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Delta and APS Upset Training Featured in AeroSafety World

Delta Airlines has partnered with Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) to prepare 16 flight simulator instructors to design fleet-specific UPRT for 8 jet airplane types. Delta is the first major US carrier to integrate this specialized training from APS. This training will eventually provide more than 11,000 pilots with skills and knowledge to prevent an upset from developing as well as ensure correct recovery in the event of an upset. Continue reading

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UPRTA Paper Addresses ICAO Manual on Aeroplane Upset Prevention and Recovery Training

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has created Document 10010, Manual on Aeroplane Upset Prevention and Recovery Training outlining broad principles for the delivery of Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). UPRTA congratulates ICAO on the creation of this much needed guidance document, and … Continue reading

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NTSB Chairman Cites Loss of Control In-Flight as a Primary Threat to Air Safety

Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman National Transportation Safety Board The video below shows the recorded opening remarks to the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Flight Simulation Group meeting on 9 November 2011 in London, UK. The NTSB chairman encourages the enhancement of flight … Continue reading

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WSJ: Air France Crash Report Likely to Alter Pilot Training

French accident investigators on Friday are expected to release a report confirming their initial findings and offering new details of how pilot errors, combined with a fluke of cockpit automation, led to the 2009 crash of an Air France jet … Continue reading

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WSJ: Major Changes Building In Commercial-Pilot Training

LE BOURGET, France –Calling for fundamental changes in aviator training, a group of international experts has recommended that new airline pilots practice certain emergency maneuvers while flying small planes rather than sitting in simulators, which is the current practice. Original … Continue reading

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GAJSC 2011, Loss of Control In-Flight (LOC-I) Leading Cause

The following accident analysis information was presented in the June 2011 Issue of Sport Aviation magazine … 10-Years of Accidents and Causal Factors THE GENERAL AVIATION JOINT STEERING COMMITTEE (GAJSC) and Safety Analysis Team (SAT) continues to focus on data-driven … Continue reading

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AF447 Update Implies Loss of Control In-Flight (LOC-I)

For official information, download the 27 May 2011 update report titled ACCIDENT TO THE AIRBUS A330-203 FLIGHT AF 447 ON 1ST JUNE 2009 NEW FINDINGS FROM ABOVE REPORT At this stage of the investigation, as an addition to the BEA … Continue reading

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FAA to Seek Major Changes in Pilot Training

Original Wall Street Journal Article By ANDY PASZTOR Federal regulators on Wednesday are slated to propose enhanced pilot-training rules to ensure cockpit crews can maintain control of airliners in the event of stalls, cockpit-automation failures and other flight emergencies. The … Continue reading

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NBAA Upset Recovery Industry Update CASS 2011

The following presentation was recorded live … Summarizing 2 years of focused industry effort on systematically identifying and addressing the Loss of Control In-Flight (LOC-I) problem, the Royal Aeronautical Society’s International Committee for Aviation Training in Extended Envelopes (ICATEE), as … Continue reading

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Istanbul, Turkey: Upset Recovery / ICATEE Briefing

Please click PLAY below to view this video … Flash Player is required. Note to Viewers: The audio for this presentation was recorded from the audience so is not ideal. Please adjust your volume to a higher than usual level. … Continue reading

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