MPL not yet started
Yes some experiments are under preparation in SE Asia and clearly the target seems to be the Chinese Market.
1 To my knowledge ICAO will introduce the MPL the 23 November. So nobody is officially training on the MPL at the present time but certainly ready to do itin few weeks
2. An interesting position is IFALPA one on the topic. It must be read by everybody.
3. It appears that if the MPL is done correctly it will be more expansive than the traditional training.
4. Already two issues are surfacing:
- The lack of exposition to Communications in a real environment and this is an important point as we know a significative amount of accidents is due to misunderstanding Ground- AIR or AIR-AIR. The simulator training cannot provides such an exposure with a real time situation
- stress and real situation management; if the situation is not real, our subconscient knows it. we are not so sensitive to stress in a simulator as we can be in an aircraft, no randow event can suddenly affect our well being. ... lack of maturation is the consequence
5. The MCL (or MPL) will be enforced differently depending on the countries. Most of countries are serious about that, but unfortunately, from time to time, the local administration is not sufficiently strong to ensure the MPL will be correctly implemented. IFALPA has underlined those aspects.
6. I know some Major European Airlines are following very closely this issue and that a task Force is implemted in order to survey what is happening. Some countries are very reserved on this new licence,....
To be followed