A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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CAE announced here at EBACE that its business aviation Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) program, aimed at preventing loss of control in flight (LOC-I), is now in place and ready for trainees. The course curriculum has been updated and CAE’s instructors completed training earlier this month in accordance with EASA regulations, attending an Instructor Upset Delivery training program that included ground school, simulator and in-aircraft training. “We felt it was extremely important to make sure our instructors are properly prepared to teach the appropriate procedures and techniques to our customers,” said Nick Leontidis, CAE’s group president, civil aviation training solutions.

 


The Canada-based global training provider offers customized recurrent training and operator conversion courses to meet UPRT regulatory requirements. Last year CAE announced early adoption of industry standards to help prevent LOC-I, through qualification of the first simulators equipped with EASA- and FAA-approved, and ICAO-compliant, UPRT instructor stations.

 


The company also announced its joint venture Embraer-CAE Training Services will expand its training programs for Phenom 100/300 pilots by adding Amsterdam to its current training locations in Dallas, Texas in the U.S. and São Paulo, Brazil. The expansion “reflects the growing number of operators in Europe, and our commitment to delivering world-class training to our customers close to home,” said Marco Tulio Pellegrini, president and CEO, Embraer Executive Jets.&nbsp;

 


Additionally, CAE announced EASA has qualified the company’s CAE 7000XR Gulfstream G650 full-flight simulator to Level D, the highest qualification for simulators. The Level D sims will be located at the Emirates-CAE Flight Training Centre in Dubai, UAE, and instruction will incorporate CAE Simfinity XR Series ground school training solutions, which include distance learning, a tablet application and pre-study tools.

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