A new multimodal AI platform is helping flight instructors identify teachable moments in simulator training by analyzing synchronized video, audio, and speech data, while keeping instructor judgment at the center of pilot assessment. Simnest Group, which operates Simnest Aviation and Simnest Pilot Academy, has formalized a strategic partnership with AviatePro Services Ltd. to develop and expand Simvidence Powered by Simnest, an AI-assisted training-review platform designed for professional flight training and commercial deployment.

What Problem Does This AI Platform Actually Solve in Pilot Training?

Flight simulator debriefing is a critical part of pilot training, but instructors face a practical challenge: reviewing hours of simulator footage to identify the moments that matter most. Simvidence addresses this by bringing together multiple data streams into a single, searchable evidence layer. The platform synchronizes simulator video, multichannel audio, speech recordings, session events, and observable human-performance signals, all timestamped and traceable to their original source. This allows instructors to quickly locate moments worth reviewing rather than scanning through entire sessions manually.

The key insight behind the platform's design is that AI should support instructor expertise, not replace it. As one of the platform's developers explained, the goal is to make important moments more visible and easier to review, not to automate pilot assessment or override instructor judgment.

How Does the Platform Identify Reviewable Moments?

Simvidence uses AI to analyze multiple dimensions of pilot performance simultaneously:

• Visual Analysis: Synchronized video from the simulator cockpit, allowing instructors to see pilot actions and instrument scanning patterns
• Audio and Speech Recognition: Multichannel audio captures radio communications, crew conversations, and verbal callouts, with speech analysis identifying communication patterns and clarity
• Contextual Data: Session events and aircraft-state information linked to specific moments, so instructors understand what was happening when a particular action occurred
• Human-Performance Signals: Observable indicators of workload, stress, or decision-making patterns that emerge from the combined data

All observations remain linked to their original source and timestamp, so instructors and pilots can revisit moments in full context rather than seeing isolated clips. This design preserves the instructor's ability to interpret what they see and make their own professional judgments about what matters.

How Is This Platform Being Tested in Real Training Environments?

Simvidence is being developed and validated directly within Simnest Pilot Academy's real-world training operations, using actual flight simulators and experienced instructors. This approach ensures the platform solves genuine training problems rather than theoretical ones. The partnership combines Simnest's simulator technology and instructor expertise with AviatePro's AI-supported human factors and debriefing technology, creating a collaboration that bridges hardware, training practice, and AI development.

The technical roadmap also includes assessing whether simulator telemetry and aircraft-state data can be securely integrated into the platform on a read-only basis, adding further operational context to the AI's analysis. The same infrastructure may later support additional training functions, including self-study solutions, automated e-journey log functions, and other digital training-support services.

What Do Experts Say About AI's Role in Pilot Training?

"The real value of AI in pilot training is not to replace the instructor, but to help make important moments more visible and easier to review and understand. By combining AviatePro's technology with Simnest's simulator and training expertise, we aim to create a practical tool that supports better debriefing and more evidence-informed training," said Capt. Gyula Kühtreiber, CEO of Simnest Group.

Capt. Gyula Kühtreiber, CEO of Simnest Group

"Simvidence Powered by Simnest is designed to add a reviewable evidence layer to the professional observations instructors already make during simulator training. Working with Simnest Aviation and Simnest Pilot Academy gives us the real-world training use, instructor feedback and simulator integration expertise needed to develop the technology further and make it practical at scale," stated Krisztian Makai, Founder and CEO of AviatePro Services Ltd.

Krisztian Makai, Founder and CEO of AviatePro Services Ltd.

Why Does This Matter for the Future of Aviation Training?

The aviation industry faces growing pressure to standardize and improve pilot training as air traffic increases and aircraft become more complex. Tools that help instructors deliver more consistent, evidence-based debriefing can improve training outcomes without requiring more instructor time. By making workload, resilience, and cockpit dynamics more observable, multimodal AI platforms like Simvidence help training organizations identify patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed.

The platform's focus on preserving instructor judgment is particularly important in a field where human expertise remains irreplaceable. Pilots need to develop judgment and resilience for unpredictable situations, not just follow procedures. An AI system that surfaces evidence for instructor-led discussion supports that goal better than one that tries to automate assessment.

Krisztian Makai will present early findings and practical examples during the APATS 2026 conference on September 2, 2026, in a session titled "From Hunches to Evidence: How AI Can Make Human Factors More Visible in Pilot Training?" The session will examine how non-intrusive, AI-supported analysis can make factors such as workload, resilience and cockpit dynamics more observable and useful in simulator debriefing while preserving the central role of instructor judgment.