Getting to know the Copa Airlines Training Center

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Welcome to a tour of the Training Center Copa Airlines, where his thousands of pilots and cabin crew are trained annually.

Last October after arriving on the direct Copa Airlines flight from Manta to Panama, I was invited by the airline to visit one of its many spaces that it has in City of Panama, This time I visited the center where the strict training of its senior and junior crew takes place..

This is a great technology space, where safety is the main focus and today I am going to tell you everything you need to know about the Training Center Cup, what to start, I invite you to see the official Aero Report of this visit that includes a landing of mine in the Level-D simulator of a Boeing 737NG available on YouTube:

Cup Training Center

This advanced center began its operations on 1 July 2005 with a large investment of more than $50 million dollars and that thanks to constant improvements and acquisition of new equipment it has surely grown exponentially.

The Training Center is located in the City of Knowledge in Panama City, about 25 minutes from downtown, is a state-of-the-art complex that houses the airline's training facilities for pilots and cabin crew.

Training is carried out here with all safety standards and following local Panamanian regulations as well as what is required by the manufacturer. Boeing.

Installations

In this space, five bays are available for the installation of simulators., classrooms, computing center, service and evacuation training area. All this allows that each year there are more than 7.000 simulator sessions available and that more than 2.500 cabin crew can be trained annually.

Formation programs

The Copa Airlines Training Center offers a wide range of pilot training programs, cabin crew, which begin from the theoretical phase to a practical phase according to the training process of each of the cases.. These programs include:

• Home: training process for a new pilot who enters the airline at the rank of co-pilot.
• Upgrade: When a co-pilot, upon completing the flight hours required by the airline, is promoted to captain.
• Transition: when a pilot undergoes training to fly another type of airplane, for example from turboprop to jet.
• Recurring workouts: each 6 months, All pilots must retrain the simulator according to current regulations.
• Emergency and evacuation procedures.

It should be noted that the pilots from the training school also carry out simulator training here. ALAS of the airline.

Technology

Regarding the equipment available at the Copa Training Center, we find the following training devices:

• 2 Boeing 737-800NG Mechtronix VPT Flat Panel Training Devices.
• 2 Boeing 737-800NG CPT Training Devices.
• 1 Boeing 737-800NG Level 5/6 Flight Training Device con Seat Motion Cueing System.
• 2 Boeing 737-800NG Level D Full Flight Simulators.
• 1 Boeing 737 MAX Level D Full Flight Simulator.
• 1 ASCENT XJ Trainer Mechtronix.
• 1 Frasca Truffle 142 TF-091, FAA Level 1

Impact

This center is key for the operations of Copa Airlines, since it does not depend on other simulators located in the region or in the world to be able to carry out the training of its pilots., which could generate delays in their instruction process due to the high demand for professional training worldwide..

Here, Dozens of pilots are trained daily and it is expected to further expand their training capacity with the acquisition of a flight simulator. Boeing 737 MAX additional, which will even increase the hiring of personnel for the airline's growing network of destinations throughout the American continent..

The importance is such, that even pilots from other airlines have completed their training here, but without a doubt the main beneficiary is Panama thanks to the investment generated and qualified Panamanian jobs that Copa Airlines generates benefiting more than 9.500 families.

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