Ethiopian sjekker ut på B787

Ethiopian Pilots Complete Training for 787 Dreamliner

Source: Ethiopian Airlines

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines, the first African airline to operate the 787, has trained eight pilots on the 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing Flight Services campus located at Gatwick, London. Additional batches of trainees are conducting 787 training in the same facility.

Boeing has been granted approval by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide flight training for pilots preparing to operate the new Boeing 787. With 787 training, pilots can transition to the new airplane in five to 20 days, depending on previous pilot experience. Boeing 777 pilots can qualify to fly the 787 in as little as five days, given the high level of commonality between the two airplane types.

"This is an important milestone in the history of Ethiopian Airlines," said Captain Desta Zeru, Senior Vice President of Flight Operations for Ethiopian Airlines. "Our pilots are now qualified as the first African pilots to fly the 787.

Det er bare to år siden Ethiopian hadde sin siste stor ulykke, da med en B737 som flygerne åpenbart ikke mestret å fly. I rapporten står bl.a.
The final report released by the Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority blamed the pilots for the accident and recommended that the airline changed its pairing policy to prevent two relatively inexperienced pilots flying together. The airline challenged the statements as biased, firmly convinced that the aircraft experienced an onboard explosion, but failed to provide any evidence to support this theory