MPL
Global Status Report
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Prague
Capt. D.Harms
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History of MPL
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CONTENTS
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Status
Threats
MPL footprint and clarification
The Competency Assessment System
The principal KSAs
The new EASA review board
Outlook
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MPL Implementation Status
 22 States adopted regulations to embrace MPL
concept & introduction of training courses
 47 pilots (Europe 35 and Asia 12) successfully
graduated from MPL courses and flying
 400 students have started MPL training and expect
to be checked out over next 2 years
FAA – IATA
4 Meeting
6 October 2009
MPL Implementation Status
Armenia, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark,
France, Germany, Ghana, Latvia, Maldives, Netherlands,
Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland,
Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, UAE, United
Kingdom…have MPL Regulations in place
Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Philippines,
Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom…
have completed, or have started, or will start MPL trial
courses
see handout
400 + students
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The MPL world map
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Threats
 Misunderstanding about the rationale behind
the concept
 Inaccurate statements in media reports
 Lack of comprehension
 Incompetence
 Ignorance
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MPL footprint
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Best industry practice possible now…
Concentrates on core competencies….
Considers advanced automation….
Prioritizes interpersonal skills…
Is competency based….
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the Competency Assessment System
conisting of 4 engridients:
• the training task (in the lesson description/grade sheet)
• 9 KSA elements with performance criteria
• levels of performance (grades)
• the norm-level of performance (on the grade sheet)
……..Is the basis of the e-student monotoring system
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The pricipal KSA elements
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Communication
Situational awareness
Leadership and teamwork
Workload managment
Problem solving and decision making
Transfer of knowledge
Application of procedures
Flight managment, guidance and automation
Manual aircraft control
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The pricipal KSA elements
These 9 terminal KSAs and their respective performance
criteria are the cornerstones for:
 the selection process of future airline pilots,
 for the continuous assessment during MPL,
 during the performance assessment in Evidence
Based Training and checking, and
the definition of a global instructor qualification
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CLARIFICATIONS
 Reaction on pilot shortage in Asia !!! WRONG
 Cost and time saving!!! WRONG
but
Contribution to enhance training quality =safety in
view of further growth of global civil aviation.
We can not afford the accident rate to stay the same
The MPL is Quality driven
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Further CLARIFICATIONS
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How many real airplane hours?
Single or twin engine?
Solo flying required?
Upset recovery training?
FSTD definition for phase 2 and phase 3?
Course duration?
Upgrade requirements?
……..all questions are answered in the FAQ hardcopy handout
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EASA MPL Review Board, reestablished
continued JAR-FCL 1.535, to facilitate seemless
communication and exchange of experience during the
implementation phase of MPL
Kick off meeting was on 20.10.09 at EASA in CGN
Next official board meeting planed early 2010
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Our Mission
to ensure a globaly standardized & harmonized
implementation of the MPL
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to overcome the regional pilot licence patchwork
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Outlook
In 2014 the majority of ab-initio airline pilots will be
trained according to this new competency based
training concept provided that the international
airline training- and regulating community is able to
facilitate a globally harmonized and standardized
implementation ….and avoid misuse.
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The “competency based“ approach (PANS TRG, Chapter. 2)
 By means of a task analysis the duties of a multi-crew in modern jet
transport operation where defined according to a flight profile and
broken down to nine competency units
 The units were further broken down to competency elements
 The elements have been further split up into performence criteria (as
observable behaviour), each criteria provided with a condition
statement, a standard statement and a action statement
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The “competency based“ approach (PANS TRG, Chapter. 2)
 This leads to the curriculum by defining terminal training
objectives, mastery tests, training modules and devices
 Same aeronautical knowledge requirements as ATPL
 All of this is summarized in the MPL Training Matrix (PANS
TRG, Chapter 3-Appendix A)
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