United Kingdom and United States based airline pilot training group Skyborne has announced that it will be hosting a seminar with IndiGo Airlines on October 12th at Novotel Hyderabad Airport in India. The free event will feature information being shared by Skyborne’s CEO and Co-Founder Lee Woodward as well as IndiGo representatives.
Currently Skyborne trains IndiGo cadet pilots at its flight training base in Vero Beach, Florida.
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India’s aviation authorities have ruled out intervening in a dispute between Akasa Air and its pilots. Over 40 out of its approximately 450 pilots of Akasa Air’s pilots resigned without serving their notice periods, leading the airline to sue some of them and requesting Indian authorities in court for clarifying stance to address the alleged misconduct. India mandates notice periods of 6-12 months for pilots, which some pilot organizations are challenging in court.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the aviation ministry have stated that the regulator does not have the authority to interfere in employment contracts, leading to the dismissal of Akasa Air’s plea. The pilot resignations caused 632 flight cancellations in August, according to Akasa AIr, while the DGCA contests that only 1.17% of the airline’s flights were canceled during that month.
Source: Indian Local Media
FTEJerez announced it has recently welcomed the Director Carmen Labaki from Lumens Film Productions on campus. Director Labaki was filming “The world in Lebanon,” a documentary-series for the Lebanese television LBCI. The film covers the relationship between Spain and Lebanon on different social and cultural aspects, and FTEJerez has had a long-term relationship with this country and Middle East Airlines since 2005, training over 200 pilots of the Lebanese flag carrier.
FTEJerez’s current Lebanese cadets, and instructor Ibrahim Diab described the training and life at the school with the Director.
With over 30 years at the forefront of flight training in Europe and more than 2,000 graduated pilots who now fly for the world’s leading airlines, FTEJerez has established itself as one of the leading and most exclusive flight training organisations, specialising in ab initio ATPL training programmes for aspiring pilots and airline cadets alike.
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United States of America’s ATP Flight School which operates over 500 training aircraft, a partner of the United Airlines pilot training program, Aviate, recently welcomed Aviate recruiters at its campus in Daytona, Jacksonville, and Orlando in Florida to speak to students and instructors about the most secure path to the United flight deck.
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Sevenair Academy announced it has recently hosted Ryanair’s recruitment team for an exclusive recruitment information event for the students. Jake McComish, Ryanair’s Pilot Recruitment Officer, took the center stage as the main speaker, offering his insights about Ryanair career opportunities alongside Lisbon Base Captain Hugo Rego, Line Check Captain Marcelo Taborda Peixoto, and First Officer Eduardo Gomes who shared their valuable experience with the cadets and recent graduates.
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Emirates is rolling out the red carpet to welcome experienced Airbus captains, as the airline continues to expand its all wide-body fleet while enjoying exceptional demand across the network. The airline is now inviting applications from seasoned commanders to join its Direct Entry Captains programme for its fleet of Airbus A380s.
Emirates has launched a recruitment drive globally. Interested pilots and their families can join an online info session on 4 October at 1pm Dubai time, attend open days in select destinations.
The Direct Entry Captains programme is for technically skilled captains with a minimum of 3,000 hours of recent command on Airbus fly-by-wire wide-body aircraft such as the A330, A340, A350, and A380. Candidates are required to have a minimum of 7,000 hours of total flying time on multi-crew, multi-engine aircraft, in addition to meeting other eligibility criteria.
Life at 35,000ft
Emirates’ pilots find flying the airline’s fleet professionally fulfilling, rewarding, and exciting. New joiners will be embraced into a 4,200 strong flight crew community, including 1,515 A380 pilots, who take pride in flying the airline’s overall fleet of 260 aircraft. The airline’s all wide-body fleet is one of the youngest and most advanced in the world, and includes Emirates’ iconic Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s. Emirates will start receiving its fleet of A350s mid-2024 and 777-9s in 2025.
The airline’s pilots also relish the excitement and adventure of flying one of the most comprehensive global route networks that spans six continents. They operate everything from regional routes in the Middle East to ultra-long haul destinations and cross-polar flights which make for varied and interesting rosters.
Lifelong training
The airline continues to invest soundly in innovative pilot training, with its current facility housing 10 full-flight simulators. Emirates’ robust, evidence-based in-house training programmes are delivered by highly experienced instructors and feature specially designed operating environments. The airline’s latest US$135 million, high-tech pilot training facility is set to open in March 2024. The 63,300sq.ft. facility will increase pilot training capacity by 54% and house 6 more full-flight simulators, including for the A350s and Boeing 777-9s.
Pilots also have access to a range of non-technical training programmes at the Emirates Aviation College and Emirates Aviation University.
Life at Emirates and in Dubai
Emirates’ expat pilot community enjoy living and working in the safe, secure, multicultural city of Dubai with flight deck colleagues from 111 countries and other colleagues from over 160 nationalities. Pilots receive a competitive tax-free salary, spacious accommodation, education allowance, and excellent dental, medical and life cover. They also enjoy chauffeur-driven transport to and from work, laundry services, 42 days of annual leave, confirmed Business Class annual leave flight tickets, concessional cargo, exceptional discounted travel benefits for friends and family, and much more.
Pilots appreciate the well-defined career paths at Emirates – Captains can go on to become management pilots, recruitment pilots, technical pilots, standards captains, training captains, audit captains, examiners and instructors. They also enjoy long, fruitful careers as around 40% have been with the airline for 10+ years – 1,380 pilots for 10-19 years, 173 for between 20-29 years, and 5 who have completed 30 years. Fun fact: the two longest serving pilots, with over 34 years of service, joined the airline on the same day in 1989.
In the last five months, the airline has welcomed 172 new pilots on its three recruitment programmes – Direct Entry Captains, Accelerated Command, and First Officers.
Accelerated Command Programme
Designed for Airbus Captains who currently command narrow-body aircraft and have a minimum of 1,500 hours of Airbus fly-by-wire experience. They join as A380 First Officers on an enhanced salary package. After a minimum of 700 flying hours and two successful recurrent checks, they’re eligible for an accelerated command upgrade, which they typically achieve in a little over a year.
First Officer
Candidates must have multi-engine, multi-crew aircraft experience, a valid International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL), and a minimum of 2,000 hours on 20-tonne maximum take-off weight aircraft.
Interested pilots, who would like to learn more about the various flight deck roles and register for the info session, can click here.
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