1. Advanced Qualification Program - AQP
Personal Historical Perspective
Jack Mitchard

2. Quality over Quantity

3. “That’s not the way we’ve always done it”

4. “Fly like you train… Train like you fly….”

5. FAR Part 121 Initial Training:
Ground School & Oral Sim Training & PC Initial Operating Experience (IOE)

6. Advanced Check Airman Training (ACAT)

7. “That’s not the way we’ve always done it”

8. AQP Initial (Qualification) Training
Ground School: Systems & Procedures
Systems & Procedures Validation (Oral)
Sim Maneuvers Training (4 sims)
Maneuvers validation
Line Oriented Training (4 sims)
Evaluation (LOE)
IOE (Line Training)

9. Recurrent Training Comparison
Part 121
AQP
“Recurrent”
“Continuing Qualification”
1 day sim event every 6 months
3 day event once a year:
Day 1: Ground School
Day 2: Sim: Maneuvers (Training)
Day 3: Sim: Check Ride: LOE
1 day Ground School per year
Sim: Maneuvers Based PC or PT
Checkride: PC
Maneuvers from FOTM
Maneuvers from Data
No exceptions to Appendix ‘F’
Spread out maneuvers / 3 yr cycles

10. “That’s not the way we’ve always done it”

11. AQP Small Group Tryout B737

12. Hub & Spoke LOE PHX BOS CLT PIT PHL HAR DCA
PHX BOS
CLT PIT PHL
HAR DCA
(COMPLEX LEGS) (SIMPLEX LEGS)

13. Line Operational Evaluation-LOE
Allows evaluation of normal procedures such as: Flows, Checklist usage, Performance, Altitude awareness, Runway incursion awareness, Corporate policy, Briefings, Radio discipline, Sterile cockpit, Descent planning and energy management and Situational awareness. Crews learn to recognize and control the task loading. Crews are evaluated in the environment they fly in every day. No instruction or intervention is allowed by check pilot. Crews learn through experience of the event and brought together in debrief. Allows evaluation of threat situations by increasing task loading in the following scenarios: Aircraft system non-normal emergencies, Distractions, Passenger issues, Weather issues, ATC revised clearances and re-routes, Runway changes / incursions, Maintenance issues / MEL’s. Allows evaluation of PF / PM role assignment and duties & crew communication. Crews invited to use all their resources. Relevant. Crews invited to help each other (trap errors) and resolve issues. Repeats: 2 Event Sets can be repeated. Crew training. Standardized. Gate to gate. Debrief value. Scripted.

14. LOE- What is it? “Big Picture”, the whole ‘enchilada’
Simulated line flight conducted in real time, “gate to gate”
Used for Qualification and Continuing Qual LOE
Lesson is scripted, thus standardized
Like a line check where the check pilot has control of the threats
Evaluated and graded in phase of flight “Event Sets” Taxi, Takeoff, Climb, etc.
Repeats: 2 Event Sets can be repeated.

15. LOE- Benefits
Crews are evaluated in the environment they fly in every day.
Crews learn to recognize and control task loading.
No instruction or intervention is allowed by check pilot.
Crews learn through experience of an event.
Crews invited to use all their resources.
Crews invited to help each other (trap errors) and resolve issues.

16. LOE- Benefits Allows evaluation of normal procedures such as Flows
Checklist usage
Altitude awareness
Runway incursion awareness
Corporate policy
Briefings
Radio discipline
Descent planning and energy management
Situational awareness

17. LOE- Benefits
Allows evaluation of threat situations by increasing task loading
Aircraft system non-normal emergencies
Distractions
Passenger issues
Weather issues
ATC revised clearances and re-routes
Runway changes/ incursions
Maintenance issues /MEL

18. AQP: Crew Perceptions:
Very positive
Liked how fair & relevant it was
1 year cycle no major problems
Bust rate lowered- trap problems on Maneuvers Observation day
Crews liked not having “15 lbs in a 10 lb bag”
Crews liked maneuvers being presented in more of a training environment
Learning by experience during LOE means retaining knowledge

19. Bottom Line:
What’s the goal of a line-oriented training program that can be adaptive to the needs and threats of the kind of flying you do?
Safer
More standardized
More prepared to do the job
Quality over quantity
Finally, now you can say…..

20. “Fly like you train… Train like you fly….”