Asian Academy

[jayllamas]

I read in an asian aviation forum that they have package programs where you get your private license and build time till you reach 70 hours then you jump straight in a level D A320 flight sim to get your multi, inst., commercial and type rating. They are coming out with a new license called multicrew pilots license. They said this is being implemented due to the pilot shortage they are experiencing...some airlines are actually delaying plane orders due to the lack of pilots.....do you guys think this is safe?...will it work?.....still doing more research where exactly this...................

[DE727UPS]

"do you guys think this is safe?"

No

"will it work?"

Probably. If they need it to work, they will make it work. Just glad I'm not a Capt/flight instructor on a A320 for Air China.

[jayllamas]

there was an article im trying to find again (forgot which site)...it is stating that they are emphasizing more on procedures rather than airmanship which is the new norm on airline flying ????huh?...don't you need both?

[jayllamas]

Just glad I'm not a Capt/flight instructor on a A320 for Air China.[/quote]

oh...so it's in china?...thanks...let me check

[DE727UPS]

I don't know. Maybe it's Air Jeju.

[jayllamas]

Originally Posted by DE727UPS

I don't know. Maybe it's Air Jeju.

ha hah a

[PWMURPHY]

Actually, from the comments I have heard from senior officials in the Chinese government, they are mostly against any scheme that would give the students less real airplane time than is currently in the Chinese regs (about 200 hours with min. total being 250 hrs.).

The multi-crew license has been under study for some time and is driven mostly by Europeans but the FAA is onboard with it as well.

Pat Murphy

[MFT1Air]

Originally Posted by DE727UPS

"do you guys think this is safe?"

No

"will it work?"

Probably. If they need it to work, they will make it work. Just glad I'm not a Capt/flight instructor on a A320 for Air China.

Interesting. I've been listening to comments and reading about an increase in the aviation industry in China. Wonder why there's not a push for low time pilots (750 - 2000 hours) to transition over there for training?

[jayllamas]

Alpha to open 10 pilot training schools with first set for Asia
Singapore
"New UK company Alpha Aviation held a ceremony yesterday to promote the launch of its pilot training school in the Philippines, which it plans to be the first of many such schools around the world.

The new Philippines pilot training school is located near the former Clark Airbase, outside Manila, and is set to open in September, Alpha Aviation CEO Mark Pearson says from Clark.

The school’s initial intake will be 18 students per month and each will start with five-months ground school followed by 70hr of flight training in a single-engine aircraft and finally 170hr of flight simulator training, says Pearson. It can take people with no pilot’s license and over a 12-month period give that person the necessary ab initio and simulator training so they qualify for a multi-crew pilot license (MPL), says Pearson.

The school’s first flight simulator will be an Airbus A320 ‘level B’ full flight simulator from CAE which will be installed in January, says Pearson, adding that in the coming weeks Alpha Aviation will also announce details of plans to add Boeing aircraft simulators.

[MFT1Air]

Originally Posted by jayllamas

Alpha to open 10 pilot training schools with first set for Asia
Singapore
"New UK company Alpha Aviation held a ceremony yesterday to promote the launch of its pilot training school in the Philippines, which it plans to be the first of many such schools around the world.

The new Philippines pilot training school is located near the former Clark Airbase, outside Manila, and is set to open in September, Alpha Aviation CEO Mark Pearson says from Clark.

The school’s initial intake will be 18 students per month and each will start with five-months ground school followed by 70hr of flight training in a single-engine aircraft and finally 170hr of flight simulator training, says Pearson. It can take people with no pilot’s license and over a 12-month period give that person the necessary ab initio and simulator training so they qualify for a multi-crew pilot license (MPL), says Pearson.

The school’s first flight simulator will be an Airbus A320 ‘level B’ full flight simulator from CAE which will be installed in January, says Pearson, adding that in the coming weeks Alpha Aviation will also announce details of plans to add Boeing aircraft simulators.

Very, very interesting.