Indian Aviation News: Vistara partners FSTC
Indian Aviation News:
Indian Aviation News-Vistara partners with Flywings Simulator Training Centre (FWSTC) for SEP Practical Training.
Crew to acquire expertise on global standards of Safety and Emergency Procedures
New Delhi, 07 October, 2015: Vistara today announced an agreement with Gurgaon based, Flywings Simulation Technique Centre Pvt Ltd (FWSTC) to provide Safety and Emergency Procedures (SEP) practical training for its pilots and cabin crew. Vistara has been authorized by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to conduct these trainings with FWSTC. FWSTC is a recognized training service provider established with a vision of imparting viable Aviation Training Solution to Aviation industry. Through the most advanced SEP Training equipment and realistic scenario-based trainings offered by FWSTC, Vistara’s SEP practical training needs will be met as crew will now be able to enhance their knowledge and skills required to efficiently manage any emergency. Vistara had earlier been sending their pilots and cabin crew to Singapore Airlines HQ for these trainings.
Mr. Phee Teik Yeoh, CEO, Vistara said “We are pleased to announce our partnership with FWSTC and provide an opportunity to our personnel for undertaking their sophisticated training programs. Vistara places great impetus on these specialised areas of safety and emergency management. I am positive that our employees will immensely benefit from FWSTC’s practical, in-depth and specialised aviation training solutions to be able to efficiently deliver service excellence.”
Captain Sanjay Mandavia, Director, FWSTC said “The agreement with Vistara is invaluable and a matter of great pride for us as Vistara has rigorous training standards for their operating staff and lay great emphasis in the area of training their people at par with globally benchmarked standards. Being the first such training centre in Northern India, we are aiming to reduce the overheads of airlines towards travelling, visa and hotel costs and to ensure immediate availability of Cabin Crew for operation. FWSTC provides quality training architecture with modern training devices, experienced faculty and state of art infrastructure to meet global standards of excellence.”
FWSTC offers the A-320 Emergency Exit Trainer (Door Trainer), A-320 CEET (Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer), Smoke and Live Fire Training and Water Survival Training (Raft Management Drill) at their world class facility in National Capital Region (NCR), Gurgaon, Haryana. FWSTC is the first in the country to have brought in a cabin emergency evacuation trainer (CEET) where decompression can be stimulated in a smoke filled cabin and will also be the first to bring a fire chamber into the country.
Vistara has recently collaborated with FSTC for simulator and ground training as well.
Courses offered by FWSTC
- A-320 Emergency Exit Trainer (Door Trainer) – It accommodates both main and overwing exit in one modular structure, fitted with passenger seats and overhead stowage’s and oxygen drop down. The bespoke Instructor Operating Station (IOS) controls all door malfunctions i.e. door jammed, power assist failed, auto inflation fail etc.
- A-320 CEET (Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer) – Equipped with smoke and audio capabilities – simulates a lifelike cabin environment, providing optimum conditions for integrated safety and service training scenarios. These trainers include FAA-accepted emergency exits, slide raft and other interior features which are a replica of their own fleet type.
- Smoke and Live Fire Training: Practical training and actual handling of the emergency equipment covering the following elements: Chemistry of Fire, Fire fighting Techniques, Fire Prevention, Classification of Fires, Fire fighting and Smoke Equipment, General On-board Fire fighting, Communication, Smoke General, Ground-based Emergency Services, Practical Fire fighting & Smoke Handling including Donning and Use of PBE in a simulated smoke filled training area.
- Water Survival Training (Raft Management Drill): Water landing and sea survival training in a swimming pool, using life vests and rafts similar to those installed in the airlines own fleet.
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