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Editor’s Note: CAT magazine presents Guest Commentary on important issues facing the community. The opinions expressed are the author’s own.
This commentary is offered by Naveed Kapadia, whose career expertise includes research and development of flight crew training to enhance safety for a major European airline group, business development for Airways Aviation, and easyJet Flight Officer. He earned a master’s degree in air transport management from City University of London and an MSc bursary winner from Royal Academy of Engineering. He is also an ambulance crew volunteer during the current UK health crisis.
He poses the challenge: do we need a global refresh on how we train crews for decision-making?
We are used to scrutinising accidents and serious incidents, but we almost never investigate with the same tenacity and vigor when things go right. Why do we deprive ourselves of equally important learning opportunities when the flight crew makes the right call? We need to encourage stakeholders to proactively look at what went well and celebrate success with similar importance. Enhancing insights and experience is key to minimise errors.
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A major update to the Northeast Corridor Atlantic Coast Routes (NEC ACR), which was meant to relieve delays, is now experiencing its own delays due to the coronavirus. 21 July 2020
ATP Flight School accepted delivery of six new Piper Archer TXs and renewed a 100-aircraft order with Piper Aircraft, Inc. 21 July 2020
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. will provide simulated communication and aural cueing products and services to the UK Ministry of Defence Typhoon Future Synthetic Training program. 21 July 2020
Team AVT, consisting of the Prime Contractor, AVT Simulation, alongside subcontractors Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, Kratos Defense, and Raytheon Technologies has been selected by the US Army to develop the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Hands-on Trainer (HOT) prototype, which will join the Family of Maintenance Trainers Product Line. 21 July 2020
Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has received qualification for their Ansat helicopter simulator. 21 July 2020
Defence and training support company, MASS, has been awarded the Joint Command and Staff Training (JCAST) contract for UK Strategic Command, worth in excess of £11 million across a two-year period. 21 July 2020
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has issued a marine information note, highlighting the extension of the UK Government’s Maritime Training (SMarT) Fund by up to three months. 21 July 2020
Bye Aerospace, developer of the all-electric eFlyer family of FAA Part 23-certified aircraft, announced completion of a $5 million strategic investment by a venture capital group earlier this year. 20 July 2020
Basic Engineering Common Core (BECC) at Surface Warfare Engineering School Command (SWESC) Great Lakes is preparing sailors with the basic skills needed to function in a shipboard engineering environment. 20 July 2020
MedCognition, a Texas-based company providing augmented reality medical education training, has released a series of trauma-focused medical simulation modules for PerSim(R), its augmented reality (AR) medical simulation system. 20 July 2020
Ibom Air, a scheduled airline operator owned by Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for online pilot training. 20 July 2020
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