Agenda:
This talk will highlight how the Simulated Air Traffic Control Environment (SATCE) represents a significant advancement in flight simulation technology with the potential to bolster global flight safety. Recent high-profile aviation incidents have exposed critical deficits in current pilot training using flight simulators, particularly in simulating complex operational environments.
While flight simulators have developed significantly in reproducing aircraft systems, aerodynamics, the visual scene, terrain and weather, they continue to fall short in replicating the operating environment - especially the dynamic communications and traffic situations pilots face daily. This deficiency becomes increasingly concerning as global air traffic volumes grow, requiring flight crews to manage increasingly congested and complex airspace, sophisticated procedures, varied communication methods, and heightened interactions with other traffic.
SATCE represents not merely an incremental improvement, but a paradigm shifts in flight simulation technology that addresses previously unmet training needs. It creates an immersive operational environment, providing fully automated synthetic ATC radio and data communications and indications of other traffic on the flight deck and out-the-window. This technology can also reproduce threats not previously possible to simulate - allowing pilots to practice evidence-based threat management in a controlled setting. Instructors are also freed to focus on observation, training and assessment rather than role-playing ATC.
The talk will provide insight into how SATCE can strengthen aviation safety globally by improving training outcomes from established regions to emerging markets. It will conclude with recommendations on how ICAO can help support the worldwide adoption of harmonized standards to better enhance aviation safety.

Presenters are:

Dr Jeremy Goodman MRAeS (Advisor to the PTLP, industry expert on SATCE)

Eve Perchanok is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (M.S. in Human Factors) with experience at NASA and the FAA. Currently providing human factors contract support for the human-systems integration branch (ANG-E5B)