Pilot Training and Competency
On March 1, 2018, Flight Safety Foundation issued a position paper urging the global aviation industry to embrace a data-driven approach to pilot training. In the paper, the Foundation said the industry has reached a crossroads in determining how pilots need to be selected, hired, trained and mentored for career growth, and that changes need to be made if the industry is to continue its stellar safety performance in an era of expected rapid growth in many regions of the world. The paper includes the Foundation’s related recommendations.