The simulator was built by Canadian company CAE and is part of a new 9,000-square-metre training centre Canadian North is opening in Edmonton
EDMONTON — When Canadian North showed off its new Boeing 737NG flight simulator at Edmonton International Airport this week, it let a few dignitaries try a scenario where the jet flipped upside down and dove nose-first towards an Arctic lake.
"We've all seen the stories on the news where the pilots hit severe turbulence and lose control of the airplane or wake turbulence.Later, Skocdopole and Richard de Aguayo, a Canadian North captain and a member of the airline's training department, flew a scenario where after taking off from Edmonton, the plane struck birds and an engine caught fire. While de Aguayo flew the plane, Skocdopole took to the radio.Following that, they performed a landing in Iqaluit with blowing snow.
. It's not just new pilots who need training. Experienced ones need to regularly recertify on simulators. So the airline says it's more efficient to buy a new simulator than take flight crews off-line, sometimes for weeks, to enable them to travel for training.
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