Insurance-Mandated Recurrent Training

Standards for recurrent flight training are driven as much by the aviation insurance underwriters as the FAA. These underwriters are mandating that as much training as possible be taken out of the cockpit and put into simulators and flight training devices. Training in simulation devices is safer, more efficient and more effective than training in the actual aircraft.

And what these underwriters demand in simulation devices is the most realistic flight experience possible. They want Total Flight Immersion in which the pilot can really be “task loaded” with turbulence, ATC changes, system failures, emergencies etc. The Fidelity MOTUS type-specific simulation device, with the Fidelity six-degree-of-freedom motion base, is ideal for the recurrent training market. No other unit at anywhere near its price range offers the authenticity of flight experience: Total Flight Immersion.

ProFlight, Inc. of Carlsbad, California (www.proflightinc.com) uses a Fidelity MOTUS simulation device that is type specific for the Cessna 441 and 425 aircraft, to provide some of the finest twin-turboprop training in the nation. Not only is the simulator fully type specific for each aircraft – including start sequence, throttle quadrant, and aerodynamic performance – but the device can be reconfigured between the two aircraft in a matter of minutes. Allowing ProFlight to so conveniently reconfigure between the Pratt-powered 425 and the Garrett-powered 441 offers a new standard of utility in insurance- mandated flight training.

Underwriters overwhelmingly prefer full motion and type-specific flight simulation, and MOTUS delivers.