Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

CAE announced yesterday that it opened the first-ever business jet and civil helicopter training center in Mexico. The facility–located at Toluca Airport, near Mexico City–includes new full-motion flight simulators for the Bombardier Learjet 40/45 and the Bell 412 helicopter, both of which were recently qualified to level-D-equivalent standards by Mexico’s Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil. CAE’s Mexico facility is the seventh location in its business-aviation training network.

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

CAE Opens Bizjet Training Center in Mexico

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Amy Wilder

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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FlightSafety Adds FAA-approved G600/G700 Simulator

Matt Thurber

Urges flight departments to pay more attention to staffing issues

In-Flight Crew Connections Outlines Hiring Strategies

Patriarch of a flying family put a fleet of business aircraft to work

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MOU covers initial and recurrent SF50 training for owners

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AIN Staff

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Jessica Reed

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

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