![]() ![]() Virgin Australia Chief Operations Officer, Stuart Aggs said Virgin Australia’s investment to strengthen its training capacity in Western Australia presents significant benefits to both the airline and the state, with more opportunities for local pilots to undertake essential flight training closer to home. Until now, Virgin Australia has been using its east-coast-based simulators approximately 20 hours a day, and flying pilots as far away as London to undertake training in order to meet simulator demand. The simulator is available through a long-term partnership with global aviation training leader CAE and is located in CAE’s training facility in Jandakot. This comes as the airline continues to grow its Western Australian resources sector and contract flying business. This simulator will also play an integral role in Virgin Australia’s training program for VARA flight crew as they transition from F100 aircraft to operate a 737NG fleet. The simulator means the airline will increase its domestic training capacity by 25 per cent providing for the first time, a local training facility for more than 200 pilots based in Western Australia. ![]()
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