Training and Workforce

One of the greatest concerns for any maintenance operation, the potential problems associated with a hazardous material spill, has become a little less wor

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has announced that it is prepared to work closely with the FAA in the agency’s effort to mandate human-f

Aerosim Technologies (Booth No.

Following its safety evaluation of the Mitsubishi MU-2 last year, the FAA has issued a proposed Special FAR that will force all current and future MU-2 pil

Cessna’s cessnaelearning.com Web site now offers a Caravan cold-weather operatio

Eclipse Aviation is now putting the finishing touches on its very light jet (VLJ) pilot training program.

Aviation high schools and aviation programs aimed at high-school students have been providing the industry with a trained work force for more than 80 years

Frasca’s newest flight training device, the Mentor, is being billed by the Urbana, Ill.

You might not be familiar with the name Mechtronix Systems, but representatives from the Montreal company nonetheless predict you may soon find yourself st

By September next year European aircraft maintenance providers will be obliged to have conducted approved human factors training for their staff.

Executive Jet Management (EJM), a provider of aircraft management and charter services, received special recognition from Grey Owl Aviation Consultants for

First came glass cockpits for light piston airplanes, and now there is a Frasca flight-training device (FTD) for pilots who want to learn to use the new br

The late Randy Kennedy, who wrote a chapter or two in the book for corporate pilots in the U.S., once said, “Don’t tell anyone, but you can teach monkeys t

The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) implicated crew training in the crash of a Bermuda-registered Falcon 900EX at Stansted Airport on Feb.

As a result of its investigation into the Executive Airlines ATR 72-212 landing accident in Puerto Rico on May 9, 2004, the NTSB is recommending new proced

FlightSafety International (FSI) officially opened its new Farnborough Learning Center in the UK on September 14.

The FAA extended to June 6 next year the compliance deadline for the new second-in-command type rating requirements for international operations.

Cessna has selected FlightSafety International (FSI) to provide training for pilots and mechanics of the Citation Mustang very light jet (VLJ), and the tra

John and Martha King this month plan to take the wraps off a new online training course developed for pilots transitioning from traditional instruments to

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is scheduled to begin graduate and undergraduate degree classes in professional aeronautics and technical management.

AirCare’s Facts program now offers hypoxia training at customers’ facilities.

ServiceElements, a customer service motivational and strategy firm, has signed a long-term agreement with Dassault Falcon Jet to provide service strategy c

SimuFlite celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, but the company’s roots go farther back than that, all the way to the Link Trainer.

Whe

With two major players in the field of simulator training for business aviation, competition for a larger share of the market is a constant, and innovation

Jeppesen of Englewood, Colo., introduced new weather maps that provide forecast information on icing and turbulence.

FlightSafety International has added a new program to its simulator training courses.

The restructuring program that Quebec-based CAE has adopted to improve its financial position will not affect SimuFlite, Andrew Arnovitz, director of inves

FlightSafety International is introducing a hypoxia awareness course at its learning centers.

Eclipse Aviation selected Opinicus of Clearwater, Fla., to be the exclusive supplier of flight-training devices and simulators for the Eclipse 500 very lig

American Eurocopter’s training center at Grand Prairie, Texas, has won FAA Part 141 approval to offer training on night vision goggles (NVGs).