Flight validation – basic
Approximate price: €5,800.00 (final price confirmed at offer submission time)
BookConcept
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
Topic | Schedule |
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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.