Most aircraft live to be well respected seniors but for all of them the day comes when they must face the cruel reality: no more flying! Some will have a second life as training facilities, others will burn while the firemen hone their skills, still others are disassembled and the material is recycled. Whichever way… Continue reading Viewfinder View 13 – There are many ways for an aircraft to die
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BluSky Services and Holland Aviation Consultancy & Engineering (HACE) team up to develop advanced e-training courses
The importance of training in aviation cannot be over emphasized. This has been amply demonstrated by recent events, including the Air France A330 crash and the A380 taxi incident, in both of which pilot training issues have been identified as important contributory factors. But the need for quality training extends way beyond pilots and air… Continue reading BluSky Services and Holland Aviation Consultancy & Engineering (HACE) team up to develop advanced e-training courses
Train them well… but watch your step!
During my ATC years and also after, I did a fair amount of training that ranged from ICAO Annex 14 (Airports), radio telephony procedures and ATC automation to HMI design and airspace user requirements in the future ATM system. The students represented a similarly broad spectrum from ab-initio controller trainees to ATC supervisors, engineers and… Continue reading Train them well… but watch your step!
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Jozsef Torocsik – the first Hungarian at EUROCONTROL What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I could boast and say that I have always wanted to be an air traffic controller… but it would be a lie. I remember having admired airplanes and airports from around age 6 but my early… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Is the training of air traffic controllers better?
One of the surprising and possibly unexpected early recommendations coming out of the investigation of the recent Air France Airbus 330 crash is that training in certain basic piloting skills and the handling of unusual situations must be strengthened and improved. Excuse me? Have we already reached the stage where the pilots of a sophisticated… Continue reading Is the training of air traffic controllers better?