TRAINING NEWS

Boeing Awarded U.S. Navy Contract for New Zealand P-8 Training

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Dec 16^th 2020 |

The U.S. Navy recently awarded Boeing [NYSA: BA] a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract, valued at $109 million, to provide P-8A Poseidon training for the Royal New ...

Lockheed Martin CH-53K King Stallion Devices Ready For Training

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 3^rd 2020 |

U.S. Marines are now preparing to fly, maintain and sustain the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter, which will enable them to safely complete longer-range missions in harshe...

Lockheed Martin To Build New Training Center For Binational French, German C-130J Squadron

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Nov 23^rd 2020 |

French and German C-130J® Super Hercules aircrews and maintainers will train in a facility located in France, built a...

Shaping the future of aviation training

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Oct 7^th 2020 |

Abu Dhabi, UAE – Etihad Aviation Training (EAT), part of Etihad Aviation Group, has launched new training programmes for pilots at its world-class training facility. For the first time, customers will also be ab...

Indian Institute of Aeronautics Group becomes India's launch customer for Airbus' maintenance training solution 'ACT for Academy'

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Fri, Oct 2^nd 2020 |

The Indian Institute of Aeronautics (IIA) Group has entered into an agreement with Airbus to use the training solutio...

Bell Training Academy Continues to Complete Customer Training in Challenging Environment

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, May 14^th 2020 |

Even with limited travel options, the Bell Training Academy remains open and training customers. Barring any travel r...

Boeing training on 737 MAX 'inadequate': Ethiopia crash report

AIR SECURITY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Mar 9^th 2020 |

Ethiopia's probe of last year's Ethiopian Airlines crash found that Boeing did not provide sufficient training for the 737 MAX and that crucial flight software was fl...

Pilots tell US Congress more training needed on 737 MAX

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Jun 21^st 2019 |

US pilots, including Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, called Wednesday for enhanced training on the Boeing 737 MAX before the aircraft is returned to service followi...

Safran's non-destructive testing training facility

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, May 2^nd 2019 |

The Group's non-destructive testing (NDT)* in-house training school in Villaroche, east of Paris, covers training requirements for all Safran business segments.The fac...

Airbus to open Flight Academy and extend training services to pilot cadets

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Mar 7^th 2019 |

In order to meet the high market demand for cadet pilot training in Europe – 94,000 new pilots over the next 20 years* – Airbus has decided to open its own...

Training starts for the ALAT

MAINTENANCE / MRO | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Dec 12^th 2018 |

The first year of future ALAT mechanics training on its "BAC pro aero" programme at the French army's Technical training centre in Bourges started back at school in September. The 21 students will follow a three-year ...

School relations: a talent pool for Safran

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 6^th 2018 |

At the beginning of December, Safran signed a partnership agreement with ENSEEIHT (National School of Electrotechnology, Electronics, Computer Science, Hydraulics and Telecommunications) of Toulouse. This agreement &n...

Airbus ready to roll-out Pilot Cadet Training co-developed with ENAC

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 6^th 2018 |

Airbus and the French Civil Aviation University, ENAC, have obtained EASA certification for a co-developed ab initio Pilot Cadet Training Programme that will be used b...

Airbus expands global partner university network to deliver digital skills for the future

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Nov 8^th 2018 |

The 3-day annual meeting of the Airbus Global University Partner Programme opened in Zhuhai, China on 5 November, run...

C Series Aircraft Lands at École nationale d'aérotechnique to Start New Training Mission

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Oct 18^th 2018 |

The CS100 aircraft donated by Bombardier was welcomed by hundreds of students at the École nationale d’aérotech...