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IATA Announces 2024 Appointment for Senior Manager of Pilot Training and Licensing

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the appointment of Andrés Ospina, MRAeS, as the new Senior Manager of Pilot Training and Licensing. Capt. Ospina, who has accumulated extensive experience throughout his career, expressed that this new position represents one of the most significant milestones in his professional journey saying, “After many experiences I’ve lived through, today I reach another dream, perhaps the greatest one of my professional life, and I hope to stay here for the rest of my career.”

To know more about IATA or Mr. Ospina, connect with him through his LinkedIn Profile.

Source: Andrés Ospina

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Boeing’s Worker Strike Ends – Aircraft Deliveries to Accelerate Going into 2025

USA – Boeing’s largest union of machinists has voted to end a nearly two-month strike, accepting a four-year contract that includes significant wage and benefit increases. The contract promises a 38% wage increase over four years and $12,000 in signing bonuses, securing major gains for the 33,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The decision is a pivotal moment for Boeing, which has struggled with financial and reputational challenges in recent years.

  • The contract includes a guarantee that Boeing’s next airplane will be manufactured in the Seattle area, a significant win for IAM, with 59% of voting members approving the deal.
  • The new agreement raises average machinist salaries to $119,309 annually by the contract’s end, up from $75,608, and restores parental leave and an annual bonus program.

Statements

  • Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg noted in a message to employees, “We will only move forward by listening and working together… There is much work ahead to return to the excellence that made Boeing an iconic company.”
  • “It’s time we all come back together and focus on rebuilding the business and delivering the world’s best airplanes,” Ortberg added, calling for unity.

Boeing’s Financial and Operational Challenges

  • Ending the strike is expected to aid Boeing’s recovery, but analysts estimate that the walkout cost the company around $1 billion per month.
  • Production of popular models, including the 737 Max and 777, must resume promptly to restore Boeing’s revenue stream, which was already affected by safety and compliance issues with the 737 Max.
  • Boeing continues to face financial strain, reporting a $6.2 billion loss for the latest quarter, with ongoing cost-cutting measures set to reduce its 171,000-employee workforce by 10% next year.
  • Ortberg has indicated Boeing may divest some non-core divisions to focus on aircraft production and has already instituted multiple cost-saving measures.

Source: IAM and Boeing

AFM team notes

  • How does this industry development relate to a flight school?
    The end of the strike should accelerate aircraft deliveries providing a boost to airline pilot hiring demand in the first half of 2025 compared to the second half of 2024.
  • How does this industry development relate to a full flight simulator pilot training center?
    The end of the strike should accelerate aircraft deliveries providing a boost to full flight simulator hour demand across Boeing types airline with especially type ratings increasing full flight simulator utilisation – forecasting FFS hour demand to increase in the first half of 2025 compared to the second half of 2024.
  • How does this industry development relate to a pilot training industry supplier?
    Suppliers may see heightened demand for training equipment as Boeing stabilizes and accelerates aircraft production, particularly for popular commercial jet models.

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Aircraft Manufacturer Proposes CEO Renewal and Prepares for Management Changes in 2024 and 2025

The Board of Directors of Airbus SE will propose to the shareholders at the 2025 Annual General Meeting the renewal of Guillaume Faury as Executive member of the Board and Airbus Chief Executive Officer.

The Company is also announcing management transition steps in its Commercial Aircraft business. Lars Wagner, currently the CEO of MTU Aero Engines AG, based in Munich, has been selected to join the Airbus Executive Committee, after finalising his term at MTU, to become the successor of Christian Scherer as CEO of the Commercial Aircraft business.

“Christian and I are excited to have Lars Wagner, such a talented industry leader, coming back to the Airbus family in this key role,” said Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. “Christian remains at the helm of the Commercial Aircraft business, supported by a great team, until the transition to Lars. Christian and I will continue to work closely together for the success of Airbus in the dynamic and complex environment we are operating in.”

“We have a clear plan for our Commercial Aircraft business and after 40 years at Airbus, I remain committed to the success of the Company,” said CEO Commercial Aircraft Christian Scherer. “I believe that Lars, whom I have known for a long time, is the natural choice for Airbus as my successor. I very much welcome his nomination and look forward to working with him in this future transition.”

Source: Airbus
Photo Credit: Airbus

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Flight School Management and Aircraft Tracking Solutions Provider, Private-Radar, Celebrates a Decade of Innovation and Excellence

Private-Radar, a global leader in Flight School Management and Aircraft Tracking Solutions, is proud to celebrate its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of pioneering innovation and outstanding service in the aviation training industry.

Since its founding in 2014, Private-Radar has transformed how flight schools and aero clubs manage and monitor their operations. Over the past decade, Private-Radar has evolved into a trusted and essential partner for aviation training institutions around the world, including several of the largest industry leaders. Today, Private Radar’s state-of-the-art solutions drive automation, enhance safety, and improve efficiency for over 100 partners across more than 30 countries.

It all started with a near miss

While earning his Private Pilot License in 2011, Prisque, the founder and CEO of Private-Radar, experienced a close call when his Cessna 172 narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with another small aircraft. This encounter highlighted a need for better flight safety measures and inspired Prisque to develop an advanced, real-time flight tracking system that would improve the safety of flight schools and optimize electronic flight records.

This led to the creation of Private-Radar, an innovative Flight School Management Software combined with an Aircraft Live Tracking Solution. Today, Private-Radar is the most advanced, fully featured Flight School Management Solution on the market. Streamlining operations and enhancing safety, by providing flight schools and aero clubs with effortless scheduling, hassle-free record-keeping, real-time aircraft tracking, fully synchronized flight data collection and much more.

Key achievements over the past decade

Global Expansion: Private-Radar has expanded its services to over 100 partners worldwide. We work with a wide array of organizations, including large scale leading pilot training operations, aero clubs, helicopter pilot schools and simulator only sites.

Tailored Solutions: Private-Radar’s dedication to customizing its platform to meet the specific needs of each partner has fostered a loyal user base and earned a reputation for excellence in service and support.

Continued Innovation: Private-Radar conduct an active dialogue and collaboration with their partners, ensuring the system evolves to meet their unique needs. By actively listening to feedback and prioritizing requested features, Private-Radar continuously enhances its platform with new updates and improvements that align with partner requirements.

Celebrate with Private-Radar at EATS 2024

To mark this milestone, we are inviting all EATS 2024 attendees to join us at Booth 514 to explore our latest upgrades, engage with our team, and participate in a very special 10th anniversary competition!

Prisque Lemble, Founder and CEO of Private-Radar, shared: “We are incredibly proud of our achievements over the past ten years. Our success reflects our unwavering commitment to innovation, quality, and service. As we look to the future, we remain dedicated to delivering top-tier solutions for our partners and expanding to new flight schools or aero clubs, that are looking to streamline their operations.”

Source: Private-Radar
Photo Credit: Private-Radar

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Garmin Introduces its Newest and the Most Advanced Integrated Flight Deck Yet – G3000 PRIME

Olathe, Kansas, USA – Garmin introduced G3000® PRIME, its most advanced integrated flight deck yet. Setting a new standard in integrated avionics, Garmin’s G3000 PRIME redefines the flight deck experience with sleek, intuitive, all-touchscreen displays and a highly flexible open system architecture that seamlessly adapts to serve a broad and dynamic market. With a state-of-the-art user interface design and advanced connectivity, G3000 PRIME leverages cutting-edge technologies that can enhance safety potential and efficiency while minimizing pilot workload in every phase of flight. Now FAA TSO certified, G3000 PRIME is ready to elevate and serve Part 23 turbine, military and advanced air mobility (AAM) markets.

“Twenty years ago, Garmin redefined the general aviation cockpit with the G1000, our first integrated flight deck. Ten years later, we introduced the G3000, bringing the first touch screens to the light turbine cockpit, and revolutionary technologies like the award-winning Garmin Autoland. With over 30,000 Garmin integrated flight decks now in service, we are proud to introduce G3000 PRIME, the industry’s most intuitive and advanced flight deck to date.” –Phil Straub, Garmin Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Aviation.

Stunning edge-to-edge glass flight displays

G3000 PRIME features expansive 14-inch touchscreen primary display units (PDU) with edge-to-edge, sunlight-readable, fingerprint-resistant glass, redefining expectations in cockpit aesthetics and functionality. The vibrant displays include multiple performance enhancements such as quadruple the memory and gigabit system connectivity that is up to 100 times faster. New, faster multi-core processors more than double the processing power – leveraging Garmin’s experience certifying multi-core technology for civil and military aviation markets as early as 2017. Additionally, higher display refresh rates provide crisp, smooth animations and an impressively responsive and fluid experience.

Complementary secondary display units (SDU) provide data entry and system control, with the added capability to display multi-function applications. The high-resolution, 7-inch SDUs boast a 40% increase in screen area over prior Garmin touch controllers. Additionally, in certain aircraft applications, the SDUs can double as an integrated standby flight instrument display, removing the need for a dedicated standby flight instrument in the panel.

G3000 PRIME’s new advanced multi-touch touchscreen interface, capable of recognizing up to 10 touchscreen inputs at once, allows both pilot and copilot to interact with the same display simultaneously. The enhanced multi-touch technology also enables on-screen hand stabilization, allowing pilots to give precise touchscreen inputs while simultaneously resting their fingers on the display. Support for dedicated control devices allow for intuitive physical control of commonly used functions through Garmin-designed products and third-party devices, as well as hands-on throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) controller designs for the military and defense markets.

Modern & intuitive new user interface

G3000 PRIME boasts a modern, yet familiar user interface, blending Garmin’s rich experience in avionics design with a sleek, contemporary look and feel. Enhanced fonts and iconography ensure clarity and familiarity, while smartly organized and shallow application menus provide quick access to critical functions.

Primary Flight Windows (PFW) and Multi-Function Windows (MFW) maximize situational awareness with full-screen or split-screen options. New quick access bars allow pilots to open common apps such as maps, traffic, weather and charts with one touch. While viewing maps, pilots can touch anywhere to open a radial menu with options for accessing additional airport, weather, or airspace information, or quickly adjusting a flight plan via graphical editing. Interactive engine and electrical indications allow pilots to quickly open systems controls and information such as cabin environmental controls, synoptics and more.

To further ease information management, the Window Manager feature allows pilots to configure app display, window sizing, and more across the entire flight deck from one SDU. The Window Manager also provides multiple preset options that can configure all displays with one command, eliminating the need for operators to manually configure each window for various phases of flight.

Advanced flight tools

G3000 PRIME provides enhanced flight management system (FMS) tools like the Modified Flight Plan, which allows pilots to use both the PDU and SDUs to provide a side-by-side graphical preview of flight plan changes, including performance calculation comparisons or what-if scenarios. During initialization, pilots can also elect to set up an Emergency Return function, which simplifies pilot responses to in-flight emergencies shortly after takeoff. Recently introduced to Garmin integrated flight decks,

Taxiway Routing has been further improved to provide automated route guidance on the 2D navigational maps and 3D Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT™) depictions.

G3000 PRIME provides advanced automation with smart checklists that are linked to crew alerting system (CAS) messages. When pilots receive a CAS message that is associated with a checklist, pilots may simply tap the message to open the appropriate checklist with a single touch. The checklists can also now sense indications and show within the checklist that the item is in the correct position, value or configuration – or provide pilots the option to quickly view detailed synoptics. Integration with Garmin-designed Electronic Power Distribution Systems replaces traditional switches with intuitive electronic circuit breakers, providing enhanced automation and ensuring a streamlined and modern cockpit experience.

Unmatched safety-enhancing innovations

G3000 PRIME features a wide array of industry-leading advanced safety-enhancing technologies available only from Garmin, including Autonomí, Garmin’s family of autonomous safety-enhancing technologies. Collier Trophy recipient, Garmin Autoland, can take complete control of the flight to land the aircraft in an emergency situation where the pilot is unable to do so1. Additional safety tools such as Smart Glide™, Smart Rudder Bias, Electronic Stability Protection (ESP™), Emergency Descent Mode (EDM) and Garmin Autothrottle further ensure confidence in every flight.

Garmin’s terminal safety solutions add even more capabilities to G3000 PRIME-equipped aircraft. Recently announced Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA) technology analyzes GPS and ADS-B traffic information relevant to the airport’s runways and taxiways to assess and alert the flight crew of a possible runway incursion or collision. ROA builds upon Garmin’s other terminal safety solutions including Runway Overrun Awareness and Alerting System (ROAAS), 3D SafeTaxi® and Garmin SurfaceWatch™.

Seamless connectivity and integration

Stay fully connected while flying behind G3000 PRIME using a variety of supported connectivity options such as Wi-Fi, LTE, Bluetooth®, SiriusXM, Connext Satellite Services and more. Garmin’s PlaneSync™ connected aircraft management system automatically updates databases2, logs flight and engine data and allows aircraft owners and operators to remotely check fuel and systems status via the Garmin Pilot™ app3. Automated cockpit functions such as flight plan uploads over PlaneSync ensure pilots have access to real-time data, enhancing their operational efficiency and decision-making. G3000 PRIME also supports Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC), including the FAA Data Comm and Eurocontrol Link 2000+ programs, for faster departure clearance (DCL) — as well as enroute exchange of data link messages with air route traffic control centers.

G3000 PRIME has received FAA TSO certification. Initial aircraft delivering with G3000 PRIME will be announced by aircraft manufacturers.

About Garmin International, Inc.
Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN). Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin, G3000 and SafeTaxi are registered trademarks and SVT, Smart Glide, ESP, SurfaceWatch, PlaneSync and Garmin Pilot are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

Source: Garmin
Photo Credit: Garmin

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