Wiking Helikopter hires FTDC for TRTO to ATO conversion…

ByAlexander Schaffler

Wiking Helikopter hires FTDC for TRTO to ATO conversion…

Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH, a northern german based helicopter operator specialised in offshore operations and approved Type Rating Training Organisation (TRTO) has signed a contract with FTD Consulting for support in the conversion from JAR TRTO to EASA ATO. FTDC is currently checking on the existing documentation (Operations and Training Manuals) and will convert those into documents for EASA approval. FTDC will supplement the documentation with contents for the Organisation Management System and will focus especially on the requirements for the Safety Management System, the Compliance Monitoring Programme and the Emergency Response Planning.

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Alexander Schaffler

Mr Alexander Schaffler started his aviation related career in 2007 with Diamond Aircraft Industries, where he was first taking over the FSTD production line, delivery, installation and qualification process as a Project Manager of the Business Unit Simulation. He left the company as Director Marketing and Sales and launched his own consulting company for professional flight simulation in 2010 (FTD Consulting) which later cofounded the platform Flight Simulator Trader in 2013, trading independently new and used FSTDs accompanied by sophisticated services. To this date FST has sold over 75 Simulators and taken on manifold consulting assignments for simulation organisations as well as regulatory approvals of aviation organizations (AOC, ATO, FSTD, CAMO, etc.) by introducing solutions to about 140 aviation organisations.