Wouldn’t it be a good idea if the airline and training industries all over the world were to agree on a common set of pilot training, instruction and evaluation standards that reflects the demands on pilots in today’s flying environment?
No-one, anywhere, says it’s a great idea to have a system that trains airline pilots to different criteria according to their nationality. But that’s what we’ve got.
ICAO, IATA, IFALPA, the Royal Aeronautical Society and the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations all want common standards. They linked up to form the International Pilot Training Consortium several years ago and have worked to identify and define universal pilot training needs and methodologies based on the output standard – so-called competency-based training. The IPTC working groups have published their findings and ICAO has enshrined many of them in its PANS-Training document 9868, which is a constant work in progress.
So what’s stopping progress toward common – and modernised – training standards?
No-one, anywhere, says it’s a great idea to have a system that trains airline pilots to different criteria according to their nationality. But that’s what we’ve got.
ICAO, IATA, IFALPA, the Royal Aeronautical Society and the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations all want common standards. They linked up to form the International Pilot Training Consortium several years ago and have worked to identify and define universal pilot training needs and methodologies based on the output standard – so-called competency-based training. The IPTC working groups have published their findings and ICAO has enshrined many of them in its PANS-Training document 9868, which is a constant work in progress.
So what’s stopping progress toward common – and modernised – training standards?
