Has Flight Training suffered cuts along with the rest of the Airline?
Gday KB,
I doubt it has any relevance to this incident, but (about 6mths ago?) as part of a cost cutting measure, the QF pilot training department finally came full circle.
Several years ago there was a department called FlightOps Training, as in Flight Ops training their own pilots and running the sim building etc..
Some time back then a decision was made to form "Group Flight Training", who ran and managed the simulators and their availability. They managed it as a resource and "sold" simulator sessions to the various departments, including FltOps, as well as outside sales (other airline companies/entities).
It was all a corporate beancounting exercise for various managers to claim they'd turned a profit/efficency , or somesuch.
The actual pilot training and checking department remained as is (some argue there is no training dept).
Following various productivity reports and efficency reviews, it was decided that , (probably 'coz there was no training) to close Group Flt Training and go back to the original system, where FltOps Training run the show and they've all moved back into the sim building again.
In a few years it will probably change again, with a different name. Something about deckchairs on submarines comes to mind..
Sorry about any thread drift, but thats the short and ill-informed version of what happened.
Cheers