LOFT: CRM leaves the classroom and enters the cockpit.
Line Oriented Flight Training is a simulated line flight, with a beginning, middle and end, in which the crew handles whatever comes up the way it would in the operation. At Alis, the session is conducted in a generic static simulator, with a qualified instructor, briefing and debriefing.
Training the decision, not the maneuver.
In type training, the crew repeats maneuvers. In LOFT, it flies an entire leg and has to communicate, share tasks and decide with the clock running. ANAC's IS No. 00-010 provides for the simulator as one of the means for the practical phase of CRM training.
Who says what, and when
Briefings, callouts and the difficult conversation when captain and first officer see the situation differently.
Deciding with incomplete information
Time, fuel, weather and passenger: the scenario calls for a decision before all the answers are in.
Sharing tasks under pressure
Who flies, who monitors and who handles the malfunction when everything happens at once.
Source: IS No. 00-010, Revision B (ANAC). For RBAC 121 operators, the practical phase of pilot CRM must be done through LOFT. For the others, the IS provides for practice in the classroom, in a simulator, in a cockpit or in other training devices. If LOFT is to become part of a certificated operator's CRM program, acceptance rests with ANAC, within the operator's program.
Briefing, flight and debriefing.
The session has three steps. What happens in the flight only becomes learning when the crew talks about it afterward.
Briefing
Before entering the simulator.
Session objectives
The instructor presents what will be trained and the non-technical skills in play.
Flight documents
The crew consults and analyzes the preflight documentation, as it would before a real flight.
Roles in the cockpit
Who flies, who monitors and how the crew agrees on the flight.
Simulated line flight
In the simulator, in real time.
Line routine
A flight with a beginning, middle and end, conducted by the crew as in the operation.
Events that call for a decision
IS No. 00-010 suggests scenarios such as flight delays, emergency procedures, turbulence and bad weather, and medical problems on board.
No interruption
The scenario runs to the end. The crew lives with the consequences of its own decisions.
Debriefing
Where the learning happens.
Analysis by the crew itself
The instructor leads, and the crew analyzes what it did, what worked and what it would do differently.
No individual assessment
Under IS No. 00-010, LOFT should not be used as a method of assessing individual performance.
What LOFT is, and what it is not.
The simulator is generic and static: it does not reproduce a specific aircraft type and has no motion. The goal is to train communication, decision making and cockpit management.
That is why LOFT does not replace type training or the proficiency check. It complements both, at the point where most occurrences begin: the human factor.
- Simulated line flight, with normal and abnormal events
- Briefing and debriefing with a qualified instructor
- Can be booked as an optional module of the recurrent training
- Does not replace type training or the proficiency check
Generic simulator
Static and not type-specific. The focus is on the crew, not on the aircraft.
Qualified instructor
Leads the briefing, follows the flight and facilitates the debriefing.
Briefing and debriefing
The conversation before and after the flight is part of the session, not an extra.
Continuation of CRM
For those taking the CRM module of the recurrent training, LOFT takes into the cockpit what was discussed in the classroom.
US$ 398 per crew member.
Session in a generic static simulator, with a qualified instructor, briefing and debriefing. For the whole crew or together with the recurrent training, request a proposal.
LOFT
- Session in a generic static simulator
- Qualified instructor
- Briefing and debriefing
- Optional module of the recurrent training
RVSM
IS No. 91-005 procedures for the crews of operators applying for the RVSM LOA.
CPDLC
Logon, messages, failures and PBCS, in line with the training topics of IS No. 91-010.
RBAC 117 · Appendix E
Fatigue management for operating private jets under Appendix E.
Aircraft performance
Weight, takeoff, cruise and landing with the numbers from the manual, for general aviation.
Frequently asked questions.
Direct answers about the training, the regulation and what remains the operator's responsibility.
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What is discussed in the classroom only counts when it shows up in the cockpit.
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