Airline bodies move to improve pilot training
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Two major airline bodies have teamed up to develop new training standards for pilots, following a series of recent high-profile accidents.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) have jointly published their new training requirements for airline pilots to prevent “loss of control in-flight” (LOC-I) situations.
As a result, all European airlines must implement these training procedures by April 2016, with other regions likely to follow.
As the name suggests, LOC-I accidents result from a pilot losing control of the aircraft, as occurred in the Air France disaster in 2009, or in the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco in 2013. While this type of crash is relatively rare, LOC-I incidents often results in serious accidents.
“Although LOC-I events are rare, 97% of the LOC-I accidents over the past five years involved fatalities to passengers or crew. Partnering with EASA on this important initiative based on global standards and best practices will reduce the likelihood of such events in future,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general & CEO.
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