BOEING TRAINING & FLIGHT SERVICES EXECUTIVE URGES INDUSTRY TO ACT TOGETHER TO

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- Boeing Commercial Airplanes Training &
Flight Services Vice-President Sherry Carbary on Tuesday urged the industry to
stand together through the current economic challenges by lowering training
costs, increasing efficiency and embracing competency-based training programmes.

Speaking at the Asia Pacific Aviation Training Symposium in Hong
Kong, Carbary emphasised that every step of the value chain needs to simplify
operations and better utilise resources, and advocated the migration of training
from full flight simulators to fixed training devices.

“ Given the technology that exists today and that which will be available
tomorrow, airlines need to rethink what training should be done by simulator and
what can be done more efficiently by fixed training devices and Web-based
learning systems,” she said.

Carbary talked about how Boeing Training & Flight Services is developing
courseware that can increase operating efficiencies to reduce fuel consumption,
emissions and other operational costs.

“ In our drive to help airlines through today’s economic turbulence, we have
developed a course that focuses on fuel efficiency that we believe can save
airlines as much as one per cent of their annual fuel bill,” said Carbary.

She also noted that the company’s Multi-crew Pilot Licence (MPL) beta test
completed last year has shown that cadet pilots with no prior flight experience
can become first officers by developing their skills, knowledge and
competencies needed to perform as airline crew members.

The shift in focus from accumulation of flight hours to a demonstrated
competency-based approach will provide jet-ready, airline-qualified pilots to
support airlines as they grow their fleet over the next 20 years.

Boeing Training & Flight Services provides innovative training products and
services to more than 400 customers around the world.

Its training and services programmes are accepted by more than 100
regulatory agencies worldwide.

The customer support team provides 24-hour support to more than 12,000
in-service airplanes. Boeing Training & Flight Services has a global network
supporting customer needs with a variety of solutions including the new
world-class 787 Dreamliner training suites.

-- BERNAMA