simulator. The cost of using a simulator will vary with the type of simulator and its loca- tion. Lower-level, less-expensive simulators and flight training devices can be a cost- effective option to higher-end models as long as their visuals permit good represen- tations of the IIMC environment. Training in an aircraft, too, can be effec-
tive if the pilot uses a view-limiting device and doesn’t cheat by looking under or around the foggles or hood. Still, training in an aircraft does carry some limitations. Under normal circumstances, you can’t actually fly in IMC conditions during train- ing, so the “inadvertent” part will be inac-
Safety Town Hall Wed., Jan. 29 • Anaheim Convention Center • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Want to learn more about the ATS Device and IIMC? Then be sure to attend the Safety Town Hall meeting at HAI HELI-EXPO 2020. Terry Palmer, chairperson of HAI’s Training Working Group, will host the event, where she and a company representative from AT Systems, maker of the ATS Device, will talk about IIMC and answer your questions about the new technology. Also on the agenda: new trends in maintenance training. Don’t miss it!
If you don’t practice often, your skills will weaken, at best. Weak skills combined with an unplanned encounter can be fatal.
curate when you have to take time to put on a hood in order to train. Such training does, however, allow you to practice flying by instruments and sharpen your scan, which can be crucial to surviving a real encounter. Technological advances have recently
developed a more practical, cost-effective solution to traditional training’s limitations. A new, patented device from AT Systems designed for military training straps to a helmet without modification and provides a decreased visual environment controlled by an instructor-operated iPad. Called the ATS Device (see photo at left), the product enables pilots to experience both simu- lated visibility and the actual sensations the body feels during forward flight. While simulators provide all the visual
cues for decreased visibility that make you feel like you’re moving, the ATS Device reduces visibility while you are moving. It allows the true seat-of-the-pants con- sciousness the brain experiences during actual flight because the product is used inside the aircraft itself. Another advantage of the ATS Device is
its ability to be used anytime during a train- ing flight and the various options it provides for programming visibility and re-creating
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real-life scenarios. Indeed, the ATS Device is the latest smartphone to the training hood’s rotary-dial landline, and training in an aircraft equipped with one may be an efficient, effective alternative to simula- tor training. Instrument train-
ing, whether in an aircraft or a simulator, can accurately demonstrate a pilot’s skill
level by providing training scenarios that let the pilot reach—and learn—his or her lim- its. Through practice and increased aware- ness, pilots can overcome these limits and gain greater flexibility to make the right decisions in a degraded visual environment.
In the end, training is crucial for one central reason: it will increase your ability to survive an unexpected encounter with IMC conditions.
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