Full flight simulator

In about 2012, these FFS levels will be changed as a result of work by an international working group chaired by the UK Royal Aeronautical Society Flight Simulation Group (RAeS FSG), which rationalised 27 previous categories of flight training device into 7 international ones.

This standard of simulator is used both for initial and recurrent training for commercial air transport (CAT) aircraft.

Initial training is for conversion to a new aircraft type, and recurrent training is that which all commercial pilots must carry out at regular intervals (such as every six months) in order to retain their qualification to fly "fare-paying passengers" in CAT aircraft, loosely "airliners".

Visual systems of full flight simulators are typically based on the cross-cockpit collimated display concept, in which the computer-generated out-the-window view is projected on the back of a translucent screen.

The image that forms on the other side is then reflected by a curved mirror that extends around the entire cockpit, providing a field of view that can reach 200° horizontally and 40° vertically.