CAT (magazine)


CAT is an international simulation and training publication produced bi-monthly in the UK by Halldale Media. CAT was first published in 1990, and has provided continuous, international coverage ever since with its worldwide team of journalists.
Halldale Media also publish CAT's sister publication Military Simulation & Training Magazine .

Content

Each issue of the magazine typically contains five or more major articles exploring the latest training and simulation issues for pilots, cabin crew and maintainers throughout the civil airline training industry. The journal's regular sections also include extended news and analysis, event reviews and an industry calendar.

Events

Since 1998, CAT has organised over 30 civil aviation training-related conferences worldwide to accompany the magazine. The annual shows include the World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow , the European Airline Training Symposium , and the Asia-Pacific Airline Training Symposium . CAT's flagship event - WATS - was launched in 1998 in London and has been held every year since, visiting various cities across the globe including Denver, Frankfurt, Atlanta, Dallas, Montreal, and Phoenix, before settling in Orlando. EATS similarly is well traveled since its inception in 2002, visiting Stockholm, Frankfurt, Vienna, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, and Istanbul. APATS has been held in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2011 saw APATS Ab Initio & Evidence Based Training held alongside Asian Aerospace in Hong Kong in March.
Other conferences in the 'ATS' stable include RATS - Regional Airline Training Conference and Tradeshow, BATS - Business Aviation Training Symposium, IATS - International Aviation Training Symposium, HATS - Helicopter Aviation Training Symposium, and ViSTech - Visuals & Simulation Technology Conference & Exhibition.