The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has announced the six recipients of its 2014 scholarships. RAAA’s Ansett Aviation Training scholarships were awarded to Alexis Herzog from Airline Academy of Australia and Danica Henderson from Australian Airline Pilot Academy. The pair will take an endorsement course on either the Beechcraft Super Kingair B200 or Metroliner
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) national convention will feature a series of technical workshops covering three key areas. The three technical workshops will look at the issues of the day of Air Operator’s Certificate holders, those in maintenance and engineering, as well as a session on training and education. “The technical workshops are
Training school Aviation Australia expects to have up to 2,500 students go through its new facility in Saudi Arabia. The company has set up Aviation Australia Riyadh College of Excellence (AARCOE) at King Khalid International Airport in partnership with the locally-based Shamal Investments. The facility includes a hangar and aircraft maintenance training environment, Aviation Australia said
Students in Air New Zealand’s Aviation Institute’s basic aircraft maintenance program will now come away from the course with both academic qualifications and technical accreditation. The school says graduates of its European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 147 course will also have a New Zealand level five diploma thanks to New Zealand Qualifications Authority approval. Air
Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to respond to the Forsyth inquiry into Australia’s aviation regulatory system before the end of the year. Speaking at Airservices’ annual Waypoint conference in Canberra on Thursday, Truss said the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (ASRR) found Australia had a good safety record but identified “opportunities for
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has awarded McMurdo Group’s Techno-Sciences Inc a 10-year contract to build and operate a new satellite ground station and mission control centre for detecting emergency distress beacons. Construction of a six-antenna medium-altitude earth orbit search and rescue (MEOSAR) facility at Mingenew, about 380 kilometres north of Perth in Western
