Aviation News Item: 00917

23rd Oct 2009

Source: fly-corporate.com

CAE has developed a new Professional Troubleshooting Skills (PTS) tool for training maintenance technicians in a methodical, logic-based approach coupled with hands-on practice.

The instructor-led PTS course will enable maintenance technicians to isolate, identify, and fix suspected problems more quickly-reducing repair cost and getting aircraft back in the air for business-critical travel.

The CAE PTS simulation software uses multiple high-resolution monitors to accurately display fault isolation. Troubleshooting exercises use actual electrical, hydraulic, and other schematics and simulated aircraft systems that respond as the aircraft would to each troubleshooting procedure. The graphics also provide a physical representation of the aircraft or system being examined so students can observe the reactions to their actions.

The Professional Troubleshooting Skills course is available at any of CAE's four business aviation training centers-Dallas, New York, London and Dubai-or can be delivered at a client's facility.

CAE has also initiated its first CAE Simfinity-equipped classroom for maintenance training at the Honeywell Aerospace Academy in Phoenix, Arizona.

The first course taught in the CAE Simfinity classroom addresses Air Transport Association (ATA) Level III line maintenance for the Honeywell Primus Epic integrated avionics system. The five-day course began this week, and encompasses operations theory, line replacement unit (LRU) interface, flight modes, troubleshooting, and testing of the Primus Epic system.

CAE and Honeywell announced an alliance a year ago at NBAA to provide the aerospace industry with training for technicians and flight operations personnel in locations worldwide.

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