Feature 4 | HELICOPTER HANDLING
UK adopts ‘e-Learning’ for Flight Deck
Controllers
Apart from the SAIF programme highlighted elsewhere in this issue of
Warship Technology, SEA is also involved in another innovative initiative
intended to provide a simulation environment for Royal Navy flight
deck personnel, and has recently been awarded a contract to provide the
UK Ministry of Defence Maritime Trainers IPT with a training system
for Royal Navy Flight Deck Officers and Type 45 destroyer Flight Deck
Controllers.
T
he system will provide operational launch of the Type 45. personnel and stores to and from the ship.
an immersive simulation On Royal Navy ships, which have The FDO is responsible for the direction
environment for students of both a single spot helicopter deck at their of the flight deck crew and marshalling the
ashore and afloat aircraft marshalling, stern, the Flight Deck Officer (FDO) is helicopter. He or she is also responsible for
including models for all major Royal responsible for the conduct of flight deck ensuring the aircraft is operating within
Navy ship types and a wide variety of operations under the overall direction ship-helicopter operating limits and
helicopters. It will give the Royal Navy of command. Typically, such flight deck considers flight safety at all times.
School of Flight Deck Operations a new operations will cover start up procedures, Normally the FDO will conduct
level of training capability, enabling it to launch and recovery, re-fuelling (both on operations while stood on the flight deck.
prepare qualified deck personnel for the deck and in flight), and transfers of both However, on the Royal Navy’s new Type 45
The FDC/FDO
system will provide
a simulation
environment
for students of
both ashore and
afloat aircraft
marshalling.
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