Training and Workforce

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

Training and Workforce

Coptersafety Receives FAA Approval for its Airbus H145 Training

Coptersafety receives FAA Part 142 approval for its H145 training program
Coptersafety
Regulations and Government

NBAA Praises Advancement of Guillermet To Lead EASA

Formal appointment expected by EU Parliament in mid-February
Florian Guillermet EASA
Training and Workforce

AINsight: Pilot Professionalism Redefined

Professionalism in aviation is much more than just collecting a paycheck for flying and wearing a necktie
Pilot in front of business jet
Training and Workforce

Simcom Opens Lake Nona Aviation Training Center

Facility marks third training center for Simcom in Orlando, Florida
Simcom Lake Nona simulator bay
Training and Workforce

Thrive Aviation Joins Southwest Airlines Pilot Pathways Program

The program allows cadets to earn flying hours in single- and multi-engine aircraft
Thrive Aviation
Training and Workforce

NAA Bestows Cassandra Bosco with Brewer Trophy

Bosco is a founding board member of WAI who has spent decades furthering aviation education
Cassandra Bosco
Training and Workforce

Top Aces A-4s To Join Canada Adversary Fleet

Older fighters will reduce the RCAF's need to use CF-18s for adversary training
Top Aces Dougle A-4 fighter jet
Training and Workforce

AIN Year-end Report 2023

A letter from AIN CEO and Co-founder, Wilson Leach
Wilson Leach, AIN Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus
Training and Workforce

People in Aviation

Patrick Shanahan is interim president for Spirit AeroSystems, Alain-Jory Barthe senior v-p of industry for Daher
People in Aviation - December 2023 headshots
Training and Workforce

CrewBlast Launches SaaS Model for Efficient Crew Placement

Operators can integrate their internal contractor databases directly into the platform
Training and Workforce

Central Flying Service To Run Arkansas Aviation Academy

The new flight training center is a partnership with the University of Central Arkansas
University of Central Arkansas flight training academy uses Tecnam aircraft
Charter & Fractional

Charter Group KlasJet Cleared To Operate in Canada

The Lithuania-based company is part of the Avia Solutions Group
KlasJet Boeing 737 aircraft
Training and Workforce

Flexjet Partners with Purdue on Career Accelerator

AeroSphere combines academic learning with real-world experience
Aircraft

New Zealand Flight School Orders 10 Tecnam Trainers

Deal includes P2008 JC, P2006T, and P-Mentor models
NZAAL's Tecnam fleet of trainers
Training and Workforce

AINsight: Curating a Team of Experts

Leadership isn’t about single-handedly wielding every card in the deck
Training and Workforce

Flydubai and CAE To Establish Flight Training Center

The new facility expected to open in January 2025
Flydubai's new flight training cente
Training and Workforce

NATA Launches Aviation Mx Apprenticeship Tracking Tool

The tool assists members with developing aviation maintenance technician applicants
Training and Workforce

Airbus, Mubadala Join Efforts on Aerospace Engineer Internships

Airbus will host a dozen Emirati engineering students at its headquarters in Toulouse, France
Mubadala and Airbus scholarships
Regulations and Government

Pilot Mental Health Takes Center Stage in FAA's Latest Initiative

New committee to advise on reporting and evaluation of pilots' well-being
Aircraft

AeroGuard Scales Up Operations with Order for 90 Piper Archers

The AeroGuard order is the latest in a string of trainer fleet contracts for Piper this year
Piper deal at Dubai Airshow 2023
Training and Workforce

Flexjet Launches Bizjet Cabin Server Training Academy

Red Label Academy offers a two-week hospitality training program
Flexjet's Red Label Academy
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Aerospace Xelerated To Speed Up Incubator Process

The effort will attempt to fund 10 start-ups per year
Aerospace Xelerated Summit on November 9, 2023 in Dubai (Credit-AX)
Airlines

Boeing Sees Big Airline Fleet Growth From Middle East

The airframer says the region's bounceback from Covid is fueling demand
Boeing 777X at Dubai Airshow 2023
Training and Workforce

Emirates to Expand Pilot Training By 54 Percent in 2024

The PilotsGlobal platform has processed 22,000 pilot referrals across Middle East vacancies.
Nimrod Meuleman at the Emirates CAE Training center
Training and Workforce

NAA Recognizes AIN's Leach as Distinguished Statesman

Other honorees are safety expert Gregory Feith, Jim Richmond, and Robert Stangarone
Wilson Leach, co-founder of AIN Media Group
Training and Workforce

People in Aviation

Aviation leaders mourn loss of Richard McSpadden
People in Aviation - November 2023 headshots
Training and Workforce

Building a Diverse Workforce—the Seeds of Change

Aviation groups are trying to break through diversity walls
Diversity graphic
Training and Workforce

West Star To Open a Maintenance Training Academy

The company plans to hire 25 paid apprentices
West Star East Alton, Illinois (Photo: West Star Aviation)
Training and Workforce

AINsight: NBAA-BACE . . . It's About People

NBAA-BACE 2023 focused on fostering talent
NBAA-BACE 2023 panel hosted by Sheryl Barden (Photo: API)
Training and Workforce

CAE, APG Team To Enhance Business Aviation Training

Partnership enhances aircraft performance and runway analysis instruction
CAE-APG partnership