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Capt. Lou Németh Just Keeps Going
By Rick Adams, FRAeS This Renaissance man is not one-dimensional. He also spearheaded the development of a diabetes telemetry management system as Chairman and Co-founder of KIVALO and built a remote health management system for chronically ill children Read more
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Reflections on WATS 2024
By Rick Adams, FRAeS WATS 2024 was a truly transformative week, dramatically shifting the focus of the civil aviation training community from the traditional emphasis on flight simulator hardware – visual and motion systems, mostly – to the science of learning. Read more
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Is FAA Guidance for VR Flight Simulation Imminent?
By Rick Adams, FRAeS Three years ago, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted the first regulatory approval for a Virtual Reality (VR)-based flight training device. Approvals for additional devices have followed. A year ago, EASA published its special conditions for A/M/V/XR-based and eVTOL FSTDs. But thus far, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)… Read more
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A Caution on MR Headsets
By Rick Adams, FRAeS The debut of the Apple Vision Pro (AVP) mixed-reality (MR) headset has re-ignited interest in using A/M/V/XR technology for aviation training applications. But beware the hype. Consider the limitations. Read more
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Are You in the Green ?
By Steven Green, FRAeS Some Thoughts on Evidence-Based Training and a Strategy of Margins, Constraints and Risk Avoidance The very last thing I did before entering a runway for departure was ask the First Officer, “Are you in the green?”. Everyone knew what that meant, and it was a way of opening the door for… Read more
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Missed Opportunity
Captain John Bent, FRAeS Organic growth of surviving flight schools is happening but not at a pace to provide a market correction any time soon. Many experienced flight instructors have gone to the airlines and the shortage of flight instructors is the critical path risk to ATOs. Additionally, training aircraft production lead times are now… Read more