Aircraft Maintenance Ladder Safety
Archives for » Page 69Avoid unnecessary injury and join us in our pledge for safer practices involving ladders. Ladders seem like a safe and relatively harmless tool to use while performing maintenance. Although this is true, if used improperly, a ladder can result in employees getting hurt, disabled, or in extreme cases, an accidental death. […]
Part 135: Customization for Every Operation
Archives for » Page 69Customizable online aviation training options users and admins love! At CTS, we understand every operation has different training goals and requirements, so we developed training courses with a modular-based learning system that can be entirely customized to meet operation and user needs. Keep reading to learn how you can take advantage […]
Cloud Identification for Pilots: Icing
Archives for » Page 69Cooler weather is coming and so are its threats to aircraft. Cloud identification assists in avoiding turbulence, thunderstorms, and icing. Icing holds major hazards for airmen, so we have dedicated this blog to identifying the greatest potential icing conditions and how you can avoid them. Keep reading to learn about in-flight […]
Cloud Identification for Pilots: Thunderstorms
Archives for » Page 69Convective cloud conundrums and solutions. As we previously discussed in our turbulence blog, all cumulus clouds, particularly towering cumulus, provide visual aids for areas you may wish to avoid. On top of turbulence, another hazard of cumulus clouds is their large potential to host a thunderstorm and show the large potential […]
Cloud Identification for Pilots: Turbulence
Archives for » Page 69Hidden dangers in our temperamental airspace companions. Identifying clouds and their potential threats is key to having a keen aviator’s eye and ensuring that you don’t inadvertently encounter any hazards. The FAA mandates yearly recurrent training for pilots on cloud identification and weather, so we thought we’d lay out an easy-to-follow […]
The Importance of the Preflight Checklist
Archives for » Page 69It happens to everyone, but here’s why you shouldn’t skip your preflight checklist: All pilots understand they are supposed to review and perform the preflight checklist before every flight, but eventually it just becomes repetitive to the point that it means slipping or forgetting to perform every action. Well, there is […]
Case Study: CTS Online Aviation Training Learning Checkpoints
Archives for » Page 69CTS is making changes to our online aviation training offerings to create a more engaging, user-centered experience. New and exciting things are happening at CTS as we strive to provide the most technologically advanced, engaging and accurate online aviation training on the market. With that said, we have introduced a new […]
Part 135: Taking the headache out of course selection
Archives for » Page 69Is your Part 135 operation’s training admin starting to look like the image above? Then CTS is just the thing you need to drown out the decision-making blues! Not a Part 135 operator? No problem! We also offer Part 91K, Part 125, Maintenance Safety and Human Resource courses, and more. Keep […]
2018 BizAv Reflection
Archives for » Page 692018 has been quite a year for business aviation so far… Between pilot shortages, a spike in business aviation services, and an extreme overhaul of avionics, it has already been a whirlwind of a year for our sector of the industry. Since it’s already August, we wanted to do a quick […]
Rotary World Rocked by Pilot Shortage
Archives for » Page 69The number of active rotor-wing pilots could be cut in half within the foreseeable future. A spokesperson for Southern Utah State University in Cedar City, Utah has recently expressed concerns for the very real pilot deficit not only affecting the fixed-wing world, but also creeping into rotor-wing activity. Assistant chief flight […]