I work for a company that supplies equipment used in flight sims. Over the last 3-4 years the standards and training needs for flight simulators was subject to a huge review (led by the RAeS) resulting in a new standard currently in final review by the ICAO - the document is available here:
http://www.raes-fsg.org.uk/uploads/0...ition_2009.pdf
Based on many comments in this AF447 related to the use of simulator time, and noting that it seems that the great majority believe simulator time is valuable, my question is fairly simple:
Have
any of the current line pilots seen the document referenced above, or been asked to comment? Are any of you even aware this effort was underway? I ask this, since all flight simulators built over the next 10-15 years will be built subject to these standards, but more importantly the training needs and the simulator capabilities are derived from this document.
More specifically does the document include the type of training tasking that is being suggested as useful (i.e. upset training, loss of major subsystems, etc) as opposed to the current LOFT, loss of engine @ V1, etc, type training currently undertaken?
I look forward to all comments.
- GY