AO-2007-017
The crew's endorsement and other training did not include simulator training and did not adequately prepare them for the event. There was no EMB-120 flight simulator facility in Australia and no Australian regulatory requirement for simulator training. In March 2009, an EMB-120 flight simulator came into operation in Melbourne, Vic. A workshop and discussion forum was conducted on 27 to 28 April 2009 for Australian Embraer 120 aircraft operators. All those operators were expected to commence utilising the simulator for flight crew endorsement training following that workshop.
Although, it looks like this was
recurrent training, not
endorsement training, the point has to be made that if it is considered safer to use the sim for one, then the same risk analysis would apply to the other, surely?
RECOMMENDATION : AO-2007-017-SR-084
The following inter-related activities are in the process of implementation:
* A combined workshop activity with Ansett Aviation Training, Capiteq Limited trading as AirNorth, Network Aviation Pty Ltd, Skippers Aviation Pty Ltd, PelAir Aviation Pty Ltd and CASA was held on 27, 28 April 2009.
(emphasis mine)