What happens when pilots don't get their flying hours? - BALPA Perspective
Apr 10, 2020, 1:27 am
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What happens when pilots don't get their flying hours? - BALPA Perspective
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"Pilots require frequent training and 'recency' to be able to fly," says Brian Strutton of the British Airline Pilots Association, or BALPA, which represents the interests of all UK pilots.
Interesting perspective on the training and certification actions needed to scale-up flight crew capacity once we start to emerge from lock down.
"Pilots require frequent training and 'recency' to be able to fly," says Brian Strutton of the British Airline Pilots Association, or BALPA, which represents the interests of all UK pilots.
Interesting perspective on the training and certification actions needed to scale-up flight crew capacity once we start to emerge from lock down.
Apr 11, 2020, 4:22 am
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Doesn't some similar issue exist for airframes in parked in storage at Exeter , Southampton etc. That the aircraft must be used, ie fly at least every nn days to be deemed still airworthy compliant ?
If so not just a simple operation to fly back any parked plane(s) to LHR to use next day for passenger flight(s) ?
If so not just a simple operation to fly back any parked plane(s) to LHR to use next day for passenger flight(s) ?
Apr 11, 2020, 4:44 am
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You don't need to take off but there does need to either be some preservative action, a lot of maintenance checks, or a regular ground run to keep parts working. Of course, all scheduled checks must be up to date before the aircraft flies passengers.
The operational problem of getting all the pilots back to "current" is that usually they retain their currency by actually flying, while the aircraft are always maintained by engineers. So an airline has more engineering staff to continually maintain aircraft (and even to restore them to flying state from parked) than simulator capacity to get a lot of crews current again quickly.
The operational problem of getting all the pilots back to "current" is that usually they retain their currency by actually flying, while the aircraft are always maintained by engineers. So an airline has more engineering staff to continually maintain aircraft (and even to restore them to flying state from parked) than simulator capacity to get a lot of crews current again quickly.
Apr 11, 2020, 6:54 am
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One of my neighbours flies for FR. He’s not furloughed as he’s a training captain but the base has been put on hiatus until they know what’s happening, but training flights and sim sessions definitely not happening.