High altitude flying kurs - Curt Lewis

RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE A Message From Flight Safety Information Editor Curt Lewis, Associate Editor Roger Rapoport and Captain Shem Malmquist     Flight Safety Information has partnered with Beyond Risk Management to create a  High Altitude Flying Course. This course, led by Captain Shem Malmquist, an accident investigator, professor and 777 captain who flies international routes, is now underway. A key unit in this class focuses on poorly understood high altitude weather challenges that have led to fatal accidents. Here is a comment from one of the veteran pilots now taking this course   "I have made it to the Part 121 world with what can be described as zero weather training. I have had a lot of low level weather experience flying floats but when it comes to flight levels the only knowledge is what I'm gaining from this course. The extremely basic weather theory and concept required for our ratings is outdated and barely touched on during orals. The training at my current company barely touched on the subject except that we have weather radar onboard and good luck getting it to work. A captain will show you how it works. Is this the case industry wide?"     With other pilots mirroring this comment, it is apparent to all of us that the kind of aviation meteorology course taught by professors like Debbie Schaum at Embry-Riddle University, are not offered to most pilots. In fact, pilots moving up from domestic to international routes typically have little (one day) or no training on the special challenges presented on transoceanic routes lacking radar coverage found on overland routes.   With many major airports located on oceanic coastlines, these challenges can be significant.   As Captain Malmquist prepares for the upcoming January course we would like to hear from pilots on this critical issue.   A selection of these comments will be published in a future issue of Flight Safety Information. Our long-term goal is to make sure that every pilot receives the critical meteorology training they need to do their job. Here are those questions which you can answer confidentially. Your name will not be used in future reports on this subject.   1. What weather training have you received specific to high altitude flying? 2. Do you feel that this training was all you needed? 3. Where did your training take place?   How long did it take. 4. Was this weather training provided when you began working for your airline? 5. Have you had recurrent training on weather challenges? 6. Were you retrained on a new radar system when you switched to flying a different aircraft type. 7. If you switched from domestic to international routes did you receive any training on special weather     conditions found on transoceanic routes? 8. What manuals and instructional materials were provided? How much information did you receive? Did it     answer all of your questions? 9. Did you receive online training? How long did it take to complete this training? Were you tested on your     knowledge? 10. Do you believe this training prepared you adequately for special challenges in places such as the       intertropical convergence zone? 11. Are you confident that you fully understand weather radar? Does it always do what you want? If not,       please describe the problems encountered. 12. Have you been in situations where better weather training would have been helpful? 13. Did a lack of training contribute to any difficulties? 14. Do you have any recommendations for better weather training? Do you think it should be provided in       house, in a classroom setting, online or all three? 15. Are there specific low altitude weather issues that are a concern to you?   Feel free to answer any or all of these questions privately. You are welcome to combine your answers into a narrative summary.   Please let us know if you would like more information about Captain Malmquist's course as it relates to weather training not provided by your company. You can reach us directly at rogerdrapoport@me.com or 231 720-0930 (EST 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) For more details visit http://pilot-errormovie/online-course/ Back to Top

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