Story ID: 577FlightSafety
FlightSafety Adds New Online Courses
By: Mark Huber
Caption: New training courses focus on NextGen and FANS
Word Count: 291
FlightSafety International (Booth C8524) is offering the next generation of training for navigation, international procedures, line-oriented training, pilot and technician certification.

The company is adding a NextGen Communication/Navigation course to its list of eLearning courses. The new program is designed to familiarize flight departments with NextGen and Future Air Navigation System (FANS) operations. The two-hour, self-paced online course describes the basics of transponder and radar theory and enables participants to identify NextGen air traffic management systems and networks, identifies the mandates and requirements for operations and references the operational approvals necessary for ADS-B and controller-pilot data link communications (CPDLC).

Other CPDLC eLearning courses are available for aircraft manufactured by Bombardier, Dassault and Gulfstream. FlightSafety recently introduced online courses for CPDLC for the Garmin G3000/G5000 and minimum navigation performance specification and adverse weather-monsoon operations.

The international procedures line-oriented flight training (LOFT) course consists of eight hours of ground school and three hours of simulator training. The course will help enable pilots to respond correctly to in-flight contingencies in international airspace including ICAO Doc 4444 guidelines. Those who fly aircraft that require one or more stops will benefit from the course as it is adaptable to their specific mission.

The new FlightSafety Master Aviator program is designed to give pilots a deeper knowledge of the aircraft they fly via a series of courses taken both initially and recurrently at least every eight months.

Separately, FlightSafety and engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Canada have extended their training services agreement for another 10 years. Under the agreement, FlightSafety will continue to provide advanced technology-based maintenance training for P&WC products including turboprop, turbofan and turboshaft engines, as well as auxiliary power units.