IS IT SAFE? WILL IT MITIGATE A
looming pilot shortage? Will it reduce training costs over time? These are but a few of the questions raised by ICAO's new Multi-Crew Pilot License, an alternative method of training air transport pilots by relying far more heavily on simulators than on actual flying time and greatly compressing the amount of time it takes to train an airline pilot (ATW, 10/05, p. 51). For example, under the MPL the applicant may spend as few as 60-70 hr. at the controls of an actual aircraft.
IS IT SAFE? WILL IT MITIGATE A looming pilot shortage? Will it reduce training costs over time? These are but a few of the questions raised by ICAO's new Multi-Crew Pilot License, an alternative method of training air transport pilots by relying far more heavily on simulators than on actual flying time and greatly compressing the amount of time it takes to train an airline pilot (ATW, 10/05, p. 51). For example, under the MPL the applicant may spend as few as 60-70 hr. at the controls of an ...
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