Getting to know the Copa Airlines Training Center

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 flight from Manta to Panamaá of Copa Airlines, I was invited by the airlineíCome to see one of its many spaces that has in Panama Cityá, this time I visitedé the center where the strict training of its crew is carried outón major and minor.

This is a great tech spaceógic, 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 landingíor in the Level-D simulator of a Boeing 737NG available on YouTube:

Cup Training Center

This advanced center beganó its operations 1 July 2005 with a great reverseón of más de $50 millions of dólares and that thanks to constant improvements and acquisitionsón of new equipment has surely grown exponentially.

The Training Center isá located in the City of Knowledge in Panama Cityá to some 25 minutes from downtown, It is a complex of úlast generationón which houses the Aerol training facilitiesínea para pilots and cabin crew.

Hereí training is carried out with all theásafety standards and following regulationsón local panameñas wellén as required by the manufacturer Boeing.

Installations

Five baht are available in this space.ías para la installationón of simulators, classrooms, c centerómputo, service and evacuation training area. All this allows theñor existás de 7.000 simulator sessions available and that más de 2.500 cabin crew can be trainedñO.

training programsón

The Copa Airlines Training Center offers a wide range of training programs.ón for pilots, cabin crew, which start from the te phaseórich to a pr phaseáctica monún the training process of each of the cases. These programs include:

• Home: training process for a new pilot entering the airlineínea in copilot rank.
• Upgrade: When a co-pilot fulfills the flight hours required by the airlineíNea makes her promotion to captainán.
• Transición: when a pilot undergoes training to fly another type of aircraftón, for example turbohélice a jet.
• Recurring workouts: each 6 months, All pilots must undergo simulator retraining according toún current regulations.
• Emergency and evacuation proceduresón.

It should be noted that hereí spaghettiéPilots from the training school carry out simulator trainingón ALAS from the airínea.

Technologyía

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.óno in the world to be able to carry out the training of its pilots, which could generate delays in the instruction processón of them due to the high demand for professional training worldwide.

Hereí, Dozens of pilots are trained daily and it is expected to expand toún más your training capacity with the acquisitionón of a simulator Boeing 737 MAX additional, what to allowá even increase hiringónumber of personnel for the airline's growing network of destinationsínea throughout the American continent.

The importance is such, that even pilots from other airlinesíneas have done their training hereí, but without a doubt the main beneficiary is Panamá thanks to the investmentón generated and qualified Panamanian jobsñwhat Copa Airlines generates benefiting más de 9.500 families.