Unusual Attitude Training, G-Load Experience
Die Statistik zeigt, dass auch grössere Flugzeuge durchaus in ungewöhnliche Fluglagen geraten können. Deswegen hält auch die Behörde unser Training "für einen sinnvollen Beitrag zur Flugsicherheit".
Die neuesten Erkenntnisse z.B. zur Benutzung des Seitenruders bei Verkehrsflugzeugen sind natürlich bereits in unseren Syllabus eingeflossen (vgl. Use of Rudder in Transport Category Aircraft).
Das Training teilt sich ggf. in den sog. Feel-Part (Erleben der Sinneseindrücke und Lastvielfachen in einer Kunstflugmaschine) und einen sog. Look-Part: Im jeweiligen Simulator werden die Übungen nachvollzogen und richtige Reaktionen eintrainiert.
Ein Simulator kann eben 2,5g Lastvielfache nicht darstellen - aber genau die erreicht jedes Verkehrsflugzeug z.B. bei einem Ausweichmanöver. Wissen Sie noch, wie sich 2,5g oder -1g anfühlen?
Das sagt die Presse - das Thema ist topaktuell!
FAA Stresses Upset Recovery Training
Citing an increase in aircraft accidents involving loss of control (LOC), the FAA yesterday issued Information for Operators 10010, which calls for operators to incorporate upset recovery training. “Although the overall accident rate has decreased, the category of LOC continues to outpace other factors as the leading cause of fatal accidents in the last 20 years,” the FAA said. LOC is defined as “flight outside the normal flight envelope, with nonlinear influences, and with an inability of the pilot to control the aircraft.” Twelve years ago, an FAA-industry working group co-chaired by Boeing, Airbus and the Flight Safety Foundation developed the Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid as guidance for upset recovery training for flight crews. While the working group was primarily focused on large aircraft, the guidance also applies to those flying smaller swept-wing turbine aircraft. As a result of the steady increase in LOC-related accidents, the FAA “strongly recommends” that operators include applicable sections of the Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid in their training programs. However, the FAA noted, “Any LOC recommended recovery techniques and procedures provided by a manufacturer for a particular aircraft take precedence over those in the training aid.”
Pilot Training Added To Latest FAA Extension Bill
Faced with leaving for vacation without passing an FAA reauthorization bill that would tighten pilot training rules, lawmakers last week stripped those provisions from the main bill and added them to a 15th extension of the funding and programs for the agency. Families of the victims of Colgan Air’s Flight 3407 have been lobbying arduously for improved pilot training since the regional turboprop crashed near Buffalo, N.Y., in February last year. Lawmakers said the latest extension, which expires September 30, will boost pilot-training programs, combat pilot fatigue and dramatically increase requirements for pilots of passenger airlines to have more flying experience by mandating a minimum of 1,500 hours–up from the current 250–before they can fly “commercial aircraft.” Congress has been laboring for nearly three years to pass a new long-term FAA reauthorization package, but has been frustrated by controversial provisions such as union organizing at FedEx and approval of long-distance flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.