Flight validation – basic

Approximate price: €5,800.00  (final price confirmed at offer submission time)

Book

Concept

This course aims to walk the IFP designers through the specifics of the flight validation process.

Learning outcomes

Having completed this course, attendees should have gained familiarity with the flight validation process and acquired a first degree of practical experience in the process, its requirements, and expected results.

Prerequisites

Attendees are expected to:

  • have attended a flight procedure designers course, or be in current practice as procedure designers;
  • have attended an ARINC 424 coding course, or have practical experience in database coding; and
  • have attended a charting course, or be in current practice as chart designers.

The language of instruction is English. Attendees must be proficient at least to STANAG 6001 Level 3 or ICAO Level 4.

Method of instruction

In-person classroom instruction. Lectures followed by practical exercises and debrief.

Duration

Approximately 65 hours, including theory and practical exercises.

Training syllabus

TopicSchedule
Introduction Day 1
ICAO Doc 8168 Vol II – conventional criteria review
ICAO Doc 8168 Vol II – RNAV criteria review Day 2
ARINC 424 coding review Day 3
PBN principles
Principles of flight (subsonic aerodynamics) Day 4
ICAO Doc 9906 – Flight validation pilot training
Aircraft performance Day 5
Instrumentation
Practical exercises
Principles of geodesy Day 6
Annex 4 and ICAO Doc 8697 – Charting
Annex 14 – Aerodromes Day 7
Communication and navigation systems
Noise abatement principles – review Day 8
Flight validation preparation
Flight validation experience Day 9
Post flight validation debrief
Human performance Day 10
Quality assurance
Final test

The content and pace of instruction can be partially adapted to the client’s wishes and operational needs and student performance.