Hamburg Center of Aviation Training announced the opening of its new, state-of-the-art facility May 26. HCAT is a partnership network of aviation companies, associations, universities and regulatory authorities that provide advanced vocational training in avionics/electronics and modern production processes.

A trainee pilot was unconscious at the controls of his light plane for 55 minutes as it flew 250km on autopilot over Adelaide and out to sea, an investigation has revealed.

More than 400 graduates have successfully obtained their master degree or diploma from the Aviation Safety Management Master Program (ASM Master Program), which is jointly developed and implemented by Airbus and its European and Chinese partners, namely the Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC) and Institut Superieur de L'Aeronautique et de L'Espace (ISAE) of France and the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC).

U.S. FAA on Wednesday proposed new regulations to overhaul airline training programs for aircraft crewmembers and flight dispatchers, revising a proposal first issued in 2009. The supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would in particular revamp pilot training, mandating more recurrent training and calling for pilots to be put through challenging emergency situations in advanced flight simulators.

The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) is accusing Jetstar of compromising safety by employing cadet pilots on low salaries.

Trainee pilots with as little as 200 hours of experience are flying Qantas Airways' budget airline Jetstar, according to the pilots' association.

Today, Pratt & Whitney, on behalf of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with COMAC, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, for cooperation on leadership training for senior executives and mid-level management, project management training and Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) training. The training programs, conducted by the Pratt & Whitney Customer Training Center in collaboration with Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky, provide targeted curriculum for senior executives, mid-level managers and high potential employees. Training is scheduled to begin mid-year. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp..