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Royal Canadian Air Force Sees More Sims In the Future of Fighter Pilot Training

Posted by Unknown on from the in-case-of-cyber-war dept.

dakohli writes "Currently, Canadian Fighter Pilots spend about 20% of their 'stick' time in Simulators. RCAF General Blondin states that this will rise to 50/50 in the future. The article goes on to state that the U.S. Army is moving in this direction, although the U.S. Air Force is a little more skeptical. Aircraft are expensive to fly, and if the fidelity of a simulator is good enough then perhaps real pilots will spend even less time actually in the air. Slashdotters, do you think that this will actually make recruiting pilots more difficult, or is it a sign of the things to come beyond Military Aviation?"

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  1. Flight Sim Tech Here by Pikoro · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The fidelity is already there. Flight time in the sim is nearly as good as the real thing, especially considering when you are up on a motion platform.

    The sims are great for procedure training since you can simulate failures which would be expensive or impossible to simulate in a real aircraft. More sim time = less cash spent on keeping the real aircraft in the air but with the same amount (or more) experience for the pilot being retained.

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  2. Re:No, it's really not. by CRC'99 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Oh, and I forgot to include this link in my response above...

    Simulator training flaws tied to airline crashes:
    http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/2010-08-31-1Acockpits31_ST_N.htm

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