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A New Reality

our training product to market,” says Zilvinas
VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING TOOLS ARE Lapinskas, CEO at FL Technics.
MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE
Designed to be as intuitive as possible, the VR
module starts with the trainee mechanic pro-
Atul Chandra ceeding through the series of tasks necessary
for the opening of the engine. This starts with
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (AR/VR) technology is now the mechanic selecting the right tools, then
living up to its promise delivering of real benefits to the aviation opening the covers, opening the reverse, insert-
industry, after more than a decade of advances. The manifold ben- ing the safety lock and so on. Trainees can also
efits of AR/VR technology has meant that it is increasingly being decide if they require simulation guidance or
adopted by MRO companies. not. The simulator also records any financial
damage that would have been done to the air-
VR Training for Aviation Mechanics craft as a result of the trainee’s performance.
MRO provider FL Technics, has started implementing VR modules
for basic training of aviation mechanics. The company’s first VR Ramunas Paskevicius, Head of IT and
module, covers the opening of the reverse thrust engine of a Innovations at FL Technics, is convinced of
Boeing 737NG, and FL Technics is set to expand its list of mod- the value that such training will provide: “We
ules in the coming months to cover the full scope of maintenance are currently testing the modules in-house and
training. this will give us a better idea of how they fit
into the business. As the general demand for
“Our main goal is to reduce the time it takes new mechanics to professional mechanics in the aviation industry
enroll in the company. Globally the industry struggles with the is constantly growing, we are hoping to make
3-month long enrollment process needed for aviation mechanics. the process shorter and prepare mechanics
So that’s why we are pushing to shorten that process as much as as fast as possible with no loss in quality. I am
we can, and we aim to try to get it down to 3 weeks. Once we’ve sure that our VR modules will help us to achieve
reached that target, we’ll be looking into the possibilities of taking all our goals.”

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