Flight Academy in Indonesia Readies for B738 AATD

• The simulator will help expand 14DAYPILOT Flight Academy’s training offering
• The B738 AATD can be converted into a B73M (MAX) model or upgraded to higher qualification levels, including EASA FTD-2 and FAA Level 4 or 5 FTD

FTD.aero has signed a contract to deliver an FAA Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) based on a B738 model to 14DAYPILOT Flight Academy. The simulator will be manufactured in FTD.aero's plant and delivered to 14DAYPILOT Flight Academy in Jakarta, Indonesia, later this year.

"Owning a Boeing 737 NG is one of my dreams since I was a senior high school student back in year of 2000," said Capt. Gema Goeyardi, the founder of 14DAYPILOT Flight Academy, a flight instructor and also a Boeing 737 NG captain. "Twenty years later, I have decided to own a Boeing 737 FAA-certified simulator for my personal proficiency training and expand our flight academy product to airline transition training and type rating preparation."

Capt. Goeyardi visited FTD.aero's facilities for a two-day factory 'behind the scenes' tour and to test flights.

“My simulator has an equivalent product design and flight dynamics to the EASA FNPT II level, which has the Active Control Loading for yoke and rudder,” said Capt. Goeyardi. I did my manual reversion maneuver and I barely could feel a differentiate between Level-D and FTD.aero's FBS simulator. The air-work performance can be done in very accurate power, pitch, and trim settings - just like in the FFS (full flight simulator). I am also so relieved to see that FTD.aero has own spare parts lab and produces all parts in-house. The simulator absolutely met my standards and even exceeded my expectations with the amount of money I spent."

"We also offered 14DAYPILOT some flexibility of configuration of their new flight simulator according to their current and future trainings needs,” explains Filip Witczak, co-owner and Product Manager at FTD.aero. “Depending on demand, the B738 AATD can be easily converted into a B73M (MAX) model or even upgraded to higher qualification levels, including EASA FTD-2 and FAA Level 4 or 5 FTD. This will help 14DAYPILOT adjust their training portfolio to rapidly-changing market needs without the need of making new big investments in the future."