Professional Pilot, January 2019
Where do you go for recurrent training Why this choice What areas of training are currently of most interest to you I have been attending training at FlightSafety Intl for more than 16 years last 12 in a row Overall high quality of instruction is definitely the primary reason Instructors 26 PROFESSIONAL PILOT January 2019 FlightSafety G550 simulator is an exact duplicate of the Gulfstream flightdeck And the FSI instructors are well schooled in the aircraft and can readily teach the visiting G550 pilots are knowledgeable with great attitudes But also FSI has excellent sims and perfect learning environments at their facilities I can compare FSI to the in house training I had previously with the US Air Force CAE Hapag Lloyd and Airbus all of which had very high standards Training at FSI is made to be as realistic as possible Apart from mandatory items we try to focus on standardization performance limited airports and cold hot weather ops We try to review additional areas at every recurrent training sesion taking advantage of the multiple online tools that FSI offers such as For Our Last and Wx Radar Our yearly training schedule consistes of 2 visits each with 2 days of class and 4 sim sessions We find FSI recurrent training to be very useful and productive Manuel Alcaide ATP Gulfstream G650 Chief Pilot Gestair Alcalá de Henares Spain Empire the company I work for sends us to train at Emirates CAE in Dubai Their new facility with modern sims is conveniently located for our operation and the instructors and sims are top notch My recurrent training follows a standard syllabus approved by our company P Downer ATP Gulfstream G650 Captain Empire Flight Operations Dubai United Arab Emirates I go to the Bombardier Training Centre in Montreal Canada because I can do all my needed Transport Canada IFR flight ops approval and necessary performance training including upset recovery exercises all at the same location Dan Oviedo ATP Boeing BBJ Global Express Contract Pilot Calgary AB Canada
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