & Analysis of Mumbai, India, reports Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) institutes might shut down across t

At the 2009 Aviation Industry Expo–to be held March 10 through 12 in Las Vegas–the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) will offer its new “Educa

The first Embraer Phenom 100 customers have received their type ratings in the very light jet after completing training with Embraer CAE Training Services

Crashworthiness Study Cockpit airbags and X-shaped harnesses could reduce the severity of injuries in crashes with high horizontal deceleration components

Concerned by mounting losses in emergency medical services (EMS) flights, the NTSB has added the safety of such flights to its 2009 Most Wanted List of Saf

The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust–funded in memory of aviation pioneer Emil Buehler–has pledged $2 million toward building an aviation maintenance science b

FlightSafety International has opened its newly expanded Gulfstream maintenance training facility in Savannah, Ga.

FlightSafety International plans to build a 33,000-sq-ft Hawker Beechcraft training center in Wichita.

The Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance is seeking applicants for 12 available training and education scholarships, many of which are not restric

Embraer CAE Training Services, a joint venture of Brazilian OEM Embraer (Booth No.