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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Accident Watch
Background Checks When hiring a pilot, flight evaluations and background checks should be standard procedure, but in today’s pilot-shortage market, some operators might just be happy to find a pilot willing to work for what they are paying. The following account looks at a pilot’s background from... [read more]
October 22, 2008
Flight Safety and Frasca Partner on AS350 Simulator
Flight Safety International has partnered with flight simulator manufacturer Frasca to place light turbine simulators in many of FSI’s training centers...
September 1, 2008
Training: Safety Watch
Pilot Responsibility — Where Has it Gone? Where is the FAA? That’s the question we all ask following an aircraft mishap. But the question that really should be asked is, where is pilot responsibility in general aviation these days? We all rely on...
August 6, 2008
Private Pilot Helps Crash Victims
A grandfather and grandson were injured yesterday when their amateur-built, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft crashed in a field soon after takeoff from Erie Airpark in Erie, Colo. Gui Cipriani, a certified pilot was training Jake Harmon when the pair saw...
August 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Feds Review Senator’s Call for Silver State Probe
TRAINING The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reviewing a senator’s call for it to investigate whether Silver State Helicopters and companies that issued loans to its students engaged in deceptive business practices. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) in...
August 1, 2008
Helicopter Training: From the Factories
Bell Graduates Father-Son Pair When Anil and Abhijeet Mahajan recently successfully completed their courses at the Bell Helicopter Training Academy, they claimed a minor spot in industry record books. They are the first father-son team to qualify in the same...
August 1, 2008
Helicopter Training: From the Field
New Instrument Rating Center Opens in U.K. Severn Aviation has opened a new instrument-rating training operation in the United Kingdom. The Training Centre at Severn Aviation is intended to meet growing demand for all commercial helicopter activities. Its...
August 1, 2008
Helicopter Training: From the Field
Ireland Sees 400 Percent Rise in Helo Licenses The number of private helicopter licenses Ireland issued has risen 400 percent in the past 10 years, according to numerous reports from the nation. In January, the Irish Aviation Authority said, 199 people held...
June 1, 2008
Our Brothers’ Keepers?
Reader Robert Rendzio took us to task last month. Our recent Question of the Month about the impact of Silver State Helicopters’ shutdown on the U.S. industry was callous, he wrote in our May Feedback column, considering the many young victims of that...
June 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: FAA Extends "Robinson SFAR" On Training ‘Til Mid-2009
TRAINING The U.S. FAA has extended the special federal rule prescribing training requirements for instructors and operators of Robinson Helicopters’ R22s and R44s. Known as the "Robinson SFAR," Special Federal Aviation Regulation 73 took...
June 1, 2008
Helicopter Training: Know What You Don’t Know
Safety experts are fascinated by helicopter collisions with terrain, water and obstacles. They study these types of accidents continually. In the past four years, groups of accidents involving what is called controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) alone have...
June 1, 2008
From the Field:
California Lawyers Sue to Block Loan Collections Against Silver State Students
A California law firm is suing a U.S. bank to block it from collecting payments on tuition loans to students of the failed training giant Silver State Helicopters. The Feb. 3 collapse of North Las Vegas, Nev.-based Silver State left more than 2,500 aspiring...
June 1, 2008
From the Factories: Bell Offers Students Sallie Mae Financing
Bell Helicopter is offering its training students the ability to obtain U.S. Sallie Mae financing for their training. Students at Bell’s Helicopter Training Academy at Alliance Airport north of Dallas can secure a Career Training Loan from SLM...
June 1, 2008
From the Factories: France, Eurocopter Target School for India
Eurocopter, together with the government of France, plans to set up a flight training school in India, according to published reports. India’s The Economic Times quoted France’s transport minister last month as saying government officials are in...
June 1, 2008
From the Factories: HAI's "Free Membership" Offer Aimed in Part at Helping Silver State Victims
The Helicopter Assn International’s recent decision to change its rules to offer complementary, one-year memberships to flight students is aimed in part at helping former students of Silver State Helicopters and keeping the interest of those people in...
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