Costly Pilot Training
Pilot training is expensive and nobody would argue with that but the industry must factor in excellent training as an essential cost of doing business argues the report.
Capt. Leahy acknowledges that “while we now have a recent FAA Aviation Circular which does not have the teeth to demand change, it does and can heavily endorse change. Flight Managers, CEOs and their financial advisors may need to make decisions which either accept or reject the FAA view. This is a view from the top. From the world’s leading regulator.”
He adds that if airlines ignore it, that might seem to work unless or until they suffer a major accident or worse more than one attributable to poor training.
“Then it becomes extremely relevant, very litigious and rather expensive,” quips Capt. Leahy.
Training is finally in the spotlight following the almost unprecedented attack by the
The world’s airlines need to rethink pilot training if the upward trend of avoidable loss of control accidents is to be reduced according to an updated report “Airline Pilot Training – Time to Revisit the Basics” from the Flight Ops Group of the RAeS.
Authored by former Ryanair chief of safety Captain John Leahy FRAeS and Captain Robert Scott FRAeS and a small team from the Flight Ops Group the report’s (Leahy et al) primary argument is that the quality and duration of pilot training could be on an unrecoverable downward trajectory.
And that warning comes as the US FAA recommends that read more ⇒
Source:: AirlineRatings.Com