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Maintenance Training Group Announces New Online Course
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Featuring expert subject material, the interactive platform will launch mid-year
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Academy Aviation Group announced a new business division, Academy Aviation Online (AAO), last week at the NBAA Maintenance Conference. Featuring an online learning management system, AAO aims to bring a fresh approach to self-directed e-learning through its pool of subject matter expert, such as Academy Aviation Maintenance Training (AAMT) in Melbourne, Florida; Academy 147 in Europe; and ATC Dubai in the UAE.
These experts will write and maintain the content in their respective areas while AAO will host the courses, which will include human factors, safety management systems, suspected unapproved parts, and aviation awareness for MRO and FBO staff.  According to the company, new courses—each with interactive multimedia features, including videos and quizzes—will be posted to the site every month.
Each class will have an assigned subject matter expert who will be available to engage with students and answer questions. Students will be able to study at their own pace from lesson plans that merge theoretical training aspects with real-world case studies.
“The e-learning platform is being launched to satisfy those customer requirements for critically important non-technical courses, providing a simple path to maintain compliance and expand their employee knowledge base,” AAMT president Joe Bonita told AIN.
AAO will formally launch around midyear, and Academy Aviation Group is now accepting early bookings with launch customer pricing.