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Clearing the Confusion About AQP, CBTA, and EBT
A Historical Instructional Design Perspective By Doug Farrow & KD VanDrie Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) is a broad umbrella vocational training concept that has spread across numerous training domains / industries within the US over the last half century. It is referenced by several labels, including but not limited to competency-based, performance-based, proficiency-based and… Read more
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The Pilot Training Opportunity is Dramatic, Right Now
By Captain John Bent, FRAeS After the pandemic, many of the thousands of pilots who had been grounded did not return to flight decks. Two factors – both triggered by Covid – combined to create a huge airline pilot shortage: 1. A scheduled surge of retirements, most obvious in the US. 2. Closure (without students… Read more
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APC: Matching Quality Candidates with Quality ATOs
Amidst the current chaos of the global airline scene, are young people still interested in becoming airline pilots? The Airline Pilot Club has grown from 800 to 19,000 members in the past two years as they raise the training standards for pre-selection and ATO quality. Rick Adams, FRAeS, outlines their concept. In the regulatory… Read more
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ATPG 2.0
The Aircrew Training Policy Group, an independent cadre of subject experts who help to advise EASA, unofficially, on near-term issues and long-term strategies for flight training, has a new cast of characters and a range of ambitious projects. Rick Adams, FRAeS, spoke with ATPG Chair, Capt. Andy Mitchell, FRAeS. “ATPG is very much a tactical… Read more
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Airline Pilot Training: Time to Revisit the Basics?
Many recent airline accidents have shown clear evidence of a common cause, whether from fatal crashes or devastating hull losses without fatalities. That common cause is the inability of the pilots, in far too many cases, to cope with the situation they have faced. Sometimes it was when the automatic systems failed, requiring them to… Read more
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The Right Competence at the Right Time
The Heads of Training at the world’s four largest manufacturers of commercial passenger aircraft have created an alliance to address common concerns about pilot training. Rick Adams interviewed the Founder and President of the AMFTA, Jean-Michel Bigarré, and Assistant Secretary Susannah Crabol in Toulouse, France. When you hear the names Airbus, Boeing, COMAC and Embraer,… Read more