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Coronavirus grounded planes all over the world. Will pilots be out of practice when flying resumes?
As coronavirus spread around the world in early 2020, air travel stopped virtually overnight.
Key points:
- Premium airlines including Qantas are running refresher courses for pilots ahead of international travel starting up again
- The Boeing 737 Max plane also returns to the skies this year after being grounded in 2018
- Aviation experts say some pilots don’t have access to flight simulators for training
At least 9,690 planes — about 30 per cent of the world’s commercial aircraft — have been in storage during the pandemic, according to the aviation analytics company Cirium.
Many from around the world are parked at a huge facility in Alice Springs.
Thousands of pilots have been grounded for months, making it difficult — if not impossible…
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