NTSB Recommends Expanded Crew Training for American International Airways
The National Transportation Safety Board urges the airline to include flight engineers in special airport training programs.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a recommendation directed at American International Airways, Inc. regarding its operational training protocols. The board advises the carrier to review and revise its Special Airports Training Program. This revision must require flight engineers to participate alongside flightcrew members in the designated training curriculum. The updated program should ensure that all flightcrew members operating aircraft with high approach speeds understand specific aerodynamic factors. These factors include the effects of high bank angles, increased load factors, adverse wind conditions, and required flightpath profiles necessary to perform the approach safely.
Original regulatory source: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/A-94-109