Delta Air Lines has partnered with a U.S.-based flight training organization specializing in airplane upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) to develop advanced-handling training programs for eight jet airplane types.1 A cadre of 16 simulator instructors being trained in the first half of 2015 is part of a larger group of simulator instructors who comprise roughly half of about 450 total Delta instructors.
“Delta embraces the critical importance of providing our pilots with advanced training to maintain air travel as the safest mode of transportation,” Jon Tovani, a Delta captain and its managing director, flight training, said in April during the World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow (WATS 2015) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. The airline is partnering with Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) to develop the training programs. The advanced-handling training essentially will provide the more than 11,000 Delta pilots with increased skills and knowledge designed to pre…
