General Courses
CAE offers general aviation courses, including general operating subjects, and management training designed to broaden and enrich a pilot’s skills. These courses are frequently updated to reflect the most current regulatory realities including FAA regulations and JAR-OPS training requirements.
General Operating Subjects
CAE offers a wide range of general operating subjects (GOS) to cover aeronautical knowledge that is not addressed in type-specific training. These courses aim at increasing flight safety by broadening and refreshing pilots’ knowledge about their environment and by ensuring that throughout the course, the focus remains on the operational aspects of the subject. Course are delivered for initial and recurrent training and are available instructor-led or online through CAE e-Learning. Subjects include:
- Automated Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)
- Clear Air Turbulence (CAT)
- Cold Weather Operations
- Crew Resource Management (CRM)
- Dangerous Goods
- Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (EGPWS)
- Extended Range with Twin Engine Aircraft Operations (ETOPS)
- Flight Planning
- High Altitude, High Speed Aerodynamics
- High Altitude Physiology
- High Altitude Weather
- Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)
- Low Visibility Operations
- Minimum Equipment List / Configuration Deviation List (MEL / CDL)
- Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications (MNPS)
- Polar Routes
- Required Navigation Performance (RNP)
- Required Navigation Performance, Area Navigation (RNP RNAV)
- Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (RVSM)
- Surface Movement Guidance & Control Systems (SMGCS)
- Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
Management Training
In collaboration with Summit Solutions, a premier aviation leadership, recruiting and training company, CAE offers aviation professionals access to career enhancing leadership and management training. Course offerings include:
- Strategic Leadership: Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results
- When Leaders Talk: Mastering Communication Skills
- Building a High Performance Flight Department Team
- Finance for Non-financial Aviation Managers
- Moving into Supervision and Management
