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...philosophy reflected in the International Civil Aviation Organization's multi-crew pilot's license (MPL). Introduced in 2006, this was the first major change to licensing since 1948. It requires some training in small piston-engined planes - as little as 10 hours solo - but the bulk of the required 240 hours' flying is done in simulators where emergencies like engine trouble and storms can be programmed...
...former Qantas chief pilot and director of training. "This is specialised training," says Heiniger, who now works with Alteon and helped train the Chinese students on Diamond-40 propeller planes. "We train them specifically for the right-hand seat of an airliner from day one. They are taught multi-crew skills so they operate as a team. In the end, it will produce a better-trained pilot...
Unlike fleet or team-racing regattas, which are generally sailed with two hands to a dinghy, or singlehanded racing, in which skippers go solo, fleet racing is sailed in larger, multi-crew boats—in this regatta, Colgate...