TransCon was founded in
1993 as an alternative means for airlines to accomplish training required by
Federal Aviation Regulations. Working with the FAA, TransCon has provided CFR
compliance advisement to various airlines.TransCon, provides the
airline industry with Air Transportation Ground Instructors, Consultation
Services, Procedural Development, and produces Airline Specific Operations
Manuals. We create and conduct Ground-based Training for various ground support
personnel and flight crews. Our company also develops training publications
designed and constructed to meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA), and Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) requirements.
TransCon specializes in
Dispatch Training (including Flight Follower) and provides a complete Dispatch
Training Program: Dispatcher Certification, Initial New Hire, Initial Equipment
Ground School Annual Recurrent and DRM (Human Factors). The company contracts
Ground Support Training for air carriers and air carrier contract personnel.
Training courses include Restricted Articles, Security, Safety, Fueling,
Deicing-Anti-icing and Chemical Abuse Training. We also provide Flight Crew
Indoctrination Ground Training, CRM (Human Factors) RVSM (Reduced Vertical
Separation) and Hazardous Materials Training. Through associations we can
arrange Simulators, Cockpit Procedures Training, and Ground Training for the
flight crews.
In August of
2004, TransCon reached an agreement with World Airways based in Atlanta, GA,
to create and conduct ground-based training for their Operations Control
Center, more specifically dispatch personnel and flight crews.
On November 10, 2000,
TransCon was retained to provide services for Potomac Air Inc. (U.S Airways
Regional). During the personal interview, maximum emphasis was placed on
having the airline flying within thirty days from a certain target date. To
develop an airline from concept to flight in thirty days is unheard of. The
absolute minimum period of performance for the scope of services involved
would be 6 months and the “norm” is a full year. This goal was accomplished
and TransCon provided counseling, development and training services for
Potomac Air until September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, Potomac was forced to
terminate airline service because of the lengthy closing of Washington Reagan
Airport for security reasons. Washington Reagan Airport was the primary hub
for Potomac Air operations.
In November of
1999, TransCon entered into and continues a contract with Piedmont Airlines
(US Airways Express) to provide Dispatcher Ground Training.
In August of 1996,
TransCon entered a contractual arrangement with the Dallas/Ft. Worth-based
commuter airline, Lone Star Airlines. This arrangement retained TransCon as a
consultant in the conversion to a Part 119-121 operation. The necessity of
this conversion was brought about when Congress, through the FAA, announced a
new safety initiative known as “one level of safety.” This action initiated a
new rule, 14 CFR Part 119, requiring the commuter airlines with aircraft
weighing 12,500 lbs or more; seating 10 or more; and operating on a schedule,
to operate by the same safety standards as major air carriers.
The
conversion of operations to Part 119-121 created a need for the development of
new procedures, the creation or revision of operating manuals, and new
training programs to satisfy the new requirements. TransCon developed the
complete Dispatcher Training Program inclusive of transition training for the
Fairchild Metro (all series) to the Fairchild
Dornier
328. TransCon personnel also assisted in producing the required manuals and
developed the procedures for the now required Operations Controls System,
including Operations Center Design as well as equipment and
software evaluation.
In February of 1994,
Valu-Jet Airlines, an Atlanta, Georgia based company, requested TransCon
submit a proposal to provide and conduct an FAA approved Dispatch Training
Program for their company. TransCon’s proposal was accepted after providing
the FAA with the syllabus, a list of instructors, and conducting an
in-classroom live instruction demonstration of the complete curriculum. We
received FAA approval and were included in the company Operations
Specifications as ‘An Approved Source for Training’. The company continued to
provide this training for Valu-Jet until it was purchased by Air Tran Airways.
Work similar to that
discussed in the five examples above has been provided by TransCon for:
TriStar, AirTran, US Africa, Global Air Cargo, British Aero Space,
TransMeridian, Piedmont Hawthorne, Vanguard Airlines, Miami Air, Midway,
Piedmont Airlines, Higher Power Aviation, Aspen Mountain Air, Reflectone,
Southwest, Air Florida, Conquest
Airlines, and World Airways.
In summary, TransCon’s
comprehensive performance history in the airline industry has enabled our
personnel to foster professional relationships and develop the broad range of
knowledge and skills that will prove vital in accomplishing the scope of work
proposed below.
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Professional Training
Airline Operations Instruction, Certification
& Advisement.
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Aircraft Dispatcher
Certification
(CFR
14 PART 65)
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Contact
Information
TRANSCON AVIATION
P.O. Box 106
Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901
Phone: 1-877-571-2502
Office: 304-645-3352