[cladari]

Licensed nuclear plant control room operators go through 40 hours of training every 6 week. Generally 5 weeks of operations rotation then 1 week of training, all year, every year. Twenty hours of classroom and 20 hours of simulator training, the week includs a written and simulator exam. Failing either and the operator is taken off shift until his remediation training is complete and exams passed.

If pilots rotated into training time these changes could be addressed in simulators on a scheduled basis the airline could plan for.

[duado]

A nuclear power plant failure, in the worst case, is much worse than the worst case pilot error.

[beart]

Not if the plane lands on a nuclear power plant

[dotancohen]

Actually all western nuclear power plants are designed to withstand a 737 strike, as that was the largest plane flying when the regulations were written.

[dragonwriter]

> Actually all western nuclear power plants are designed to withstand a 737 strike, as that was the largest plane flying when the regulations were written.

The 737 was a smaller complement for the 707 and 727 when introduced, it was never the largest plane flying.

[dotancohen]

Thank you, I believe that you are correct.

In any case, the 1960's foreign body impact regulation has not been updated so far as I know, and at the time it was designed for the largest civilian passenger aircraft then flying. The 737 fits in, the 747 (introduced only two years later if I'm not mistaken) does not.

[j16sdiz]

Pilots are rotated into training time already. One pilot may fly different type of plane. Each type have their own set training, simulation and examination.

That's why having the same type number is attractive.