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There are growing requirements from airline employers that ab initio professional pilot training courses include greater focus upon upset avoidance and recovery/loss of control situations; especially when leading to the operation of highly automated flightdecks.

In direct response to these requirements by both airlines and our own training management, OAA has developed a new 8-hour Upset Recovery module which will be included (in addition to existing training course hours) as a standard training component of all OAA Airline Pilot Career Programmes from 1 January 2012.

This innovative 8-hour training module will be delivered through a combination of aircraft and jet simulator training and delivered by specialist instructors comprising:

• 3 Hours training in a single engine piston aerobatic certified aircraft
• 1 Hour training in a multi engine piston aircraft
• 4 Hours training in a multi engine jet simulator

This new Upset Avoidance and Recovery Training module will be added to the existing OAA SkillsPlus Development syllabus which already includes: a Foundation Degree in Air Transport Management and 2-weeks of First Officer Fundamentals training within all OAA ab initio Airline Pilot Cadet Programmes.