Finnish software-driven ATC training model targets global air traffic control training bottleneck

A new approach to air traffic control (ATC) training is emerging in Europe, as Finnish companies develop a software-driven training system designed to address one of the aviation industry’s most persistent structural challenges: limited training capacity. Developed by air traffic control training organisation Lektor Aero in collaboration with software company Monad and simulation provider Adacel, the model shifts the focus of ATC training away from reliance on scarce, instructor-led simulator sessions towards continuous, data-driven learning supported by software and artificial …