Embraer-CAE Training Services launches Phenom training in Brazil

Embraer-CAE Training Services (ECTS), a joint venture between Embraer and CAE, inaugurated Phenom aircraft pilot and maintenance technician training in Brazil at CAE’s training facility near Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) in São Paulo. This is the third ECTS training location, including Dallas, Texas in the United States, and Burgess Hill, near London, in the United Kingdom, and the fourth Phenom full-flight simulator (FFS). The Phenom FFS is the first advanced technology flight simulator for business aircraft in Latin America. The new Phenom FFS was recently qualified by ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil), the Brazilian agency responsible for the regulation and safety oversight of civil aviation. ECTS will provide a complete training solution for operators of the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 executive jets, including ground school, Prodigy Flight Deck avionics training station, CAE SimfinityTM integrated procedures trainer (IPT) and the state-of-the-art CAE 5000 Series reconfigurable full-flight simulator.