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Crews control - pilot training
01 October 2006
The demand for pilots is increasing in line with the world's commercial aircraft fleet. Thankfully the event of flight simulation will help ensure this demand is met.
Geoff Hearn reports.
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Boeing; Alteon; Icao; Hapagfly; Mechtronix
The expansion of the world's commercial aircraft fleet may be a good thing, but its impact on the demand for pilots is threatening to drive up crew costs.
The figures are startling. Boeing forecasts that the commercial aircraft fleet will double in the next 20 years. This will require more than 350,000 pilots to support new aircraft deliveries.
Pilot trainers are looking at ways of increasing the output of qualified pilots to avoid shortages and by implication keep cost pressures in check.
Marsha Bell, vice-president first officer training at Alteon, says: "There is undoubtedly a link between the ability of any new training system to produce qualified pilots more quickly and thus increase a critical resource and, at the same time, control operational costs."
In a world where a full-motion flight simulator compares closely with the cost of a regional jet, it is a challenge for airlines to conduct...
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