Training: Change the Way Pilots Learn to Handle Aircraft Upsets
ETC’s Gyrolab has a continuous-G simulator that ensures pilots get the needed physical and physiological stress that might be encountered in flight, not just visuals and limited motion.
ETC’s Gyrolab has a continuous-G simulator that ensures pilots get the needed physical and physiological stress that might be encountered in flight, not just visuals and limited motion.

Paul Comtois knows why safety is a tough business for some people to comprehend: “Because it’s difficult to prove that what you’ve implemented actually had any effect.” Comtois, a former fighter pilot, is director of advanced pilot training programs at ETC, a Southampton, Pa.-based training company focused on upset prevention and recovery. “We need to change the way we train pilots today for upsets,” he told AIN, in the context of the Colgan 3407, Air France 447 and American 587 accidents resulting from loss of control in flight.