Chennai: Air traffic controllers in Chennai will now be able to use a simulator to sharpen their skills to handle flights. Until now, they had been learning on the job after training at an Airports Authority of India (AAI) institute in Allahabad.
An integrated simulator, with preloaded navigation procedures, flight routes and approach paths of airports in southern region, was installed a few months ago.
"The machine has been installed and calibrated. It is being used to train and assess air traffic controllers in the region. Similar simulators have been installed at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata too. Training has begun but it will take six more months for it to become full fledged," said a senior AAI official.
It has a radar screen where flights appear as blips and crisscross at different altitudes. Controllers can create and recreate every-day situations on the machine to hone their skills.
25/12/14 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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An integrated simulator, with preloaded navigation procedures, flight routes and approach paths of airports in southern region, was installed a few months ago.
"The machine has been installed and calibrated. It is being used to train and assess air traffic controllers in the region. Similar simulators have been installed at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata too. Training has begun but it will take six more months for it to become full fledged," said a senior AAI official.
It has a radar screen where flights appear as blips and crisscross at different altitudes. Controllers can create and recreate every-day situations on the machine to hone their skills.
25/12/14 V Ayyappan/Times of India
