Last November, the Evionica team headed to Cascais for the European Aviation Training Summit (EATS 2025). We went to show our training, but we came away with something more useful: honest feedback from the people who use it.
Over three days, we spoke with flight schools, ATOs, airline training teams, instructors and industry experts. We attended sessions, joined panel discussions and had many conversations at our booth. After the event, we did what we always do. We sat down together, compared notes and asked one simple question: what are people actually telling us?
Here’s what we heard, and how it has shaped the past year.
Where training is heading
Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) set the tone for EATS 2025, from the opening keynotes onwards. Alongside it, several other themes kept coming up: Area 100 KSA, AI in aviation training, data-driven assessment and instructor development. Whether the discussion was about flight schools, ATOs or airline training, one message stood out: consistent training depends on consistent instructors. Good materials matter, but so does the person using them to guide, observe and assess.
Both points have stayed with us. Since EATS 2025, we’ve made a point of listening more widely. Through surveys and interviews, we’ve heard from Heads of Training, instructors and students about what works, what doesn’t and what they need next. We’ve also drawn on the experience of the instructors within our own team, who see these challenges first-hand every day. Together, their insights have given us a clearer picture of where training is heading, and they’re already shaping what we’re working on. Where that has led us is something we’d rather show you in person.
We’re continuing to develop solutions that support both flight school and airline training, and we’re looking at how AI and new technology can add real value to aviation training, while keeping human expertise at the centre.
— Mahyar Hedayati, CBT Product Manager, Evionica
More than a slide show
Several speakers challenged the idea that learners can simply watch their way to competence. Training should be interactive, grounded in real operations and focused on what matters on the flight deck.
Schools told us they want their students to genuinely work through the material, not just flick through it. That stayed with us as we developed ATPL(A) 2.0.
— Mohammed Edawdi, Product Owner, Evionica
You asked for more. Here’s what we’ve built since.
One request came up again and again at our booth: training organisations wanted more. They asked for more reference material, more courses and more support throughout the training journey.
We’ve spent the past year responding to that. ATPL(A) 2.0 brings updated courses and new e-books, with operational scenarios based on real events and self-check exercises that ask learners to apply what they’ve learned. We’ve also continued to expand our aircraft systems training, giving training organisations a wider portfolio to build on.
— Mahyar Hedayati, CBT Product Manager, Evionica
Offering more support also means looking beyond what learners see on screen. Best Pilot, our flight training management software, has been moving forward too, keeping day-to-day training organised, from scheduling to progress tracking. With training content and training management working side by side, we now cover more of the training journey than ever before.
We’ve spent the past year responding to that. ATPL(A) 2.0 brings updated courses and new e-books, with operational scenarios based on real events and self-check exercises that ask learners to apply what they’ve learned. We’ve also continued to expand our aircraft systems training, giving training organisations a wider portfolio to build on.
EATS 2025 gave us a lot of useful feedback from airlines, ATOs, instructors and training professionals. We heard where our training could offer more, from learning materials and flexibility to assessment and support, and we’ve used those insights to shape what we’ve built since.
— Mahyar Hedayati, CBT Product Manager, Evionica
What you told us we got right
Not all the feedback asked for change. Many visitors praised the structure and design of our courses. One described them as “restrictive in a good way”: rigorous, well organised and built so that learners complete each step before moving on.
That was good to hear, and we kept it in mind. As our training has grown, we’ve made sure the structure you value remains at its core.
That was good to hear, and we kept it in mind. As our training has grown, we’ve made sure the structure you value remains at its core.
A taste of what’s to come
We also heard how important the learning platform itself has become. Training organisations increasingly see it as the place where training is shaped, managed and tailored, not just somewhere to host a course.
So we’ve been busy. Over the past year, we’ve significantly strengthened our LMS offering, with more flexibility for those who manage training and a more personal experience for those who learn. We won’t give too much away here. Some things are better experienced in person.
So we’ve been busy. Over the past year, we’ve significantly strengthened our LMS offering, with more flexibility for those who manage training and a more personal experience for those who learn. We won’t give too much away here. Some things are better experienced in person.
And we’re not stopping there. We’re continuing to expand our ATPL training, develop new reference materials and build our Area 100 KSA solutions, while strengthening the tools training organisations use to manage both theory and practical training. We also see a natural next step in airline training, where structured learning, assessment, training records and instructor insight matter just as much.
As new technology develops, we’re exploring how it can help instructors and training organisations understand learner progress, spot gaps earlier and make training more effective. Above all, we want to bring the different parts of pilot training closer together, so that instructors and students have a clearer view of progress at every stage of the training journey.
See you in Cascais
EATS 2026 takes place from 3 to 5 November in Cascais, and you’ll find us at Booth 612. Come and see how last year’s conversations have shaped this year’s work — from theory training to training management, all in one place.
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