In a breakthrough that I would not have expected for years, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has approved provisions for evidence-based training (EBT) in ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices. Credit goes to some extraordinary work done by a range of people and organizations that came together faster and better than anyone expected. The Royal Aeronautical Society led a massive working group that included ICAO, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), airlines, manufacturers, regulators and training providers.
For those of you not familiar with EBT, let me emphasize what a big deal this is. I have been a long and vocal critic of training standards around the world. Our training has been trapped in the 1960s and is dangerously out of date. EBT solves that once and for all. It is a process that will allow operators to restructure their training programs to target the real risks in the operation instead of spending all of their training time addressing …
