Training and Workforce

Fran Dawson of Universal Weather & Aviation recommends using e-mail groups to work more efficiently.

Since the early days of powered flight, aircraft performance has been a mainstay of the pilot-training process.

Construction of the new FlightSafety International (FSI) Learning Center at Farnborough Airport in the UK neared completion last month.

Ask any flight department manager his top operational priority and the number-one answer is running a safe operation.

It will likely surprise AIN readers to learn that Eclipse Aviation has changed its plans for initial and recurrent pilot training by formi

Hydraulic-powered motion systems will be replaced by electromechanical systems in new simulators from FlightSafety International starting late next year.

FlightSafety International is scheduled to deliver the first simulator for the Piaggio Avanti to its West Palm Beach, Fla.

It is surprising how many different vendors exist in the flight department training arena–companies that offer diverse, high-quality programs unknown to th

AirCare Solutions Group of Olympia, Wash., announced last month at the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference it will begin offering a new flight attenda

The Flight Safety Foundation Corporate Aviation Committee held a workshop in October about instituting a pilot-friendly drug- and alcohol-abatement program

Montreal-based simulator manufacturer and training organization CAE announced a restructuring plan, including several hundred layoffs, to take effect April

Fire is the sharpest two-edged sword in man’s bag of tools.

A majority of professional pilots have earned a flight instructor rating as the first stepping stone on their aviation career path.

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) is joining Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla., in a safety study of spin-train

Shortly after AIN went to press for last month’s issue, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made last-minute modifications to its alien

Following a recommendation from the French civil aviation authority, Dallas-based CAE SimuFlite will be obtaining approval from the European Aviation Safet

In the single largest training agreement in its history, Dallas-based CAE SimuFlite will soon start training all 900-plus pilots of Flight Options, the sec

Frasca International, the Urbana, Ill.

Former Boeing 737 flight department manager and pilot Larry Bond founded Bond Aviation Services in Orlando, Fla., to offer 737 training.

Failure to provide timely distribution of guidance material to repair stations has prompted the FAA to delay for one year–until April 6 next year–the compl

Traditionally, air traffic controller training has been a dry-as-dust classroom learning process, with piles of documents to study, rules to absorb and pro

Turbine Aircraft Services is taking its pilots’ review of proficiency (PROP) seminar series to Europe.

Archie Trammell, former magazine editor turned radar and convective weather expert, has added a bimonthly online magazine to supplement his long-running ra

FlightSafety International has received Part 147 certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its aircraft maintenance technician trai

Cabin-safety and service training for business-jet flight attendants is now being offered by Alteon Training, a Renton, Wash.-based subsidiary of Boeing.

Alteon Training is also launching Boeing Business Jet pilot training at its facility in Palma, Spain.

Garmin has selected FlightSafety International as the “preferred online training provider” for the G1000, the avionics suite that Cessna chose for the Cita

The spring semester at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s (ERAU) Daytona Beach, Fla.

The FAA received a fair number of comprehensive comments during the 30-day comment period for the proposed special regulations (SFAR) that will mandate typ

The FAA wonders why pilots occasionally land on taxiways, and in new Engineering Brief No.