Will Also Provide Two Full-Motion Sims
Embraer and CAE announced this week the two companies recently
formalized and signed a joint venture agreement to provide pilot
and ground crew training to Embraer customers of the Phenom 100
very light and Phenom 300 light jets. The new company has been
named Embraer CAE Training Services, LLC (ECTS).
Under the terms of agreement, the joint venture will provide
initial and recurrent training for pilots and maintenance
technicians. The initial training program for the Embraer Phenom
family is on schedule to begin at CAE SimuFlite in Dallas, TX, in
the third quarter of 2008, and at CAE’s Burgess Hill training
center in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2009.
"CAE's training expertise, combined with Embraer's product
knowledge, will provide our Phenom customers the best training
solution in the market," said Simon Newitt, Embraer's Director,
Customer Training. "We believe that the Phenom training program
will set the bar for training within the very light and light jet
markets."
CAE and Embraer will work together to set instructor and
courseware requirements. To support the Phenom program, CAE has
agreed to manufacture two Phenom full-flight simulators for
deployment at CAE SimuFlite in Dallas, TX and the CAE's Burgess
Hill training center in the UK. In addition, CAE will also combine
CAE Simfinity technology and devices into the Phenom training
program.
"CAE has been providing integrated
training solutions for Embraer aircraft for close to 10 years,"
said Jeff Roberts, CAE's Group President, Innovation and Civil
Training & Services. "We look forward to jointly providing
these customized, high-quality training programs for customers of
Embraer's innovative very light and light jet aircraft."
The Phenom 100 will carry up to eight people and is capable of
flying at 41,000 feet. It is expected to enter service in mid-2008
and is priced at US$ 2.98 million, based on January 2005 economic
conditions. The Phenom 300 will accommodate up to nine people and
is capable of flying at 45,000 feet. It is expected to enter
service in mid-2009 and is priced at US$ 6.65 million, based on
January 2005 economic conditions.
The partners are working on extending their relationship to
include pilot training for the Embraer 170/190 family of E-Jets and
the Lineage 1000 executive jet, in support of Embraer's customers
throughout the Americas.