Simulators Are For Real

Simulator training for airline crews Is an accepted way of life, and Australia’s international flag carrier and the two domestics are right up there with the latest. . .

Qantas now has two new-generation AST (Advanced Simulator Technology) Boeing 747 simulators online at the company’s Sydney jet base; Trans-Australia Airlines operates a Thomson CSF A300 simulator at its Essendon flight training centre, 18 months after having taken delivery of its first Airbus, and Ansett Airlines is waiting to ‘fly’ Singer-Link Boeing 737 and 767 simulators in Melbourne.

While there is still conjecture on the thorny subject of zero real-flight time training for airline crews, there’s little doubt that Australia’s simulators are providing significant savings in aircraft flight time, giving the crews full value in emergency and unusual situation modes, and proving their worth in all aspects of dusk-night operations, especially the landing phase.

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