Utilities / Aviation Specialists
Stay in the yellow!Overview of courses:
Utilities Aviation Specialists (UAS) offers a range of training courses that teach pilots and non-pilot crew members how to manage the hazards associated with the low-level wire and obstruction environment. Each course variant includes content tailored to each specialized industry. All courses include single and or dual pilot Crew Resource Management tailored to the low-level flight regime specified in the title.
Five different specialized versions of the Flying in the Wire Environment course are available. Each can be taught in person by a UAS instructor as a one-day or a more extensive two-day course.
In addition to our instructor-led courses, UAS offers an online course, suitable for all industry subsets.
Finally, by popular demand, we now offer a Lineman CRM course, our only Non-Aviation training course.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment (FIWOE) is our foundational and most comprehensive course designed for applicability to the widest possible range of pilot attendees. All other courses are specialized editions of FIWOE. All audiences who operate aircraft in or occasionally traverse through the low-level wire and obstruction environment will benefit from this course, including EMS pilots, tour pilots, aerial tree trimmers, and other pilots that operate at off-airport locations. This version is the longest running training course taught, in two parts, at the Verticon Expo (VAI, formerly HAI), every year since 1988. Click here for more information.
Online Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment (FIWOE) is a web-based version of our in-person FIWOE course for first-time or recurrent students. Click here for more information.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment – Agricultural Edition is designed for rotary and fixed-wing pilots involved in aerial application and similar operations. This variant contains an extended Single-Pilot CRM section with tips and strategies to prevent wirestrikes in agricultural operations. Click here for more information.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment – Aerial Firefighting Edition is designed for rotary and fixed-wing pilots involved in aerial firefighting operations. This variant contains a Single-Pilot and Dual Pilot CRM section with tips and strategies to prevent wirestrikes in firefighting operations. Click here for more information.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment – Aerial Linework Edition is designed for Helicopter pilots and linemen involved in aerial linework operations. This variant contains a CRM section that is designed to extend beyond the cockpit and utilize the skills and abilities of non-pilot crewmembers on the platform, longline or ground to prevent wirestrike and similar accidents in aerial linework operations. Click here for more information.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment – Utility Flight Operations Edition is a variant designed for helicopter pilots and non-pilot crew members engaged in electric and gas utility flight operations, inspections, and forestry operations. This variant contains a CRM section that emphasizes the essential role non-pilot crewmembers play in the safe outcome of utility flight operations. Click here for more information.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment – Wirestrike Avoidance for Emergency Medical Services is a one day course specifically designed to give air ambulance/medical flight crews and rescue pilots the skills needed to fly safely in the wire and obstruction environment. It has been developed and refined over many years by some of the most experienced helicopter low-level flight crews around the world.Click here for more information.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment – Lineman / Tree Trimming Edition is specifically aimed at non-aviation employees who are required to produce results as a team. These employees often are linemen, tree trimmers, substation crews, gas crews, dispatchers, or any construction crew operating near lines. Click here for more information.
Flying in the Wire & Obstruction Environment – Low Level Crew Resource Management Edition has been designed from the ground up for aircraft and crews that work and operate specifically at lower levels. It looks at the similarities shared across all CRM teams, but also the many differences and unique communications skills needed by low-level crews to operate safely close to the ground that either are not necessary or do not apply to crews operating at altitude. Click here for more information.