As per standard, a new or upgrading Pilot Crew, before they are released to fly an aeroplane, they need to pass a series of training and test. The training are ground training/type rating training, flight simulator and flight training. On the ground training, the crew is being trained about that type of aircraft that they will handle and a lot of stuff correlated to that. Then they need to pass the Flight Simulator training, and if I am not mistaken, each of the them has to pass minimum of ten hours in a Full Flight Simulator. Then they need to pass the training with the real aircraft. This last one usually done on an empty space around Madura Straits if they base in Surabaya or around the north of Jakarta.
The one that I would like to highlight is the second training, of which, done in a Full Flight Simulator. As we all know, the purpose of having a Full Flight Simulator is give the ability to the Pilot Student to be trained in any condition. With a Flight Simulator we can simulate almost anything. As a former FFS Technician, I remember that with this equipment I can simulate that the cockpit was on fire and to give more realistic effect we can produce a smoke come out from the equipments.
With this equipment aswell we can create a series of training scenario that we can simulate whatever we like. Since a FFS is truely a copy of a real aircraft with the 6 DOF - Degree of Freedom that can make the student feels that they are in the real aircraft.
I am pretty sure that as per standard, each of the crew must be trained with this equipment so once they are facing the similar situations during the flight they will be able act to minimize all the negative effects. If it is now stated that the regulator is now encourage every Pilot in Indonesia to be trained to face this emergency situation, then how is the procedure we have so far? I would think that there are quite many crew has not been trained this way. Of which this will be dangerous. As we all know, in the ATI (Air Transport Industry), it was stated that "The Sky is vast, but there is no single room for any error".
What I do hope that all of us that involve within this industry should be eager to stop a bit and take a look inside on how we are doing so far. If we do it not in the right way, starting from now, we should bring it back to the right track. By doing this together from the Airlines, the Human Resources of this Industry, the regulator, the Indonesian Government and anybody, we will be able prove to the outside world that we are making progress to a "Zero Accident".
- Dian -
Jakarta, End of March 2008
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