HOW IS A PILOT TRAINED TO BE FULLY QUALIFIED?

HOW IS A PILOT TRAINED TO BE FULLY QUALIFIED?

探訪雛鷹展翅之地

As selects the visual landscapes of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, and immediately the scenes of the simulator windows shifts to views of the chosen airport.將飛機的地景設置為廣州白云機場后，舷窗就顯示成白云機場的高仿真模擬場景，仿佛來到真實飛機駕駛艙里。

On August 11th and 12th, 2016, China Southern Airlines held its 3rd open day, inviting the media to visit its largest Asian simulated fl ight training base, Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Company Limited, and its subsidiaries including MTU Maintenance Zhuhai and Zhuhai Helicopter Company. On the open day, members of the media got the chance to learn about the core sessions of the aviation industry—mysterious pilot training and engine maintenance.

8月11日至12日，南航再次舉行公眾開放日，向媒體首度開放了南航位于珠海的亞洲最大的模擬飛行訓練基地——珠海翔翼，以及珠海摩天宇、珠海直升機分公司，深入介紹了最具神秘感的飛行員培訓、發動機維修等航空業最核心技術環節。這是南航在2016年舉辦的第三次開放日，進一步密切航空公司與社會公眾之間的關系。

Text & photos by Cui Xiaowen Translations by Yishan

Visiting Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Company Limited, two rows of fl ight simulators will jump into your sight when you walk into the training center. These simulators allow trainees to feel acceleration from different directions whilst in the simulator. Among them, a more than ten-milliondollar-valued Boeing 787 full fl ight simulator can offer you 'almost-the-same' experience as fl ying the actual aircraft—the layout of cockpit, the fl ight controls, even the view out of the window are the same.

As the training base of China Southern Airlines, Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Company Limited has received and trained all of China Southern's newly recruited pilot cadets who are required to receive an examination certifi cate afte r completing the center's fl ight training courses. In 2015, the training center witnessed 18 thousand trai nees conducting 130,000 simulator fl ight hours.

“Pilot training is really a foundation project,” said one staff from the training session. “We ensure every trainee from this Zhuhai facility is fully qualifi ed as a pilot.”

One journalist attendee said, “We learnt more about the state-of-the-art technologies, rigorous training, and careful maintenance behind the aviation industry via these varied activities during the open day.”

The 3rd open day of China Southern Airlines has successfully established closer connections between the civil aviation industry and the public.

Media reporters visited Zhuhai Helicopter Company.南航開放日，參觀珠海直升機分公司。

HOW IS A PILOT TRAINED TO BE FULLY QUALIFIED?

新飛行員如何煉成？

STEP 01

Pass the certificate examination after an eightweek simulator training at Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Company Limited

珠海翔翼訓練八周，考核合格

STEP 02

Complete a real aircraft field training at Nanyang Training Base

南陽飛行訓練基地駕駛真飛機完成本場訓練

STEP 03

Return to assigned subsidiaries as observer pilots and receive the final job evaluation

回到所屬分子公司進行跟機飛行和上崗考核

STEP 04

Pass the final job evaluation and become a qualified pilot of the fleet.

通過考核才可加入機隊執行飛行任務