A Reporter stated that his fractional carrier is transitioning to a new flight and performance planning service for normal and abnormal mountainous departure procedures without flight crew training.

Date: 2011-12 · Aircraft: Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

A Reporter stated that his fractional carrier is transitioning to a new flight and performance planning service for normal and abnormal mountainous departure procedures without flight crew training.

Narrative

Effective immediately; Mountain Airport departure procedures using CessNav have been replaced with a new procedures group. In addition to significant differences in presentation of procedures and data; radical differences in navigation system setup and display; flight crew coordination and procedures are required. Ambiguities exist in the correlation of published minima with multiple alternate departure procedures. Some procedures require the low-altitude reception of low-powered; distant VOR stations in mountainous terrain. Training has indicated that training in these procedures will be accomplished at some point in the future. Apparently a decision was made that simulator training in the new procedures would not be required prior [to] implementation. An instrument departure in mountainous terrain combined with an engine failure is a much more challenging and critical maneuver than any instrument approach. I feel it necessary to express in the strongest possible terms my objection to the implementation of these new; unfamiliar procedures without thorough; realistic simulator training for both crewmembers.

NASA callback

The Reporter state the new procedures now in place are significantly different from what the crews have been used to so he is uncomfortable with the transition process. The Company promised an online training tool some months ago but is not happening and meanwhile crews are exposed to significant mountainous flying challenges.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.