The newly-acquired Boeing737NG and Boeing777 simulators in Mumbai will help train pilots who had to earlier be sent to London for the training.
Air India has a reason to cheer as they can now cut down their costs on training their pilots. The newly-acquired Boeing737NG and Boeing777 simulators in Mumbai will help train pilots who had to earlier be sent to London for the training. “A huge sum will be saved by the use of these simulators, we will now be able to save on hotel costs and daily allowances,” said Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice President, Sales, Commercial Airplanes, Boeing.
The Boeing 737NG Simulator will facilitate in-house training for Air India pilots as well as pilots from other airlines. All the simulators will be set up in Mumbai and Air India pilots will be trained at a contractual price there. Pilots from other airlines too can be trained after paying a certain fee.
V Thulasidas, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India and Boeing 777 simulator said that they were working with Alteon (a fully-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company) for quite a few months to develop and identify suitable training solutions for the new airplane. “The new simulators being installed in Mumbai will get certain backup facilities from Air India. With this initiative, we hope to further improve the efficiency of our pilot training. The agreement between Air India and Alteon will be formalised into a joint venture in the future,” he added.
Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice President, Sales, Commercial Airplanes, Boeing said, “Boeing will invest up to USD 75 million for flight crew training . Two more simulators will be brought in to train pilots for Boeing 777 and 787 airplanes in the third quarter of this year and second quarter next year respectively.”
The new simulators were inaugurated by V Thulasidas, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India and Boeing 777 simulator at the Old Airport, Kalina Santacruz.
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