FlightSafety Adds New Helicopter Course Offerings

FlightSafety International is expanding its helicopter-related training offerings with new night-vision goggle (NVG) and operational-control-specialist courses. The Berkshire Hathaway company is now offering Part 142 NVG initial training for the Airbus Helicopters H135, Bell 212, and Bell 412EP using Level D qualified simulators. The training includes eight hours of ground school and eight hours in the simulator, and involves scenario-based and mission-based exercises. FlightSafety is further offering recurrent NVG training that includes a review of NVG operational techniques during all phases of flight and includes topics such as aeromedical factors, emergency operations, scene interpretation, and regulatory guidance.

FlightSafety is also offering a new operational control specialist course for helicopter air ambulance operators. The course, which can be taken at a FlightSafety learning center or at the customer location, is designed for pilots, communications specialists, airline dispatchers, and other aviation safety professionals. The topics covered include aviation weather, navigation, flight monitoring, air traffic control, aviation communication, aircraft systems, aircraft limitations and performance, aviation policy and regulation, human factors, and crew resource management and local flying and area orientation. The human-factors section of the course includes crew resource management and aeronautical decision-making specific to helicopter air ambulance operations.