Originally Posted by
PrattFan
That’s actually not true. Spirit owns at least 3 of our current sims, the third recently installed at AFG In FLL. Just because they are at AFG facilities and maintained by their techs doesn’t mean AFG owns them.
Spirit also owns several million dollars worth of full cockpit FTD’s, touch screen and door trainers. Certainly not sims, but these devices cost nearly a million each, with the FTD’s well north of that. No, we aren’t a traditional training department when compared against a legacy, but we aren’t just completely outsourcing all our training and equipment either.
I’ve heard the sim ownership rumor before. There is nothing out there in writing to confirm that Spirit actually owns the simulators. I would caution against believing anything that comes from the training department. That group tends to be full of cheerleaders because none of them want the instructor gigs to end. AFG corporate info also doesn’t confirm this information and it seems to go against their stated corporate identity as specializing in dry leasing sim hours. Trying to say that Spirit has invested any significant amount of money in training or infrastructure is folly.
You could pack up the Sheltair assets into another pod. Everything this company does is focused on the cheapest, minimalist way to perform the task and yes that includes the training department.