
Andrew Stead
Captain Andrew Stead is Head of Training and Checking at Qantas Airways, specializing in evidence-based pilot training and aviation safety with 28+ years of experience.
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Jul 20, 2026
Some BIG news about The Verdict, why it was a ‘special’ Saturday at Flemington, and Grahame Begg does it again!
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Michael FelgateHOST
Just talk us through that and, and the issues that you had physically after the chemo and returning to the saddle.

Andrew SteadGUEST
So I, even through the chemo, I was still going to Cranbourne, you know, every morning.

Andrew SteadGUEST
I think the morning after each chemo session, I, I'd be in bed sort of wrecked.

Andrew SteadGUEST
But due to the medication and that, I wasn't allowed to ride or anything like that.

Michael FelgateHOST
Well, mate, um, you're a great advertisement for persistence and also determination and, uh, the payday on the weekend, what was that like for you, uh, when you crossed the line?
The future of pilot training, with UNSW
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13:39Adrian YoungMODERATOR
How did you see that transition from CBT, but also an airline's perspective from a CBT perspective?

Andrew SteadGUEST
Well, I'd say, first of all, we're actually still transitioning into CBT, so we're not fully there yet.

Andrew SteadGUEST
And I see EBT as a part of a CBT program, like a competency-based, and EBT is just one way to look at it.

Andrew SteadGUEST
And so we have progressed, I'd say, from more a traditional task-based pass-fail environment and into competency-based.

Andrew SteadGUEST
And for those who don't know what evidence-based training is, it's a, it's a, our program to, instead of doing a, a instrument proficiency check and an operator proficiency check every year, we would do a, a system where we introduce scenarios for our pilots.

Andrew SteadGUEST
They would come four times a year, and there would be a degree of variability to these sessions, and we teach them in simulators and, and see how they react to various scenarios.
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