AICC 20th Anniversary Spec-tacular in Louisville

In 2008 the AICC celebrates its 20th year of driving interoperability of learning systems and helping the aviation training community to get the best possible value from technology-based training. Please join us as we celebrate.

If you have colleagues, contacts or friends who participated in the AICC directly or remotely, please let them know we're interested in hearing from them and sharing their thoughts, memories and observations. Notes can be shared publicly on the AICC Forum in the AICC Memories discussion topic.

Those with pictures, notes, artifacts, videos or memorabilia that you'd like the AICC to share at the AICC 20th Anniversary event to be held in Louisville Kentucky USA in September 2008, please contact us by sending email to:

presentations AT aicc.org

In the meantime, we'd like to encourage all of you to subscribe to the AICC News Blog (by email, IM or twitter), or Join the AICC LinkedIn Group or Join the AICC Facebook Group to stay in touch with colleagues and to expand your professional network.

Hamburg Meeting Minutes and Presentations

Meeting minutes and speaker slide presentations from the June 16-19, 2008 AICC Meetings in Hamburg are now available online. The AICC would like to extend special thanks to Airbus for providing an excellent venue for the meetings and the very exciting A320 final assembly and A380 fuselage assembly tours.

Additional thanks to all of the presenters from airlines, airplane manufacturers, suppliers and software vendors. If you'd like to view the presentation materials or the meeting minutes, please follow the links below.

Meeting Minutes
http://www.aicc.org/docs/meetings/16jun2008/minutes.htm

Presentations
http://www.aicc.org/docs/meetings/16jun2008/online.htm

AICC Survey on Training Evaluation and Technology Trends

In its continuing quest to keep its “finger on the pulse” of the aviation training community, the AICC announces a new survey on Training Evaluation and Technology Trends.

So, what is your position on learning from a virtual experience as opposed to a physical one? Can someone learn to maintain an aircraft in a virtual world, or is “getting your hands dirty” a necessary part of the learning process? Or, how do you feel about the claim that the younger generation “learns differently” than the baby boomers? These are two of the issues on which the AICC seeks your feedback and opinion.

Of course, one source of information on questions such as these is findings from training research. So, part of our survey addresses the training evaluation processes and approaches that you use, as well as the technologies and interventions you have studied.

With only 11 questions, this survey is one you can probably complete over your coffee break. But if you try to complete it by getting consensus from a group of your training experts, it may take quite a bit longer!

As always, the AICC appreciates your help in this survey on training evaluation approaches and technology trends and issues. Group summary results will be available on the AICC website in the near future.

Take the survey:
http://www.questionmark.com/go/aicctrends

Updated Agenda: AICC June 16-19, 2008 in Hamburg

An updated draft agenda is now available from the AICC Meeting Information page. Please remember to make your travel and registration arrangements-- hotels are filling up. The AICC meetings will be hosted by Airbus on June 16-19, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany at the Airbus Training Center.

NOTE: There is a possibility that meetings will be extended through Friday noon in order to accommodate additional work sessions and discussion. We are working hard to confirm that and hope to resolve that issue in the next 10 days.

Lodging- See the agenda on the meeting information page. Airbus has provided a list of hotels close to the Airbus Training Center, close to the meeting venue (closest is about 200 meters) and in downtown Hamburg (a 30-40 minute drive).

Registration- Please confirm your plan to attend the meeting by email. The meeting is being held at the Airbus facility and policy requires all attendees to also provide their name and passport number.

Click here to register or send email to and with your name, company name and the required passport number.

Meeting Fees- Meeting fees are waived for all AICC members in good standing. Non-members of AICC (who are not giving a presentation) will be charged $150 to attend the meeting. For membership information visit the AICC Membership page.

Celebrate at WATS as the AICC turns 20

The World Aviation Training Conference & Tradeshow (WATS) runs April 22-24, 2008 in Orlando, Florida, USA. At the WATS event, AICC members Ray Butler (UPS) and Mike Sharp (Honeywell) will lead a breakout session to describe and discuss recent activities and major milestone achievements in celebration the 20th anniversary of the AICC.

Many AICC members are sponsors and/or exhibitors at WATS and will feature the Proud to be AICC logo to help us celebrate.

Please look for AICC members and WATS sponsors Airbus, Alteon Training, Boeing and Honeywell International at WATS. Also visit other AICC members in the exhibit hall, including: domiKnow Learning Systems, Hurix Systems, Pelesys Learning Systems, VTN Technologies, and others.

If your organization is an AICC Member that will be in the exhibit hall and you have not received an AICC placard, please send an email to , or see an AICC representative at the event.

AICC on Facebook and LinkedIn

The AICC has created groups on Facebook and LinkedIn to facilitate social networking amongst AICC members and anyone interested in cost-efficient, instructionally-effective technology-based training. Please consider joining the group “AICC- Aviation Industry CBT Committee” if you are already a member of Facebook or LinkedIn, or consider signing up with either free system to connect to others sharing interest in AICC.

As always, the AICC site and Forums will be available for communication to members and the general community.

UPDATE: After receiving feedback we've added direct links to join these groups.

• Join AICC on Facebook  login to Facebook before following link
• Join AICC on LinkedIn  will prompt you to login or join

Airbus Hosts AICC June 16-19, 2008 in Hamburg

It is time to start making your arrangements for the next AICC meeting to be held June 16-19, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany and hosted by Airbus. Details to help you make your travel plans are available from the draft agenda on the AICC Meeting Information page.

Lodging- Airbus has provided a list of hotels close to the Airbus Training Center, close to the meeting venue (closest is about 200 meters) and in downtown Hamburg (a 30-40 minute drive). Because some of the hotels are well booked into June, please review the hotel list and send your registration soon as possible.

Registration- Please confirm your plan to attend the meeting by email. The meeting is being held at the Airbus facility and policy requires all attendees to also provide their name and passport number.

Click here to register or send email to and with your name, company name and the required passport number.

Meeting Fees- Meeting fees are waived for all AICC members in good standing. Non-members of AICC (who are not giving a presentation) will be charged $100 to attend the meeting. For membership information visit the AICC Membership page.