HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Today we took a short break from snag clearance to go watch our CEO's annual Halloween skit. Doug Parker, in cahoots with some of our other company officials, dress up and put on a show for the troops.
This year it was the presidential politicos, and the bands AC/DC and Heart. Have a look....
Day 58 - October 27th
Today we started SNAG clearance. This is when we go through all the complaints written against the sim and verify the fixes. Things are going well so far and there are very few resolutions offered that we haven't accepted.
SNAG clearance will continue through the end of this week and then the following week the FAA will arrive to certify the sim for training. Tensions are high that the certification process will go well since it'll cost everyone a lot of money if it doesn't. US Airways already has a training schedule planned and having to reschedule would cause an expensive backup.
SNAG clearance will continue through the end of this week and then the following week the FAA will arrive to certify the sim for training. Tensions are high that the certification process will go well since it'll cost everyone a lot of money if it doesn't. US Airways already has a training schedule planned and having to reschedule would cause an expensive backup.
Day 50 - October 21st
Yesterday we started the visual acceptance. We reposition the simulator to each of the 15 custom airport models we purchased and verify that everything is modeled correctly and meets our training requirements. We taxi the aircraft all around the airport model, fly in and out and check out the operations under low visibility conditions. It is very tedious, but has to be done to make sure we don't have distractions in the visual scene and that there aren't any issues that would cause 'negative' training.
Visual acceptance will continue through the end of this week, then we'll start doing what's called 'snag clearance.' Snags are complaints that we have written against the simulator either during the testing we did in Montreal, or here in Phoenix. CAE addresses each snag and makes a fix or takes some other action then resubmits the issue for us to test again.
Visual acceptance will continue through the end of this week, then we'll start doing what's called 'snag clearance.' Snags are complaints that we have written against the simulator either during the testing we did in Montreal, or here in Phoenix. CAE addresses each snag and makes a fix or takes some other action then resubmits the issue for us to test again.
Day 45 - October 16th
Still testing.... The CAE test pilot had to return to Montreal so the Test Engineer took over his spot in the cockpit.
US Airways Sim Engineer, Dennis, CAE Test Engineer Anne-Elisabeth and US Airways Pilot, Al.Day 44 - October 15th
Testing has continued over the past few days. Some times, like this morning, are just beyond boring. We were testing the temperature controls for the simulated cabin and cargo heat functions. As you might imagine it can take quite a bit of time to heat or cool such large areas. In the mean time we're just sitting in the simulator staring at the instruments and trying not to fall asleep. 'Bout as much fun as watching paint dry...
Louardi, Al and Dennis enjoying the waitDay 40 - October 11th
As testing continues little things continue to get done around the sim. The Brief/Debrief Station was installed in one of the briefing rooms behind the sim. It incorporates a camera mounted on the flight deck that records video of the training session, a recording computer that is connected to the host to record the video and gather simulator data and a playback station in the briefing room. The instructors can play back the video as well as see the position and settings of every switch and instrument in the cockpit. They'll be able to tell exactly what went on and when! Should be a good training tool.
Camera mounted to ceiling of flight deck
Playback Station in pilot breifing roomDay 39 - October 10th
Sorry for missing out on a few days of blogging. We've just been doing testing about 14 hours per day and I'm completely ready to go home by the time I'm done with my part of the shift. Nothing very exciting has been happening the past few days, but Stephane did finish adjusting and assembling the stand underneath the sim as well as getting the raceways installed to protect the rest of the cabling on the floor.
Completed work stand and cable raceways
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