Training and Workforce

Deal includes full-flight sim and a training device

Earnings also soared by $181M in period

Latest simulator can 'go almost anywhere'

Organizations plan to develop skilled aviation talent

AI app uses natural voice processing

New apprenticeship program aims to develop Delaware's aviation workforce

More training device time equals better trainee performance and lower costs, and new VR trainers are making this happen.

It's a good time to be a pilot but a tough time to be a business aircraft owner looking for one.

A monthly recap of industry job title updates, leadership changes, and honoring the memory of aviation VIPs who have taken their final flight.

“Unfavorable” labor conditions and supply-chain disruptions only dent Textron Aviation's second-quarter earnings performance.

Tecnam says its Rotax-powered two-seat trainer will significantly reduce costs.

2Excel Engineering has secured a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Part 147 approval for maintenance training at its Hampshire, UK base at Lasham Airfield.

Boeing is providing $950,000 in scholarships to expand and diversify the pilot workforce.

Bonuses and incentives might be better than training contracts to keep pilots at flight departments that just paid for their new aircraft type rating.

The post-Covid period has seen interest in bizjet charter increase in the Middle East.

Loft Dynamics' VR sims for R22 and H125 helos will be installed at the FAA's Hughes Center for Evaluation Loft Dynamics' VR sims for R22 and H125 helos will be installed at the FAA's Hughes Center for Evaluation

Vita and Air Rescue Systems combine to offer helicopter hoist training and technology solutions.

Flight training provider AV8 has launched an online training program that was more than two years in the making.

The Hera initiative raises the question of whether business aviation might ease its personnel shortage by improving career circumstances.

French aircraft manufacturer Daher is adding to its aerostructures and support capability by taking over the Assistance Aéronautique et Aérospatiale group.

Transparency and working together can help fix the lack of available simulator training slots for pilots.

In 1951, corporate pilot Albert Lee Ueltschi rented a Link trainer to provide pilot training training in the Marine Air Terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport under the name FlightSafety, Inc.

CAE predicted that business aviation alone will need 106,000 pilots and maintenance technicians to join the segment by 2032.

Companies are investing in multi-pronged efforts to boost female involvement in engineering, but women still account for around one-fifth of the total.

Job openings exist for over 1,000 new employees at the MRO concern over the next three years.

Icare chose the EASA FTD2/FNPT II simulator to train A320 pilots and complement its future full-flight simulator

CAE is now the first authorized Boeing competency-based training and assessment provider.

Spirit is adding to its aerostructures portfolio, which already includes Bombardier's business jets and various Airbus and Boeing airliners.

Ortec Engineering is supporting customers with 3-D printing, building information modeling, and virtual training and skills development services.

AIN Media Group earned top honors at the Aerospace Media Awards during the Paris Airshow.