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Sun, Feb 19, 2012

Metro Aviation To Use AS350 Simulator

Full-Motion Sim Is Only One For The Type In World

Metro Aviation has signed an agreement with American Eurocopter to use the AS350 Flight Simulator as part of the operator’s pilot training program. American Eurocopter says it owns the only AS350 Level B full motion flight simulator in the world.

“We are strong advocates of simulator training for EMS pilots,” said Mike Stanberry, President of Metro Aviation. “In fact, we have been using simulator training for all our pilots for the last three years. The availability of the AS350 simulator will allow us to put our AStar pilots into the actual model they fly and practice emergency procedures that you couldn’t perform in a real airframe.”

The arrangement with American Eurocopter is a dry lease agreement with Metro Aviation providing its own instructor pilots. The operator has a long-standing relationship with American Eurocopter, whose helicopters represent the core of their fleet.

“We continue to add new Eurocopter helicopters to our fleet and have accumulated training credits, which we are utilizing with this program,” continued Stanberry. “The fact that this was a full motion simulator was very important to us. We are also going to take advantage of the additional capabilities this simulator offers such as training for inadvertent instrument (meteorological) conditions (IIMC).”

American Eurocopter has developed a new IIMC course which is not model-specific. Metro Aviation pilots will go through IIMC training, practice system failures, and perform emergency procedures as part of their time in the simulator. Preparations for the program are underway, with the first instructors arriving in Grand Prairie this week. At first, theAS350 simulator will be used for recurrent training, but Stanberry expects it will be used for some initial pilot training as well.

FMI: www.eurocopterusa.com

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