In the winter the weather is unpredictable and can pose dangers for flights, but attention also has to be paid to regions where wintry conditions are not as obvious. The impact of wintry weather globally is combined in Scandlearn's Winter Operation and Surface Contamination course.
Cold weather hazards are the primary meteorological cause of aviation incidents and accidents worldwide. Learn how to keep your aircraft, crew and passengers safe with Scandlearn Winter/Cold Weather Operations Course. Cold Weather Operations provides your personnel with knowledge of the concepts, procedures, and guidelines that govern safe operations within a cold-weather environment.
Topics Included
- Icing conditions, responsibilities and certifying an aircraft
- Freezing drizzle/rain
- Small/large droplets
- Failure cases
- Airfoil de-icing system
- Autopilot design
- De/anti-icing Fluids
- Important concepts
- Before takeoff
- Runway conditions
- SNOWTAM / MOTNE codes
- Supercooled large droplets
- Normal operations
- The engine anti-ice system
- Ice bridging
- Undetected ice on the wing
- The critical surfaces of an aircraft
- Hold-over timetable
- Pre-departure check
- Crosswind calculations
Regulatory Compliance
Our course closely follows the EASA regulations but is also suitable for operators complying with other standards globally.
