When Nick Leontidis, CAE’s executive vice president of civil training and equipment, tossed down the gauntlet, saying, “We’re going after FlightSafety…we believe we have a better product to offer…” (AIN, July, page 64), his competitor wasn’t about to let that claim go unchallenged. FlightSafety’s Dennis Gulasy, vice president and general manager of the Tulsa Simulator Systems Division, rebutted, “We don’t tend to brag about our company very much. We accomplish something, integrate it into our training, get the acceptance of our customers and leave it at that.”
John Slish–FlightSafety’s manager of product information in Tulsa, where the company’s simulators are built–took a more assertive posture. “CAE builds simulators and sells training,” he contended. “FlightSafety sells training and just happens to build simulators to support our core business. We’re quietly working here, day after day, doing some pretty amazing things. But if someone is going to tweak our nose, we’ll tell you our simulators have the highest level of technology around.”
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