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Fast identische Cockpits von A318 - A340, warum weshalb wofür?

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Cross Crew Qualification

Cross Crew Qualification (or CCQ) is a unique concept developed by Airbus, which gives pilots the possibility of transitioning from one Airbus fly-by-wire family type to another via differences training instead of full transition training. The CCQ concept was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in 1991. For example, pilots transitioning from an A320 Family aircraft to the larger A330 or A340 need eight working days for CCQ instead of 25 working days for a full type rating training course. Pilots transitioning from the A330 to the A340 require only three days, and to move from the A340 to the A330, one day only.

These time savings lead to lower training costs for airlines and considerably increase crew productivity. The annual savings in payroll cost, through improved productivity only from the reduced transition time can be $300,000 annually for each new Airbus aircraft added to the fleet. It is also more economical for an airline to recruit new pilots who are already Airbus-qualified. For pilots, this benefit provides greater mobility and better prospects for employment.


Mixed Fleet Flying

Building on Airbus' operational commonality, a growing number of airlines are implementing Mixed Fleet Flying (MFF). With MFF, a pilot can be current on more than one fly-by-wire aircraft type simultaneously and can regularly switch from short and medium-haul operations on the A320 Family to very long-haul flights on the A340, for example.

Everyone benefits from the MFF concept. The long-haul pilot, switching to short-haul gets more take-off and landing opportunities, which eliminates the need for currency training, and is less subject to sleep-cycle disruption. Short-haul crews switching to long-haul are subject to less fatigue from intense traffic high-cycle operations. For airlines, the increase in revenue hours flown by pilots for the same duty hours due to less standby and "dead time" means a significant improvement in productivity.

MFF also enables airlines to interchange differently sized aircraft at short notice without crew-scheduling difficulties, allowing them to better match aircraft capacity to passenger demand.

Total CCQ and MFF improvements can lead to a saving of up to $1,000,000 annually, for each new Airbus aircraft added to the fleet.