People driving safety If idustry actually relied on government and regulation to drive safety, the history of aviation would look very different indeed. While our various regulators are often still in the dark ages in their approach to safety and certainly how it manifests in regulation, it is always incumbent on individuals in industry to

  Leonardo appoints Toll Helicopters to deliver sim and training services Toll Helicopters has become the sole Leonardo authorised training centre for the Australasian region after signing agreements with Finmeccanica’s helicopter division to deliver a full suite of AW139 pilot training packages using a newly-installed AW139 full-flight simulator (FFS). This content is available exclusively to

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