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levels of commonality between aircraft China’s Beijing training centre from the also airlines from the Asia Pacific region;
families, training times are also getting middle of this year. The company will if these companies do not have HuD-
reduced, for e.g. it takes as less as five also deliver a CAE 7000XR Series model, equipped aircraft, they will not be able to
days of training for a 777 pilot to qualify on A320 FFS to uzbekistan Airways by the benefit from privileged landing accesses.”
the 787. Airbus announced late last year end of this year. Another Chinese airline, He further adds that “Thales has now
that it had received regulatory approval Sichuan Airlines will receive a fifth Airbus started to ship equipment to around a
for Common Type Rating pilot training on A320 RealitySeven FFS from L-3 Link dozen airlines in China. Furthermore,
the A350 XWB and A330 jetliners. Airbus Simulation & Training (L-3 Link). Slated the suppliers of simulators and the
says “the new regulatory approval means to be operational by October this year, the training centers of the relevant airlines
that pilots who are qualified and current A320 FFS will come with dual heads-up are beginning to equip their simulators
on the A330 can already commence their displays (HuD), one of the first A320 FFSs with HuDs so that crews receive adequate
preparations to take the A350 XWB’s to be so equipped. training.” Airbus has already begun
controls by undergoing “differences Simulator training providers will have to integrate HuDs on aircraft being
training” only.” This provides substantial to cater for the use of HuDs, which have assembled at its Final Assembly Line
savings to airlines as pilot training time been made mandatory for all Chinese in Tianjin, China and will also look to
is reduced to only eight days (a 65 percent airlines by the Civil Aviation Administration offer a retrofit on all Airbus aircraft to
reduction), compared to a standard of China (CAAC). By the end of the first meet with the CAAC mandate. HuDs are
transition course since ground based full- phase, to be completed by the end of this optional equipment on all Airbus jetliners
flight simulators (FFSs) are not needed. At year, as part of the “China HuD Application and Thales D-HuDS offers full flight and
the beginning of the year, Canadian firm Roadmap”, each airline will have to have guidance symbology certified for all flight
CAE announced orders for eight FFSs to 10 percent of their fleet operating in China phases and supports high definition video
customers in Australia, Asia, the Middle fitted with HuDs (regardless of aircraft display from Enhanced Vision Systems
East and Europe worth C$ 120 million type). This will rise to 50 percent by 2020 (EVS), Airport Navigation Function (ANF)
that bring total FFS sales to 31 for the and by 2025 all civil aircraft operating in and Synthetic and Combined Vision
fiscal year 2015. As part of these orders, China will have to be HuD equipped. In an Systems (SVS/CVS).
Air China which already operates 19 CAE interview with Thales Avionics & Onboard
FFSs, purchased a Boeing 787-9 FFS blog, Michel Soler, HuD senior marketing
and CAE Simfinity integrated procedures manager for Thales, says “all airlines
trainer (IPT) from the company. The FFS operating in China will therefore need
includes CAE’sTropos-6000XR visual this equipment on board their aircraft.
system and will be operational at Air This affects not only Chinese airlines but

TOP: The Asia Pacific region tops the
requirements for new pilots till 2033.

LEFT: An image of the Airbus A350
XWB’s cockpit mock-up during the 2014
Farnborough International Airshow
with future pilots
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