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2016-08-01

Insight into CAE’s Training Programmes

CAE Civil Aviation Signs Important Training Contracts at Farnborough

At the recently concluded Farnborough International Airshow, CAE announced a series of contracts, including long-term training agreements with airlines in Asia as well as the sale of nine full-flight simulators (FFSs) to commercial airlines, aircraft manufacturers and operators worldwide.

These agreements, valued at more than C$180 million, highlight the span of CAE’s training solutions, from airline pilot training, training centre operations services and innovative training equipment.

The long-term airline pilot training agreements, highlighting the recurring nature of CAE’s services include a 10-year agreement for Airbus A320, A350 and Boeing 787 pilot training with Vietnam Airlines and a 7-year contract renewal for Airbus A330 training equipment services with Asiana Airlines.

Airline training centre operations and technical support services contracts illustrating CAE’s broad range of solutions include a 5-year renewal agreement with Jet Airways of India and a new 3-year contract with an undisclosed airline in the United States.

Some of the other highlights include providing three full-flight simulators, including one Airbus A320, one A350 and one Boeing 787 to Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence, the joint venture between CAE and AirAsia.

They are providing one Airbus A320 full-flight simulator and one Airbus A320 flight-training device to ChongQing Yu Xiang Aviation in China. CAE is also in agreement to provide five full-flight simulators, including a Boeing 737NG, an Airbus A320, an Airbus A330/A340, a Global 7000 and a Cessna M2 full-flight simulator to undisclosed customers in North America, the Middle East and Asia.

“Demand for professional pilots is rising globally, and CAE is honoured to be the training partner of choice of these airline customers and operators, supporting their growing pilot training needs”, said Nick Leontidis, CAE’s Group President, Civil Aviation Training Solutions. “These contracts are a testament to our enduring commitment to serving the global pilot training market with the most innovative training solutions.”

The nine full-flight simulators sales represent CAE’s first nine FFS sales for fiscal 2017. The FFSs are at list prices, which include the value of OEM aircraft-specific data, parts and equipment (DP&E). In the case of these contracts, some customers are providing part of the OEM content.

Training Programmes

With training programmes that span the entire career life cycle of a pilot, CAE can offer any commercial airline with a training solution that addresses all pilot training needs. The company offers flexible solutions that can be completely tailored to suit the airline’s training requirements.

Global Training: CAE’s training programmes are delivered through their global network of flight schools and training locations. CAE Oxford Aviation Academy is the largest ab initio flight training network in the world with over 400 personnel delivering and supporting training at eight high quality training academies. CAE also operates the world’s largest commercial aviation training network, with more than 40 locations located on 6 continents.

Cadet Training Programmes

Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) Programs: CAE’s integrated ATPL programmes are designed to the airline’s requirements and can train cadet pilots from zero flying experience through to qualification on type in full partnership with an airline.

Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL): This programme is a competency-based course where the student is continuously assessed against a clearly defined set of competencies at each phase of training. The programme incorporates airline specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and the concepts of Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Threat and Error Management (TEM) from a much earlier stage in training than traditional CPL or ATPL programmes. CAE’s MPL programmes are designed to the individual airline’s needs. They currently have MPL cadet programmes with six airlines.

Air Transport Pilot - Certification Training Programme (ATP-CTP): CAE offers an FAA-approved Air Transport Pilot - Certification Training Programme (ATP-CTP) which enables airlines and flight training organisations to outsource this certificate in an efficient and cost-effective way. The programme is offered across CAE’s US network of training centres leveraging both CAE’s cadet training expertise and extensive simulator training capabilities.

Airline Pilot Training Courses

CAE’s airline pilot training includes aircraft type-specific training courses; refresher training, recurrent training, upgrade/command courses, instructor courses, and Operations (OPS) related training courses.

Their pilot training programmes are designed to provide commercial aircraft pilots with the highest quality, operationally oriented training experience. They provide innovative methodologies, advanced technology simulation-based training tools, and best-in-class instructors.

CAE offers a wide range of general operating subjects to cover aeronautical knowledge that is not addressed in type-specific training. Whether delivered for initial, transition or recurrent training, these courses aim at increasing flight safety by broadening and refreshing pilots’ knowledge about their environment and by ensuring that throughout the course, the focus remains on the operational aspects of the subject.

Courses are delivered for initial and recurrent training and are available as instructor-led at one of their global training centres. Some courses are also offered online through CAE e-Learning. These courses are frequently updated to reflect the most current regulatory realities, including FAA regulations and JAR OPS training requirements.

CAE 7000XR Series Level D Full-Flight Simulator

The CAE 7000XR Series full-flight simulator (FFS) is ideally suited to meet specific requirements of operators and surpass Level D regulatory requirements. It focuses on a next generation instructor office, embedded training capabilities, enhanced operational infrastructure and optimised design for life cycle benefits.

The new CAE 7000XR Series Full-Flight Simulator provides customers a number of benefits for their flight training organization. These include: common design architecture that enables cost-effective solutions for all cockpit platforms and reduced lifecycle costs and flexibility to fully customise a FFS to train the way you fly.

It maximises safety in flight operations through use of new embedded training capabilities and incorporates new technologies that promote more efficient simulator operations. Plus it offers an ergonomic working environment for simulator instructors, has high simulator availability, is environmentally friendly and offers worldwide customer support and service.

Immersive Mission Training with CAE 3000 Series Helicopter

The CAE 3000 Series helicopter flight and mission simulator offers unprecedented realism for helicopter-specific mission training, including offshore, emergency medical services, law enforcement, high-altitude, corporate, and other operations.

Training in a CAE 3000 Series helicopter simulator costs less than training in a turbine-powered helicopter, extends the service availability of aircraft fleets, and frees up fleet aircraft for revenue-generating operations.

The CAE 3000 Series provides unlimited aircrew training schedules – not influenced by training aircraft availability, more effective training and supports training tasks not feasible in the aircraft. It offers realistic visual fidelity for near-the-surface manoeuvring, flexible solution to address mixed fleets and maximise asset utilisation and low acquisition costs.

Furthermore, it significantly reduces life-cycle training costs, improves insurance risk, offers an ergonomic workstation and toolkit for instructors with ease of operation and maintenance and world-renowned CAE customer support service.

The CAE 3000 Series is designed to address emerging global standards for helicopter flight simulation training devices (FSTDs) developed by an international working group sponsored by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

CAE helicopter mission simulators meet or exceed current regulatory requirements, including US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Level D standards.

All CAE 3000 Series helicopter flight and mission simulators feature a CAE Tropos-6000 visual system with high-definition commercial off-the-shelf projectors, up to a 220-degree horizontal by 80-degree vertical field-of-view direct projection dome with full chin window coverage, and high-resolution databases tailored to helicopter training operations.

The CAE 3000 Series is the first to incorporate artificially intelligent human form and moving vehicle dynamic simulation for civil helicopter training tasks and mission scenarios.

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