Seneca RED Fall 2021 Alumni Magazine - 4

UP FRONT
2,591
Alumni completed Seneca's Flight Services
and Flight Services - Operations & Cabin
Management programs
Air Seneca unveiled in new Flights Hub
Air Seneca is now boarding
A B737 AIRCRAFT trainer has officially landed
at Newnham Campus in the new Flights
Hub, making Seneca the first postsecondary
institution in Canada to have this
equipment on campus.
" Flight training hubs like this are rare in
Canada, " said Angela Zigras, Chair, School
of Hospitality & Tourism. " The airline
industry has evolved quite a bit since 9/11.
Most people now recognize that flight
attendants don't just serve food and beverages
or offer duty free. They do, but it's
only a small part of their responsibilities,
which also include procedural and emergency
training to handle any situation. "
Earlier this year, the Flights Hub, in the
former Mechatronics Centre, welcomed
fourth-semester students in the Flight Services
- Operations & Cabin Management
diploma program to complete required inperson
learning.
In addition to the B737 fuselage, the
Flights Hub includes an A320 door trainer
and mock cabin - relocated from
Markham Campus - and a newly installed
five-metre evacuation slide to enhance
practical training.
The $1.7-million hub, partially funded
by the province's College Equipment and
Renewal Fund, is also wired with
livestreaming and video capabilities.
" Our simulators are fitted with the
systems and equipment one would find
on today's commercial aircraft, "
Ms. Zigras said.
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The Flights Hub includes a B737
fuselage, an A320 door trainer, mock
cabin and an evacuation slide.
The trainer, the showpiece in the Flights
Hub, is the fuselage of a B737 retired from
service by Scandinavian Airlines. It has
four aircraft doors, galleys, lavatories, flight
attendant seating, emergency lighting and
a fully operational communication system.
It can simulate a water landing or a fire,
and it has the capability to fill the cabin
with fog to mimic smoke conditions.
Professor Nicolas Kyriacopoulos is a
seasoned cabin crew member with Air
Canada. He says that while Air Canada's
training centre has a B727 trainer with similar
features to the 737, Seneca's is updated
with the latest technology.
" What's really amazing about this B737
is that students are able to touch and use
the exact equipment, " he said. " They can
actually see smoke coming out of an oven.
They can sit on a jump seat and strap into it.
They can practise what to do if the doors
are jammed when they try to open them in
a simulated evacuation drill. They can be
immersed in situations they may, or will,
encounter on the job. "
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