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The case for flight simulation in general aviation†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. J. Allerton
D. J. Allerton*
Affiliation:
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University, UK
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Abstract

This paper sets out the case to extend the role of flight simulation in general aviation. It outlines the benefits that flight simulation has brought to airline safety but observes that the majority of pilots worldwide receive no simulator-based training or checking. The paper reviews the potential benefits of synthetic training and provides an analysis of accidents in general aviation to show that a significant reduction in fatal accidents is achievable by instituting recurrent pilot checks in a flight simulator, similar to the simulator checks undertaken by airline pilots. The paper summarises the advances in simulator technology which have occurred in recent years and outlines a scheme to fund the introduction of flight training devices in general aviation, based on compulsory recurrent checks for PPL and CPL pilots. The paper surmises that flight simulation offers a practical means to reduce the accident rate in general aviation and concludes by outlining a financial case to fund the introduction of mandatory simulation-based recurrent checks in general aviation.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 106 , Issue 1065 , November 2002 , pp. 607 - 612
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2002 

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Footnotes

†

This paper is based on the author's keynote address at the Royal Aeronautical Society Conference on Aircrew Training — Time to Take Stock

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