CAE and Aircraft Performance Group, a flight operations software provider, have announced a strategic partnership to enhance training. APG’s expertise in aircraft performance and runway analysis instruction is being brought in to enhance CAE’s overall business aviation training offering.
“The partnership with APG enhances CAE’s business aviation training by giving our instructor pilots unique insight into runway analysis to help address industry-wide knowledge gaps,” said Alexandre Prevost, CAE’s president of the business aviation and helicopter training division. “CAE is committed to pioneering training innovations, and through collaborations with partners like APG, we can harness our collective strengths to provide essential training that enhances safety skills.”
CAE instructor pilots will be trained on runway analysis and the intricacies of mastering the coordination between a standard instrument departure and an engine-out procedure to enhance flight safety. Other elements addressed by the course include takeoff and landing performance assessment, the global reporting format, compliance with dispatch landing factors, and landing distance at time of arrival calculations.
The comprehensive training in runway analysis and obstacle clearance aligns with FAA Notice 8900.664, which underscores the importance of ensuring all crewmembers are properly trained in using contractor data or other airport obstacle analysis programs.