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Familiarization Flights

Submitted by waynefarley on Wed, 08/06/2011 - 13:16.

The FAA recently announced that they will put air traffic controllers back in the skies as part of a familiarization program to view life “on the other side of the frequency” after an almost decade-long suspension. I’ve experienced a few of these, but what are the benefits of such programs? read more

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ATC PPL in Cyprus

Submitted by Giorgos on Sat, 11/06/2011 - 09:12.

ATCOs in Cyprus get a PPL license as part of their ab initio training. This has proven much useful, however due to the cost and time required it will probably be changed into familiarization flights in the near future.

Interesting

Submitted by waynefarley on Tue, 21/06/2011 - 16:05.

I believe there are still a few countries training controllers to PPL level, but fam flights on commercial airliners are invaluable as well.