UAE's Etihad Airways pilots overcome toughest of all trainings

Pilots exposed to unexpected, real-time challenging situations in unique vetting process

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Irish Eden Belleza, Senior Visual Editor ; Clint Egbert, Senior Visual Journalist and Anjana Kumar, Senior Reporter

Anything can happen - turbulence, thunder, lightning or fire - inside the simulated flight training for pilots of Etihad Airways, the award-wining UAE airline based in Abu Dhabi. And it can happen at any time - pilots won’t know about it until the scenario is upon them, prompting them to work as a team to solve the challenge.

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