Specialized flight training has long been part of the typical transition process for pilots moving up to ever-faster and more capable airplanes. A rash of fatal SR22 crashes in 2012, however, forced Cirrus Aircraft to go back to the drawing board and completely rethink its approach to training.
Cirrus Rethinks Approach to Transition Training
Key Takeaways:
- Prompted by a high fatal accident rate in 2012, Cirrus Aircraft developed "Cirrus Approach," a specialized transition training program for its SR series pilots.
- The comprehensive training emphasizes flying technique, operations, emergency procedures, and critically, the proactive use of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS).
- This program dramatically improved Cirrus's safety record, reducing its fatal accident rate from nearly twice the industry average to half the industry average by embedding CAPS deployment as a standard emergency response.
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