Originally Posted by
EcamSurprise
Interestingly my airline has started in the last years to have a training day with various stretch scenarios. These are non graded and allow us to deviate from SOP etc as needed and as allowed in emergency situations. It’s been a fantastic breath of fresh air to not have to worry about what the trainer thinks but rather just focus on getting a safe outcome from the unusual scenario presented to us.
ECAMSurprise,
When I flew C-17’s in the AF, we would get a sim session where they simulated a missile strike. Obviously this caused multiple simultaneous systems damage beyond your standard scenarios. As you stated, it was extremely valuable training, as there were no checklists to refer to in some of these situations. The goal was to use systems knowledge, experience, and Airmanship to get the aircraft on the ground safely. A great example of this was a scenario where a missile struck an engine and destroyed it, also causing a large fuel leak in an adjacent fuel tank feeding a good engine. Instead of trying to analyse the fuel/engine issues, we learned to open all fuel crossfeeds, thereby ensuring all remaining engines would be supplied with fuel, while we tried to land, exceptional training.