Virgin Atlantic Accelerates Cabin Crew Training with AR
Crew training is one of the expensive, recurring requirements in the airline industry that can benefit from the use of Augmented Reality. One of the AREA use cases describes the concept which has been implemented by Virgin Atlantic and described in a blog post on Skift, a travel industry portal.
The financial justification is clear. New aircraft often introduce new features but when an airplane is on the ground for crew training it is not in the air generating revenues for the airline. An AR-assisted system combined with a 3D web “virtual tour” of the cabin uses a low cost model that can be set up in many places. With a tablet trainees rotate in the space, select specific parts and can learn their features quickly before boarding and beginning to work in the new model airplane.