Launch customer ANA’s pilots commence 787 Dreamliner flight training

Boeing has said ten pilots from 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways entered a Boeing Training & Flight Services (BTFS) 787 training programme last week. The pilots are expected to complete training on 17 May.

Boeing last week said its 787 training campuses in Seattle, Singapore, Tokyo, London and Shanghai had received approval from the FAA (US), CAA (UK), EASA (EU), CAAC (China) and the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau.

Boeing said that it demonstrated to regulators that "the training devices located at the five campuses around the world were similar or identical in the way they operate … [which] will allow [BTFS] to deliver the same quality of training at all locations."

 BTFS VP Sherry Carbary said 787 flight training will be "changing the game through continued innovation in our advanced suite of training technologies. By bringing this cutting-edge training directly to airlines in the regions of the world where they're based and serve their passengers, we're offering our customers the flexibility and efficiency of flight crew training where they need it, when they need it."

CCO Roei Ganzarski added, "We've invested in world-class courseware, trained a global team of experienced instructors, and now have certified a worldwide network of simulators."

ANA said its 10 pilots who entered the programme last week will use BTFS's "highly sophisticated simulators and flight training software."