The KingAir Simulator Experience – Emergency Training [Op-Ed]

It is often said that a cockpit makes a terrible classroom. The constant attention to ATC, the aircrafts response and, all types of weather take most of our attention. After all, we are pilots and it is our job to pay 100 percent attention to the surroundings.

Many of us have experienced an actual inflight emergency and know that once an emergency is declared, the ATC system opens up to you and you get the priority you need. However, this is not true when we use an aircraft to simulate emergencies. You are forced to handle the simulated emergency while under the scrutiny of the normal system. The best alternative for this is to accomplish these emergencies in a flight simulator. This is one of the numerous benefits that simulators provide, not to mention that it is simply unsafe or impossible to practice these scenarios in the actual aircraft. You just cannot simulate a blown current limiter with a generator failure in an actual aircraft. In a simulator, your safety is never in question.

How a pilot responds to an emergency is a direct result to their training. Simulators allow you the opportunity to see how you will respond to a situation. This training is invaluable. Of course emergency training is not the only benefit to simulator training, the opportunity to practice normal procedures is equally valuable.

Did you know that SIMCOM training center is one of the nation’s leading Beechcraft KingAir pilot training centers?  Many pilots already know about our world class jet training programs however, our KingAir training capabilities are sometimes less known. SimCom has 10 KingAir simulators spread throughout the country.  These simulators range from FTD’s to level C full motion simulators.  Weather your KingAir is an early C90 or a late model 350 with Collins Proline, SimCom has you covered. SimCom is constantly updating and refining the Beechcraft KingAir simulators to assure that you get world-class training in state of the art simulation.

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About the Author: George O’Connor

George is a 6000 hour pilot and has been in aviation for 20+ years. He has been involved in Part 142 KingAir training since 2008 and is currently the Beechcraft KingAir Program Coordinator at SimCom Trainjng Centers.