The Flying in the Wire and Obstruction Environment course is a multi-media seminar acclaimed by professional airplane and helicopter operators world-wide. It gives low-level flight crews the essential skills needed to safely operate an aircraft in wire and obstruction environments.

This course is available in two formats. We offer a limited one-day training which reviews all the basic awareness techniques for experienced pilots and crew. For less experienced operators, we recommend the more detailed two-day training that expands upon these basic tenets and builds a solid foundation for safety practices.

Summary of course contents (slight changes may occur due to audience needs):

• Basic awareness that low-level flight crews must have and maintain while operating in the wire and obstruction environment
• How to identify the hazards associated with wire and obstruction accidents
• Understanding your exposure to the wire and obstruction environment
• Crew Resource Management: what the pilot and crewmembers need to do in order to act together as a team in the wire and obstruction environment
• Why the crewmember is so important regarding safety during low-level operations
• How to scan in the wire environment effectively
• The responsibilities of each crew member
• In-flight communications about wire and obstructions
• Where the wire and obstruction environment really is
• Dynamics of the wire environments
• Traps waiting for untrained low-level flight crews
• Visibility engineering: what you can and cannot see and why
• How flight crews can forecast the presence of wire long before they can actually see it
• Illusions while operating in the wire environment: what causes them and how to manage them
• The high wire reconnaissance: how it differs from the normal recon
• Additional dangers during low-level operations
• How useful are today’s obstruction marking schemes