Tag: pilot training

BAA Training Establishes Aviation Training Base In The Middle East

Reading Time: 2 minutes BAA Training continues spreading its name over the map of aviation training world. Aviation training center based in Northern Europe is expanding its services to the Middle East market by establishing BAA Training UAE training base. In cooperation with strategic partners, the aviation training centre Pier 7 Aviation, BAA Training UAE is ready to provide […]

Boeing Assembly of Air Force T-X to Support 1,800 Jobs

Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing’s decision to assemble its T-X Air Force training jet at its St. Louis facility is expected to support approximately 1,800 jobs in the region. If the Air Force chooses Boeing to help train pilots for generations to come, T-X will be the newest project for a community that has produced some of the most […]

BAA Training Has the Widest Full Flight Simulator Network in Europe

Reading Time: 2 minutes BAA Training, one of the biggest aviation training centres in Northern Europe, now has more aviation training locations than ever before. It is able to provide training solutions for 18 types of aircraft on 54 Full Flight Simulators located in 27 places over Europe, North and South Americas, Africa and Asia. The IATA 20-year Air […]

Pilot Instructor Naps Leaving Trainee to Get 305 Passengers to London

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Pakistani pilot entrusted with training a junior flight officer chose instead to sleep his way through much of the flight, placing the lives of the 305 passengers at grave risk. Pilot and trainer Amir Akhtar Hashmi apparently spent a quiet two and a half hours en route, resting comfortably in a business class seat […]

Turkmenistan Airlines Opens Flight Simulator Center

Reading Time: 2 minutes Turkmenistan’s state-run aviation concern Turkmenhowayollary (Turkmenistan Airlines) has opened a flight simulator center at Ashgabat airport. The facility is part of a new airport complex currently under construction outside the country’s capital city, TurkmenPortal reports. The center features two full-flight simulators: one by Canada’s CAE for Boeing 737NG family airliners, the other by Austrian aircraft […]

First Boeing 737 MAX Flight Simulator is FAA Certified

Reading Time: < 1 minute FAA has certified the first-ever Boeing 737 MAX full-flight simulator (FFS), located at Boeing’s Miami training center. The FSS, made by TRU Simulation & Training, was certified to FAA Level C standard. Pilots can start training on an interim level C simulator. The qualification level will be upgraded to the level D standard once all […]

Thales Delivers Training Simulator To The Royal Malaysian Air Force

Reading Time: 2 minutes Thales was selected to deliver an FNPT II (Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainer) simulator to the Royal Malaysian Air Force for the purposes of initial pilot training. The simulator, delivered to the company Gading Kasturi, has been in operation since December. Key Points: Delivery of this flight and navigation training simulator marks the first flight […]

FlightSafety International To Offer Training For The Gulfstream G650

Reading Time: 2 minutes FlightSafety International announces that training for the Gulfstream G650™ aircraft will be offered at its Learning Center located at the Farnborough airport in the United Kingdom. Training is expected to begin in March 2017 following Level D qualification of the simulator. This will be the fourth training location and fifth simulator for Gulfstream G650. Two […]

Malaysia Airlines Signs with Airbus for A350 XWB Flight Training

Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has signed an agreement with the Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC) in Singapore to provide A350 XWB training to the carrier’s flight crew. The contract will cover complete courses for flight crew transition to the new A350 XWB, as well as regular recurrent training services. The agreement was signed at the […]

BAA Training Invites Future Wizz Air Cadets to Meet in Warsaw

Reading Time: 2 minutes BAA Training, European standard aviation training center, is inviting all aspiring future pilots to the Wizz Air Cadet Program Open Day on 25 March, in Warsaw, Poland. During the Open Day, BAA Training will walk the participants through the application and assessment process as well as the structure of Wizz Air Cadet Program, while representatives […]