pilot-training

PARIS— United Continental Holdings Inc. wants to use less-expensive and less-realistic flight simulators than most big international airlines for essential, recurrent pilot-training tasks, prompting criticism from outside safety groups and many of its own cockpit crews.

United Continental Pilots Split on Training Simulators Andy Pasztor 2011

That would undercut the general tendency of commercial-jet manufacturers and global pilot-training companies to prod fast-growing carriers to embrace full-motion simulators with the greatest possible realism.

United Continental Pilots Split on Training Simulators Andy Pasztor 2011

With pilot-training issues on the minds of many of the industry leaders gathered here for the Paris Air Show this week, the company's strategy could have broader safety implications for airlines around the world, according to some safety experts.

United Continental Pilots Split on Training Simulators Andy Pasztor 2011

With pilot-training issues on the minds of many of the industry leaders gathered here for the Paris Air Show this week, the company's strategy could have broader safety implications for airlines around the world, according to some safety experts.

United Continental Pilots Split on Training Simulators Andy Pasztor 2011

PARIS— United Continental Holdings Inc. wants to use less-expensive and less-realistic flight simulators than most big international airlines for essential, recurrent pilot-training tasks, prompting criticism from outside safety groups and many of its own cockpit crews.

United Continental Pilots Split on Training Simulators Andy Pasztor 2011

United Continental wants to use less-expensive and less-realistic flight simulators than most big international airlines for essential, recurrent pilot-training tasks, prompting criticism from outside safety groups and many of its own cockpit crews.

What's News 2011

The report calls for making pilot-training sessions more realistic, partly by including actual in-flight incidents involving Air France pilots in periodic simulator sessions.

Air France to Disclose Review's Criticisms Andy Pasztor 2011

Among other things, the report is expected to question some of the carrier's pilot-training efforts, highlight lapses in cockpit discipline over the years and stress the importance of making flight crews more proficient in dealing with onboard automation failures.

Air France to Disclose Review's Criticisms Andy Pasztor 2011

United Continental wants to use less-expensive and less-realistic flight simulators than most big international airlines for essential, recurrent pilot-training tasks, prompting criticism from outside safety groups and many of its own cockpit crews.

What's News 2011

That would undercut the general tendency of commercial-jet manufacturers and global pilot-training companies to prod fast-growing carriers to embrace full-motion simulators with the greatest possible realism.

United Continental Pilots Split on Training Simulators Andy Pasztor 2011