Training and Workforce
Bell Valencia Trains Hundreds Annually
Bell 429 simulator at Valencia Spain logs more than 1,000 hours each year

Bell Training Academy (BTA) in Valencia, Spain, has grown to serve 200 pilots annually who spent 1,000 hours inside the BTA’s Bell 429 level-D simulator last year. BTA Valencia serves customers from around the world, offering them the option of dry leasing the simulator to use with their own instructors for training, along with ground school training and other options to match each attendee’s goals. Last year, BTA Valencia provided more than 200 hours of simulator dry leasing.

According to Bell, the simulator in Valencia has an operational efficiency of more than 99 percent and is used for the EASA-approved 429 initial course; the recurrent course, consisting of a combination of ground school and simulator time; and a performance-based navigation course that meets EASA requirements for all instrument-rated pilots.

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