Archerfield Airport-based Airline Academy of Australia has announced it can now offer students access to a Boeing 737-800 simulator and an Airbus A320 procedural training device.
Reached through a new strategic partnership with flight simulator manufacturer SimJET Training Systems, the announcement makes the Airline Academy of Australia (AAA) the first flight training academy in Australia to offer such sophisticated training devices.
Both pieces of airline pilot training equipment have been developed locally by SimJET, also based in Brisbane, and feature new satellite-based image systems.
“The SimJET devices to which we now have access enable us to offer significantly more to our customers, from procedural activities on the latest model Boeing or Airbus aircraft to multi-crew coordination training,” AAA CEO Stewart Cameron said.
“We are also exploring the possibility of developing other simulators, including glass cockpit versions of the entry level Cessna 172 which students use at the very start of their flying training. No other independent flight academy can offer this.”
Managing Director of SimJET Training Systems, Nicholas Kranenburg, said SimJET training devices are designed to provide the missing interim step in the training of cadet and new entrant airline pilots who commonly progress straight from the classroom to either a sophisticated full motion simulator or straight onto an aircraft.
“Our devices are designed to increase competency with low experience levels and minimise the cost of training airline pilots,” Kranenburg said. “We provide full tactile-type cockpits with high level visual systems, equal to or better than those currently on larger, full motion simulators. SimJET devices provide a crucial missing step for pilots, delivering relevant procedural training before they step into a full motion simulator or an actual aircraft.”
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AAA CEO Stewart Cameron (right) and SimJET Managing Director Nicholas Kranenburg in the SimJET Boeing 737-800 simulator.
