Ground handling has always been a high-pressure environment, but today's airports are operating with greater traffic volumes, leaner workforces and increasingly complex operations than ever before. At the same time, the industry continues to grapple with costly ground damage, communication breakdowns and the challenge of bringing new employees up to speed quickly.

In this episode of the AviationPros Podcast, Ground Support Worldwide Editor Jenny Lescohier speaks with Robert Boroch, general manager of ETC-PZL Aerospace, about the company's vision for moving "from compliance to readiness." Their discussion explores how simulation-based training, virtual reality and team-based exercises could help airports improve safety, accelerate onboarding and better prepare ramp personnel for situations that are difficult - or impossible - to recreate during traditional training.