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CAE bullish on training demand

CAE civil training and services group president Jeff Roberts arrived in Geneva Monday as his company announced a major expansion of its business aviation t

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

May 20, 2008

CAE civil training and services group president Jeff Roberts arrived in Geneva Monday as his company announced a major expansion of its business aviation training center in Morristown, New Jersey. But for Roberts, EBACE is all about Europe, where he continues to sound a confident tone about business aviation despite some signs of economic hardship ahead.

“There may be a few bumps along the way, but barring some global catastrophe, overall we’re still bullish,” said Roberts. In fact, CAE recently placed into service its first 5000 Series level-D full-flight simulator at the company’s Burgess Hill aviation training center in the UK, where it now operates 12 machines and plans on adding another three over the coming months.

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