Originally Posted by
Twin Wasp
You could build a NAT LOFT. You could time compress a crossing down to an hour and a half from logging on with Moncton to coasting in with Shannon. Wouldn't even need a full motion sim. I've seen a CPDLC training system where an instructor played ATC and students clicked on a computer screen CDU. The instructor can play ATC to several training stations at once. Have another instructor moving up and down the line to explain as necessary. Pair up students, start a flight every 30 minutes and you could push through a class of 30 in a day.
Not sure when Atlas changed from doing a NAT crossing in OE to just doing an oceanic leg.
Even just a set of group table top exercises. In fact that might even be better. A study outline, lecture/training, then a class effort to walk their way through the crossings -- including contingency procedures. This not new, the first steps in route proving are done this way.
Do this for the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, NOPAC and Hawaii. Put the contingency exercises in the less procedurally intense airspace. Two days could have the new hires well up to speed.
Oh wait, the 3rd floor MBA crowd would have to give a crap.