Why gliding makes you a better airline pilot
It is believed that many skills learnt flying a glider are transferable to a professional pilot flight training. Talking at the European Airline Transport Symposium (EATS) Sergio Gómez Brito, head of training at Spanish ATO Quality Fly discussed the merits of using gliders in commercial flight training. This video from Quality Fly illustrates a number of ways in how gliding can help under training commercial pilots in terms of manual...
Can sailplanes be used for commercial flight training?
The use of sailplanes in commercial pilot flight training programmes was one the presentations discussed at the 2023 European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) held in Portugal. Sergio Gómez Brito, Head of Training at Spanish ATO Quality Fly, gave a presentation on the use of sailplanes in integrated ATPL training programmes, saying that it combines an enhanced competency-based training (CBT) methodology with sustainability. In an...
20th European Airline Training Symposium returns “in full force”
The 20 th European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) has returned “in full force” for the first time post-pandemic, with over 900 delegates and 50 exhibitors gathering in Berlin for a two-day event. Billed as “Europe’s number one civil aviation training event,” EATS typically combines networking opportunities, speakers, seminar sessions and exhibitors with attendees from over 50 countries. “It is increasingly important that the...
