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IR Distance Learning
Course for REGA
Helicopter Crews
What today functions in
Switzerland almost as a matter of course has gradually developed
over a period of decades. The history of REGA is an eventful one.
While in earlier times, the only way to rescue people in distress in
the mountains was overland, already in 1946 aircraft started being
used for this purpose. Just a few years later, the increasingly
popular helicopter took over this task, and as from 1960, Swiss
Air-Rescue also began to transport seriously ill or injured persons
back to Switzerland from countries abroad – by plane
New approach procedures
and equipment require complementary pilot training. REGA has chosen
the Horizon concept of Distance Learning Courses for the theoretical
training of helicopter crews towards the Instrument Rating IR.
Flexible planning allows the integration of the course programme
into the crew's operational schedules.
Vocational training of
experienced commercial pilots is particularly exciting for us. The
first class has already successfully passed the exams of the Federal
Office of Civil Aviation and a follow-up class is presently trained. |
