Training

Adam Fareed knew he wanted a career in aviation as a young child. “I was inspired to seek a career in aviation by my father, Atif Fareed, who is also a pilot. He mentored me and pushed me as I began my flying journey straight out of high school.” The Fareed family traveled to visit […]

The U.S. Department of Labor is hosting their fifth annual National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) November 11-17, 2019, with more than 700 events already registered to participate. A number of aviation and aerospace companies are planning events as a way to augment their current workforce and develop the next generation of technicians, engineers, managers and office […]

Part of preparing for your flight training means making sure you have the right tools with you—whether your day’s learning session involves time in the sim, ground lessons, or a flight. Here, we assemble a representative kit that will outfit you for training, with a selection of ideas from products we’ve tested over the long […]

Learning styles determine what programs work best for you in training—and your instructor can help guide you to the training aids that will correspond to your syllabus and course outline. We’ve found that over the years, the following companies have provided quality aviation training and now deliver that quality in mobile formats—so you can study […]

Sporty’s Pilot Shop has released the 2020 version of its Learn to Fly course, which joins its recently re-designed suite of training materials for all certificate levels. If students complete the course successfully, they’re guaranteed to pass not only the “written” test (the knowledge exam), but also the check ride (practical exam) as well. This […]

By the time most pilots have begun applying to the major airlines, they can usually recite the carrier’s requirements, whether it’s total flight or PIC time, education, experience or myriad other demands. Sometimes though, a pilot manages to win a seat in an airline class despite not meeting each and every requirement. Consider formal education. […]

USAIG, a leading aviation-specific insurance provider, announced today at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) that a Training Program Support Package from Advanced Aircrew Academy (AAA) has been added to its Performance Vector safety initiative. This initiative enables eligible policyholders to select annually from a diverse portfolio of training and […]

The Flight Training Award winners for 2019 from AOPA’s You Can Fly program have been announced at the ninth annual Redbird Migration flight training conference hosted at Denver Centennial’s Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight academy. Those honored were selected via the Flight Training Survey conducted by AOPA that went out earlier this summer. […]

When pilots talk about “the regs,” they refer in general to the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that govern aeronautical activity. To be specific, the regulations that cover the flying you will do initially as a student and as a certificated pilot live in the 14th volume of the CFR and divvy up […]

“Care that is patient-centered and includes the positive attributes of bedside manner has been shown to improve recovery from illness, revealing a link between provider behavior and effective disease management.” This passage was written by Linda Finch, a registered nurse and associate professor at the University of Memphis, in her paper on the effects of […]