Wed, Apr 06, 2011
Aviation Specialties Will Provide Initial And Recurrent
Instruction To FAA Inspectors
Aviation Specialties Unlimited, (ASU) has been awarded the
second Night Vision Goggle Training contract issued by the FAA to
train Principle Operations Inspectors and Aviation Safety
Inspectors. ASU also won the first contract in (2007) and has
trained more than 58 FAA inspectors and provided 32 recurrent
training courses.
“We continually emphasize safety and use of Night Vision
Goggles in the industry to increase safety,” said ASU founder
and CEO Mike Atwood. “A key element in the operational safety
chain is the FAA inspector. This contract enables us to continue,
what has been our mission over the last 15 years, to maximize the
safety of flying at night using night vision goggles. That is why
we started our company and that continues to be the driving force
behind ASU.”
ASU will be conducting both initial training and recurrent
training. The FAA inspectors learn proper NVG handling, when and
how to use light in conjunction with NVGs, scanning techniques, and
other pertinent skills during the extensive 8-day training.
Training occurs both in the classroom and in ASU’s B-206.
“The FAA is committed to NVIS safety and we are honored to
be a part of the process. We feel the classroom environment lays
the foundation for the proper implementation and use of Night
Vision Goggles. The diversity of our local flying area has proven
to be a great benefit to U.S. Army National Guard and Air National
Guard flight operations and we feel privileged to be authorized the
use of their same training areas. This provides the Safety and
Operations Inspectors a varied and complex environment to conduct
their flight training,” said ASU Chief Pilot Justin
Watlington.
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