Boeing has selected TRU Simulation + Training
as its supplier for the first 777X full-flight simulator
suites for Boeing’s pro forma campuses.
Pro forma training is
offered to customers as part of the airplane sale.
Each
simulator suite will include a full-flight simulator and a
high-fidelity, flat-panel classroom trainer.
TRU will also provide
a simulator to assist with Boeing’s engineering development of the
777X. The suites are scheduled to be operational in 2019.
This is the second contract awarded to
TRU to manufacture simulator suites for Boeing. In 2014, Boeing
awarded the company a 737 MAX simulator contract, and Boeing
currently has four full flight simulators on order.
“We are
delighted with the continued trust Boeing is placing in our
company, which clearly identifies TRU as a leading supplier in the
flight simulation and training industry,” said George Karam, Vice
President and General Manager, Air Transport division, TRU
Simulation + Training. “Boeing customers expect the highest
standards of innovation, quality, fidelity and safety in their
training programs, and Boeing has chosen TRU to provide exactly
that.”
Until the suites are operational, 777X customers can
train current pilots in the 777 full-flight simulator and take a
short differences training course to transition to the 777X.
Boeing Flight Services provides flight, maintenance and cabin
safety training to more than 400 customers through its network of
16 campuses on six continents.
The 777X has 320 orders and
commitments from six customers worldwide.
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