The Selection Process and Training to Proficiency Capt

The Selection Process and Training to Proficiency Capt. Roman Hurych Flight Chief Instructor September 15, 2010 1 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010 CSA-S-20, verze 2

Contents l Introduction l Pilot Sources l TRTO CSA – Training courses – System of training – Trainee´s profile – Competency Training Conclusion l 2 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Introduction 3 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Introduction l the hard times for aviation business l various catastrophic news l economic crisis l fatalities at airliner crash l volcano 4 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Introduction THE CONSTANT NEED TO BE PREPARED l – Once the business is down it is a good time for us to look around and prepare for times when it will be up again. – It is a good time to review our processes, our training programs, to reconstruct some of them and maybe prepare the new ones. – Simply RETHINK all what we have done to date. 5 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Pilot Sources 6 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Pilot Sources l may differ in time l Military in the past l Non-military sector – The University of Žilina – Technical University of Prague – Private pilots. all have to pass the standard screening process 7 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Pilot Sources Screening process l theoretical knowledge – written and oral examination l practical test – flight in the simulator l psychological testing l final interview 8 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

TRTO ČSA 9 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Courses l TRTO Courses l AOC Courses 10 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training TRTO Courses l Type Rating Courses l Instructor Courses l Differences Courses l MCC Courses l Refresher Courses l Examiner Courses l Courses for LVO 11 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training AOC Courses l Conversion Courses l Courses For training Personal l Command Courses l Test Flight Qualification Course l Combined Conversion and Command Courses l Dangerous Goods Training l CRM Training l RVSM Course l P-RNAV Course l MNPS Course l Courses for LVO l Co-Pilot Development Training l Recurrent Program l Route And Aerodrome Competence Training 12 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training System of Training l the same principles of training l training the students up to proficiency l Course extension if required l The standardization of instructors and examiners. l The importance of instructor´s recognizing the trainee´s level 13 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training to Proficiency l Given syllabus of the training programme l Minimum entry requirements l intermediate checks l Session evaluation – satisfactory – may need extra training – unsatisfactory 14 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Trainee´s Profile l Different experience l Different background l The importancee of motivation and attitude I WANT TO BE AN AIRLINE PILOT 15 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Competency Training l Standard X Non-standard Crew l Simple Type Rating Course IS IT ENOUGH? 16 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Competency Training Importance of being well prepared l = the role of aviation schools l 17 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Competency Training Young Pilots MUST be taught the following subjects: 1. basic handling of the aircraft 2. aircraft systems knowledge 3. airline environment awareness 4. attitude 18 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Competency Training 1. basic handling of the aircraft l Basic handling of the aircraft becomes more and more important. l systems knowledge and working with the new technologies in highly automated aircraft must go alongside manual flying skills. l The way how to maintain these flying skills is through training. 19 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Competency Training 2. Aircraft system knowledge l Everyone needs a different time to absorb the knowledge l Advantage of CBT – Computer Based Training 20 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Competency Training 3. Airline environment awareness l Can everything be taught? l Gained experience l Isn´t it too early for some youngster to reach the captain status and gain the left seat sometimes in less than four years? l Shouldn´t we RETHINK minimum requirements for captains? 21 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

CSA Training Competency Training 4. Attitude l Cannot be taught directly l Good examples are the way of doing it l Each captain should be the kind of instructor 22 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Conclusion l What to do about all this? l Is there anything we can offer to our students? YES, there must be something. 23 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Conclusion l We need to RETHINK our training programs and offer the pilots the new methods of learning through continuous and competency based learning to be able to operate in the modern environment with modern equipment. l Let us teach the pilots kind of the modern AIRMANSHIP which is lately sometimes missing. And only then we will have the pilots proud of being THE AIRLINE PILOT. 24 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Conclusion Let´s do it through Good, competitive and qualified training 25 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010

Thank you for your attention 26 © České aerolinie From Zero to ATPL, Žilina 2010