Q: Following up on my question last month on whether CAE would benefit from additional training requirements for pilots following the two crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8, it looks like Canada has stepped up with the following news late yesterday from our Transport Minister Marc Garneau. Do you know who might compete with CAE for any outsourced training and how CAE is viewed in the aerospace training industry?
Transport Minister Marc Garneau says airlines hoping to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 in Canadian airspace must first train their pilots using a flight simulator.
The call goes further than recommendations from U.S. regulators as training procedures for the grounded plane come under continued scrutiny following two deadly crashes.
“Simulators are the very best way, from a training point of view, to go over exactly what could happen in a real way and to react properly to it,” Garneau said.
“It's part of it - the software fixes...and the training itself, which in my mind requires simulation time,” he said at an event in Montreal Wednesday.
Garneau's comments highlight the potential hurdles to landing on a common set of standards and getting the Max 8 back into the air.
Transport Minister Marc Garneau says airlines hoping to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 in Canadian airspace must first train their pilots using a flight simulator.
The call goes further than recommendations from U.S. regulators as training procedures for the grounded plane come under continued scrutiny following two deadly crashes.
“Simulators are the very best way, from a training point of view, to go over exactly what could happen in a real way and to react properly to it,” Garneau said.
“It's part of it - the software fixes...and the training itself, which in my mind requires simulation time,” he said at an event in Montreal Wednesday.
Garneau's comments highlight the potential hurdles to landing on a common set of standards and getting the Max 8 back into the air.
