Salient

Salient is a training and consultancy company for pilot training. It helps airlines, training organisations and authorities put evidence-based training (EBT) and competency-based training and assessment (CBTA) into practice. The company also offers line operations safety audit (LOSA) services.

The company designs, develops and delivers EBT and CBTA training courses. The site lists support for EBT, support for CBTA, type rating training and instructor training. It also offers consulting services. The site says Salient works with airlines in different parts of the world.

The company's history starts in 2005, when the idea for evidence-based training was first formed. It was then called risk-based training. In 2007 the work became part of the IATA Training and Qualification Initiative. The site says Emirates became the first airline to put the concept into practice in 2010.

The site says ICAO published a manual on evidence-based training in 2013. The site also describes a case study on Jetstar, a low-cost airline that sends more than 5,000 flights to over 85 places. The case study covers the airline's move towards EBT.

The site lists a leadership group led by Capt. Michael Varney as chief executive, with a director, senior consultants and business partners named on the about page. The site says the group has experience in airline training and works to help organisations improve safety and efficiency.

Visitors can use a contact form and request a call back. The form asks about EBT, CBTA, type rating training, instructor training and general enquiries. The site also has an insights section with articles and a survey on training. Social links go to X and LinkedIn. The site's mission says the company aims to shape the future of pilot training as a harmonised global concept, with safety at its heart. The site also lists a LOSA service that gives real world insights into safety.