Training Center Receives FAA & Insurance Approval For QRT

FlyRight Inc. tells ANN the company received FAA certification and insurance company approvals last week for its Quarterly Recurrent Training (QRT) program for King Air pilots.

QRT integrates quarterly simulator-based flight training into a Recurrent Training program, that Flyright says increases training effectiveness. The QRT program includes four modules over the course of a 12-month period, and culminates with FAA and insurance approved sign-offs. In addition to meeting requirements to maintain instrument and landing (including night) currency, the program focuses training on systems, procedures, and seasonal issues such as icing and high-density altitude operations.

"This is the first and only FAA-approved periodic recurrent training program available for the King Air," said Jim Crawford, FlyRight's Director of Operations. "We've taken the best practices of the corporate and airline training industry and brought them to the King Air market."

FlyRight's QRT program was conceived by a number of customers who indicated the desire to train more frequently to maintain their proficiency. The program was tailored to meet the customer's needs while also garnering insurance approval and satisfying the FAA.

Ensuring instrument currency and night landing currency, which can be challenging in the long summer days, is also a significant benefit to pilots in this environment of high fuel prices -- after all, "three bounces" to maintain night currency is expensive in a King Air, and could be dangerous in an unfamiliar aircraft.

FlyRight's full motion, level-C simulator is approved for approaches and day/night landings, and the quarterly schedule ensures recency compliance. FlyRight believes the QRP program will be popular with pilots who want to stay at the top of their flying abilities and/or those pilots who struggle to find three 3 consecutive days to train.

FMI: www.flyrightinc.com