APS releases framework to help flight departments choose jet upset training

Aviation Performance Solutions has launched a free decision resource for turbine-powered fixed-wing operators evaluating upset prevention and recovery training options. The guide is meant to help aviation leaders compare training architectures, assess providers and better manage loss-of-control-in-flight risk. Why it matters: - Loss of Control In-flight remains one of aviation’s most persistent fatal threats. - Flight departments and other turbine-powered fixed-wing operators need a clearer way to compare upset prevention and recovery training options before committing time, money and safety resources. - APS says the new framework is designed to help operators match training architecture to aircraft type, mission profile, operating environment, pilot experience and safety-management goals. What happened: - Aviation Performance Solutions announced a new executive decision resource for leaders of turbine-powered fixed-wing flight operations. - The complimentary resource is built around APS’s Four-Level UPRT Delivery Architecture Decision Framework and a UPRT Provider Evaluation Checklist. - APS says the tools are meant for directors of aviation, chief pilots, safety managers and other training decision-makers. - The company made the resource available as a download at the executive decision resource . The details: - The framework organizes Upset Prevention and Recovery Training into four levels: underlying pilot certification, advanced simulation UPRT, all-attitude on-aircraft UPRT and class-matched integrated UPRT. - APS describes the framework as provider-agnostic. - APS says the framework is grounded in regulatory guidance, original equipment manufacturer recommendations, human-factors research and applied UPRT implementation experience. - The resource compares the structural potential of different UPRT architectures and separates training architecture from delivery quality. - APS says actual training value depends on instructional quality, integration, operational relevance, recurrence and execution. - The four-page resource includes four parts: a Four-Level UPRT Delivery Architecture Overview, an Executive UPRT Decision Matrix, a UPRT Provider Evaluation Checklist and guidance for turbine-powered fixed-wing operators. - APS developed the resource as part of its War on LOC-I initiative and its Every Pilot In Control Solution Standard, or EPIC-S2. Between the lines: - APS is positioning the guide as a decision tool, not a marketing brochure. - The emphasis on architecture and delivery quality suggests APS wants operators to look beyond whether training exists and focus on how well a provider can deliver meaningful risk reduction. - CEO Paul “BJ” Ransbury framed upset training as one of the most safety-critical decisions for turbine-powered fixed-wing operators, and said the challenge is identifying which architecture has the greatest potential to reduce LOC-I risk. What’s next: - Flight department leaders can use the resource to compare providers and decide whether and how to integrate UPRT into a broader safety-management strategy. - APS is continuing to promote its integrated UPRT model through EPIC-S2 and its broader LOC-I reduction effort. - APS says the company’s wider mission is to help pilots bring everyone home safely. The bottom line: - APS is trying to give aviation leaders a more structured way to choose upset training that fits their operation and reduces loss-of-control risk.