INDUSTRY PROFILE FlightSafety International Takes Maintenance Training to New Levels
Maintenance technician training at FlightSafety International goes far beyond basic technical instruction. FlightSafety courses emphasize safety, dispatch reliability and professional development, resulting in ever higher levels of technician achievement.
“All FlightSafety technician training is developed in close concert with aircraft manufacturers,” says Mike Lee, director of maintenance training business development for FlightSafety. “They want the safest operation and the highest possible dispatch reliability for their aircraft. We obtain airframe and maintenance data directly from the manufacturers, and they audit our courses to ensure that the information is accurately presented and up to date.”
FlightSafety offers maintenance training on a broad range of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, including the Sikorsky S-76D, available October 2012.
In-Depth Practical Training FlightSafety’s close working relationship with Gulfstream, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft led to the development of advanced type-specific maintenance training for select aircraft by those manufacturers. The company worked with Gulfstream to jointly develop Total Technical Training, with Hawker Beechcraft to create MXPro training and with Cessna to design MX Advantage training.
All three programs are unique to the manufacturer and the aircraft type, but share important features. All employ instructors drawn from among the OEMs’ most capable maintenance experts to complement FlightSafety’s own highly experienced instructors. The three
programs place substantial emphasis on practical, EASA-qualified, hands-on training to ensure deep familiarity with systems and potential trouble-spots. And each manufacturer makes whole aircraft available to give technicians and instructors complete and accurate context for advanced learning.
New Era in P&WC Training A recent agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada opens up FlightSafety’s global network of Learning Centers and technology-based training to technicians maintaining P&WC engines. FlightSafety’s integrated MATRIX training technology, as well as full-scale systems trainers, major component cutaways, working models, maintenance task simulators and a large variety of test equipment add new depth to the courses, helping to increase understanding of engine systems and their operation.
The agreement means P&WC Customers will continue to enjoy the world-class training they’re accustomed to, but with expanded locations and schedules. Training can be scheduled at various FlightSafety Learning Centers worldwide, or Customers can arrange for training at their own location. Under a new agreement with Sikorsky Aerospace Services, P&WC engine training is available at Sikorsky Helitech in Brisbane, Australia. FlightSafety also now offers P&WC engine training in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Curitiba, Brazil.
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Training to Excel Recognizing that simply maintaining your skills limits your possibilities, FlightSafety worked with Global Jet Services to develop a series of professional development courses that emphasize human factors in aviation maintenance.
These programs are based on the understanding that customer service, business operations, personnel management and government regulations are everyday considerations in today’s increasingly demanding maintenance sector.
Masters of the Profession The innovative and prestigious Master Technician program is a prime example of FlightSafety training that advances technician skills and value while improving the flight department bottom line.
The five-step program results in a highly qualified, efficient and self- motivated technician who is capable not only of promoting safe operation but of increasing dispatch reliability.
Type-specific Master Technician training is available for most current aircraft models. In addition, FlightSafety offers advanced Master Technician training in specialized sequences: avionics, engine maintenance, regulatory compliant and career- boosting Management Endorsement.
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