Operations Coordinators/Planner, Maintenance Controller, Air Traffic Specialist and Ground to Air Radio Operator.
Flight Operations Officer (FOO)
A person designated by an Operator to engage in the control and supervision of flight operations that is, whether licensed or not, competent in all areas of operational control and suitably qualified in accordance with applicable state requirements and/or industry standards, and who supports, briefs and/or assists the pilot-in-command in the safe conduct of the flight.
Equivalent Terms: Flight Dispatcher Flight Navigator
A member of the flight crew who holds a flight navigator licence in all operations when, as determined by the State of the Operator, navigation necessary for the safe conduct of the flight cannot be adequately accomplished by the pilots from the pilot station.
Flight Simulator
A device that replicates the flight deck of a specific type or make, model and series of aircraft and simulates the experience of operating the aircraft; includes the assemblage of equipment and computer programs necessary to represent the aircraft in ground and flight operations, a visual system providing an out-of-the-cockpit view, and a force cuing system that provides motion cues at least equivalent to that of a three degrees-of-freedom motion system.
Equivalent Terms: Synthetic Training Device; Full Motion Simulator, Full Flight Simulator
Flight simulators are evaluated and qualified to Levels, A – D (or equivalent) based on the device meeting various technical criteria, which include, inter alia, fidelity of aircraft and visual simulation, flight deck equipment and motion capability. A simulator qualification level is generally suitable for an associated level of fight crew qualification training based on the flight training programme of the operator and the appoval or acceptance by the Authority.
Level A – the lowest simulator qualification level available for flight crew training; suitable for procedures training, instrument flight training, testing/checking (except for takeoff and landing manoeuvres), recurrent training, type and instrument rating renewal or revalidation testing/checking.
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