FlightSafety International (FSI) announced a variety of new offerings aimed at enhancing its ability to train customers in current and forthcoming aircraft. For example, it is designing and manufacturing 14 Level D-qualified simulators that will be installed in its learning centers in 2012 and 2013. Next year, moreover, it will add training locations for Gulfstream’s G450 and G550 in Dallas and Hong Kong. It will also increase its number of G650 simulators from one to three by 2013. In 2012, FSI will open a Hong Kong learning center as well as a maintenance training center for Cessna in Wichita. And the company will increase the number of locations where Pratt & Whitney Canada engine training is available. FSI made the annoucements at NBAA 2011 in Las Vegas.
FSI is expanding its training programs into new areas, including night-vision-goggle training and helicopter crew resource management, and is introducing a training course material presentation and electronic distribution system that it says will significantly enhance the training experience of its customers. The system should make life easier for students, by delivering pre-study and course material such as manuals and PDFs via the myFlightSafety customer portal instead of on compact disks or USB drives. Students will be able to access this material after registering for courses and also during training at FSI learning centers. FSI eventually plans to add 3-D graphics, video and other enhancements to these electronic materials.
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