AVSC 3090 Part 121 Crewmember Training
pdf
keyboard_arrow_up
School
Utah Valley University *
*We aren’t endorsed by this school
Course
3090
Subject
Industrial Engineering
Date
Jan 9, 2024
Type
Pages
5
Uploaded by DoctorUniverse21781
Part 121 Crewmember Training
AVSC-3090: Airline and Dispatch Operations
Prof: Dr. Jack Troutt
Oct 10, 2023.
2
Being a pilot requires a significant amount of dedication, hard work, and consistent effort. Pilots
go through extensive training that includes both practical flying and theoretical knowledge of
various aviation principles, regulations, and safety procedures. To become an airline pilot, one
must first obtain a private pilot's license, then a commercial pilot's license, and finally an airline
transport pilot license (ATPL), along with aircraft type ratings for the type of aircraft they intend
to fly. The FAA requires a total of 1,500 flight hours to qualify for the ATPL. However, if you
hold a bachelor's degree in aviation or military pilot experience you only need 1000 and 750
flight hours respectively. Specific airlines may have their own hiring requirements in addition to
the hours requirement. To work for an airline, you must complete a variety of training programs;
these trainings ensure a standardized level of safety, competency, and professionalism within the
aviation industry. Once you meet the requirements for airline training, you will go through the
various types and stages of training from the time you are hired and throughout your career as a
pilot, eventually becoming captain over the course of several years.
These training programs are intended to prepare the new hire for regular scheduled
operations and improve the pilots' skills, knowledge, and ability to handle a wide range of
situations, so that they are well-equipped to deal with emergencies and unexpected challenges
that may arise during flight. There are 5 stages to the airline training process: Indoctrination,
Systems, Flight simulator, ground school, Line Oriented Flight training and the Initial operating
experience.
. Topics covered in these training programs include emergency procedures, aircraft
systems, navigation, flight operations, communication methods, crew resource management,
company policies and safety management systems. Training is usually completed in about 8-12
weeks, depending on the airline. It is very important that pilots retain everything they have
3
learned in order to maintain the highest level of safety for all during their operations. As an
airline pilot your competency for your job is continually checked and you must re-train on a
regular basis.
The airline will train you based on its procedures and its FAA-approved training
curriculum (Freeman, 2023). As part of the initial training program, the first training pilots
receive is indoctrination training, which can last 1-3 weeks. It assists new hires in acclimating to
their new work and introduces them to the company culture, policies, procedures, aviation
regulations, and dispatch and rest requirements. Topics covered typically include first aid,
aircraft door and slide training, evacuations, wet drills, dangerous goods, flight time limitations,
aviation security e.t.c (Botley, 2019), anything that does not include aircraft specific training.
This training can be different from airline to airline. Systems training forms the foundation of the
technical knowledge the pilot is expected to have in order to operate the aircraft safely. It takes
about two weeks and covers all the aircraft systems specific to the equipment you'll operate
(Freeman, 2023), which includes cockpit indications, powerplant, hydraulics, flight controls,
landing gear, fuel systems, navigation systems, APU,e.t.c. The pilot must complete both the
technical ground school phase and simulator phase. They first use the fixed-base simulators ,
which resemble the real cockpit of the aircraft they will be flying. Here they can develop their
flying skills, and familiarize themselves with the aircraft's cockpit systems and practice their
flows and gain hands-on experience. Initial training ground training concludes with both a
technical examination on the systems of the aircraft, and a procedures evaluation which the pilots
must pass to move onto the full-motion simulators, followed by FMS, flow and ground maneuver
validations where they practice abnormal procedures.
Your preview ends here
Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version
- Access to all documents
- Unlimited textbook solutions
- 24/7 expert homework help
4
Line-Oriented Flight Training (LOFT) exercises areconducted over a few days. The
exercise is essentially a flight from point A to point B in the simulator; it covers real flight
scenarios that you might expect to encounter on such a flight, as well as some unexpected events,
such as weather conditions as simple as a crosswind to something more challenging like a loss of
a flight control computer, or most challenging, a hydraulic system failure (Botley, 2019). This
allows the airline to see how the pilots work together as a first-time crew flying together, and
how they assess and evaluate the situation to a safe outcome. Following LOFT sessions, the
pilots are debriefed to analyze their performance and learn from the experience. Lastly the pilots
get initial operating experience (IOE). This experience teaches them to integrate their newfound
technical skills with the daily requirements of the job (Freeman, 2023) and get their type rating
which allows them to operate scheduled flights as a crew member once they pass their final line
check (Freeman, 2023) .
To become a captain at the airline, you must first complete upgrade training, which may
include a week or a few days of ground school covering new material as well as material covered
during initial training. You will also receive additional sim training, approximately 10 sessions,
as well as a proficiency checkride and type rating if necessary. You will also be required to
participate in another LOFT session at both base and IOE.
5
References
1.
Holt, M., & Poynor, P. (2020).
Air carrier Operations
(3rd ed.) Aviation Supplies &
Academics, Inc.
2.
Botley, G. (2019, September 30).
My first biannual Sim Check (LOE)
. Pilot George.
https://www.pilotgeorge.co.uk/blog/post/my-first-biannual-sim-check-line-oriented-evalu
ation-loe/#:~:text=LOE%20stands%20for%20Line%20Oriented,or%20problems%20of%
20escalating%20complexity.
3.
Botley, G. (2018, December 31).
A320 type rating: Aircraft Systems
. Pilot George.
https://www.pilotgeorge.co.uk/blog/post/a320-type-rating-aircraft-systems-l3-cts/
4.
Freeman, J. (2023, August 29).
How to become an airline pilot
. HowStuffWorks Science.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/pilot4.htm#:~:text=The%20in
itial%20training%20at%20an,the%20equipment%20you’ll%20operate.