Flightdeck Solutions B787 FTD Awarded Level 4 Certification

Flightdeck Solutions (FDS) has received Level 4 certification from the Korea Office of Civil Aviation (KOCA) for the company’s B787 flight training device mid-August 2021. This positions FDS as one of the few global suppliers who are currently able to provide high fidelity B787 devices that smaller airlines, colleges, or flight schools can obtain without requiring exhaustive budgets.

The client, South Korea’s newest carrier Air Premia, purchased the device in 2020 to bolster its pilot and crew training program as it prepared for the arrival of its Dreamliner fleet.

“As a young airline, I believe Air Premia recognizes that although outsourcing a lot of the training is the norm for smaller carriers, having an in-house part task trainer such as our FDS-B787-FBPT gives pilots the proper prep time and solid feel for the aircraft prior to heading off to an FFS for their type rating or higher-level training,” said Peter Cos, President of Flightdeck Solutions. He added that “this not only dramatically reduces training costs but gives pilots the ability to practice scenarios and hone their skills year-round, not just a few times per year, all while banking flight hours.”

Delivery and setup of the FDS-B787-FBPT device proved a considerable challenge during 2020’s world-wide Covid lockdowns. “We owe a big debt of gratitude to our Korean representative, Daehee Kim, for being instrumental in making this integration possible on location in South Korea, while our Canadian FDS team along with our partners Sim-Avionics and SimVis worked remotely,”admitted Cos.  “Without Mr. Kim’s involvement, this project would have been in jeopardy of suffering significant delays, and Air Premia would have had a much tougher time preparing their pilots for the arrival of their Dreamliner fleet.”