Wed, Mar 05, 2008
Spanish-Based Commercial Flying School To Use Advanced Sim For
MPL Program
Mechtronix Systems Inc. (MSI)
announced Wednesday the purchase by Flight Training Europe of its
advanced full flight trainer, the FFT X configured as a B737-800.
The company expects to obtain certification for the device by the
UK CAA both under JAR-STD 2A and 3A.
With the introduction of this technology, Flight Training Europe
plans to emerge as an early innovator in the race of Flight
Training Organizations seeking to provide European airlines with
better pilot provisioning solutions in a world hit by pilot
shortages and looking to Multi-crew Pilot Licensing as a
solution.
With the deployment of this special unit in 2008, Flight
Training Europe will become the first pilot training school in
Europe to use the FFT X machine to help train its future pilots for
Multi-crew Pilot Licensing as an FSTD 3. Mechtronix says the new
trainer's high fidelity will enable pilots in training to achieve
the performance based outcome linked to the intermediate phase of
MPL.
The high fidelity trainer features a seat-actuation system that
provides motion -- cueing as well as a collimated visual system. It
is built in such a way that it can be upgraded to an FFS X. With
the introduction of this technology, Flight Training Europe further
strengthens its leadership within the European Flight Training
Organization community with a high end product that enables the FTO
to supply pilots trained in a high fidelity commercial modern
flight deck environment.
"We look at our purchase of the high end FFT X device as a solid
investment that will pay dividends for our students and generations
of pilots to come," said Peter Sadler, Managing Director at Flight
Training Europe. "We have not only purchased the most sophisticated
device of its nature for any FTO in Europe, but one that will
provide exceptional fidelity, economy and flexibility but ready to
enhance all forms of pilot provisioning and MPL. The Mechtronix FFT
X now places us on the fast track to becoming the leading provider
of high quality ab initio graduates able to transition directly to
type rating with the airlines of Europe and beyond."
"We are very pleased to provide an innovative leader like Flight
Training Europe with the latest simulation technology," said
Mechtronix President Xavier Herve. "This new collaboration not only
continues to further establish Mechtronix as a technology provider
to the top flight training schools in Europe, but one that will be
providing a new generation of pilots in training with the next
generation of technology which will rely on pilot provisioning and
MPL."
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