Emirates Flight Training Academy opens
Emirates Flight Training Academy for training ab initio pilots has been officially inaugurated during the Dubai Airshow. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed, one of the many dignitaries present, said: “The Emirates Flight Training Academy is designed to be one of the most advanced flight training facilities not just in the Middle East region, but in the entire world. This is the only academy in the world that provides complete integration of...
OSM Aviation takes controlling stake in SAA, open new school
OSM Aviation is acquiring 51 per cent of the shares in Scandinavian Aviation Academy (SAA), which will become the largest pilot school in the Nordic region. To increase its capacity, SAA is to open a new training facility, – OSM Aviation Academy -, at Norway’s Arendal Airport Gullknapp, where both Norwegian and international students will receive training with a developed career path and permanent employment as a pilot with OSM...
Preventing Helicopter Accidents, Helen Krasner
Despite how it often looks at the time, few helicopter accidents are the result of only one factor. Many are said afterwards to have happened due to human error, pilot error, or whatever term you prefer, but they actually tend to occur because a number of things go awry at the same time. Poor weather, navigation problems, fatigue, stress, distraction – all of these are contributory factors in many rotary accidents. Yet most helicopter...
Iberia partners with FTEJerez
FTEJerez has been appointed as the official flight training provider for Iberia’s future pilots. Established in 1927 and now serving over a hundred destinations across 48 countries, Iberia is Spain’s most important airline and the leading airline between Europe and Latin America. In this new Mentored Airline Pilot Scheme, selected candidates will commence their training at FTEJerez in early 2018 joining FTE’s AFOP (Airline...
L3 CTS chosen by Wizz Air for additional pilot recruits
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has announced that graduates from its Airline Pilot career programme, an Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) course, have been selected to fly Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe. The successful graduates will complete the Wizz Air A320 type rating at L3 CTS’s Southampton Training Center before starting their professional flying career, commuting...
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