By Philippe Debels, Eurocontrol.
Training air traffic controllers is a serious and demanding business, as is the validation of new airspace configurations or new concepts of operations. Both require meticulously well prepared,
high-fidelity simulation capability, and benefit from the full range of recording and analysis tools.
EUROCONTROL’s innovation centre in Brétigny, France, offers efficient solutions to support European aviation training. Its impressive simulation infrastructure covers all the phases of a flight, from network management to airport and terminal operations to the Terminal Area and en-route segments.
Although it was originally designed to test and validate new air traffic concepts, it has proved to be very suitable for training too.
Read the full article here: Training & Simulation Special Bulletin 2020 pages 20-21