Training and Workforce
Brazil Postpones Controversial Level-D Simulator Requirement
Brazilian flight training provider Efly demonstrates a locally built Marcnamara simulator at its stand. The manufacturer recently received ANAC approval for its King Air training device. (Photo: David McIntosh)
Brazilian flight training provider Efly demonstrates a locally built Marcnamara simulator at its stand. The manufacturer recently received ANAC approval for its King Air training device. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Implementation of a new Brazilian requirement mandating the use of level-D simulators for renewing privately operated business aircraft type ratings has had to be postponed until next year due to a shortage of suitable training equipment in the country. The country’s ANAC aviation authority had intended for the requirement to take effect from June 2013, and the agency has been criticized by operators and pilots for being too rigid over the requirement for full-motion simulators.

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