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MRO

IN THE WORKSHOP

More spanners!
The Civil Aviation Authority of
Singapore (CAAS) is to cut the current
four-year aircraft maintenance engineers
(AME) apprenticeship programme to a
three-year programme to help boost
numbers. At present, Institute of
Higher Learning graduates who
want a job must get a CAAS aircraft
maintenance licence - through
an MRO employer - first. The new
courses will allow students to
count some of the basic aircraft
maintenance training as part of their
aerospace curriculum, accumulating
maintenance training hours towards
the final CAAS aircraft maintenance
Going Dutch licence. Temasek Polytechnic is to
Jakarta Aviation Training Centre (JATC) has signed a deal with Stella Aviation be the first Singapore establishment
Academy International in the Netherlands to supply type rating training on to incorporate the new basic training
the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 for Indonesian airlines. The contract involves regime into its engineering and
training for airlines like Garuda, Citilink and Lion Air and will bring EASA training electronics curricula.
to Indonesia. JATC, a joint venture of SIM Industries, Lockheed Martin and an
Indonesian partner, chose Stella Aviation to “enhance the standards of aviation
training in the rapidly expanding Indonesian market, and bring it in line with those
of Europe,” it said in a statement. “This is an important step for JATC, and the
wider Indonesian training market as a whole,” said Andrew Chalmers, Managing
Director of JATC. Initial training will be performed by Dutch instructors.

Irkut gears up

Irkut Corporation has selected
Short Brothers PLC, a subsidiary
of Bombardier Aerospace, as the
exclusive nacelle provider for the
PW1400G geared turbofan engine
family. This means the Pratt & Whitney
PurePower® PW1400G engine will be
the only Western engine specified on
Irkut’s MC-21 narrow-body aircraft.
Irkut plans to make the first flights of
Sukhoi Crash Recorder Found the 150 to 210-passenger aircraft in
Indonesian military search teams have The black box apparently tumbled 2015, with first live deliveries in 2017.
found the “black box” from the downed down the mountain into a ravine below “We are proud to offer [the PW1400G]
Sukhoi Superjet 100 on the slopes of the main wreckage, and attempts to on our MC-21 family,” said Alexey I.
Mt. Salak in Indonesia. The team, led by locate it earlier were hampered by the Fedorov, president, Irkut Corporation.
operation chief Ketut Purwa, reported non-functioning of it’s locator beacon. “Lowering fuel costs is good for
that the recorder was mainly intact, The Sukhoi, which slammed into the airline customers, and reducing the
and was being send for data analysis mountain on May 9, had 45 passengers environmental impact of commercial
by Indonesian and Russian experts. and crew on board. All were killed. aviation is good for everyone.”

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