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New MPL Cadet Pilot Program Announced in Europe

Patria will provide Estonian based Xfly, a leading capacity provider for airlines in Europe, training of future ATR 72 First Officers. Patria’s training will be based on the Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) programme for students starting their studies before the end of 2023. Patria will train the cadets, coming mainly from Sweden and Denmark, at its locations in Finland and Spain. The first group will start their studies in September 2022.

”The partnership with Xfly is highly international, which is a good indication of our ability to serve our foreign airline customers. In addition, we are now expanding our MPL training portfolio to include the ATR 72 aircraft”, says Mats Warstedt Senior Vice President for Patria’s Nordics market area.

”Aviation industry is growing and we see a great demand for new and skilled pilots on the market. This demand will increase in the coming years. To become a pilot is one of the most interesting journeys for young people towards a professional career and Xfly is ready to offer a job for graduated newcomers. This is the fastest way to the cockpit as a professional pilot. We are very pleased of having Patria’s Pilot Training, one of the best flying schools in Europe, as our partner”, states Jan Palmer, CEO at Xfly.

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Number of American Airlines Significantly Reduce Flight Schedule Due To Crew Shortage

Both US Operators JetBlue and Alaska Airline have reduced their Flight Schedule in the months ahead by up to 10% as the airlines are seeing continued flight cancellations due to staff shortages. JetBlue has announced that it will reduce its summer flight schedule by 8 to 10% while Alaska Airlines will reduce its schedule by 2%.

One of the reasons for the shared by Alaska Airlines are pilot training delays as shared on its official blog – snippet below;

“With travelers taking to the skies again, all airlines are focused on recruiting and training more pilots, Alaska included. We’re excited to grow more pilot careers, especially after more than 10,000 pilots left the airline industry during the pandemic. To bring new pilots into our ranks, we launched a new pilot academy, founded a program to develop and support BIPOC pilots and continue to support the careers of pilots that want to move from our regional carrier Horizon Air to a job at Alaska.

When pilots come to Alaska Airlines, we want them to have the best training in the business. That takes time and cannot be rushed.

Unfortunately, during the first few months of 2022, a backlog built up in our training program. Trainings were canceled and delayed due to student or trainer illness during the Omicron surge and due to the operational impact of winter storms, and they were not rescheduled fast enough.

At the same time, we typically schedule our flight crews three months in advance. But due to the training delays, we had 63 fewer pilots prepared to fly in April than we planned for in January.

We should have recognized this sooner and updated our schedule.

We will graduate more than 30 pilots this month, and even more in May. A dedicated team has been deployed to ensure training events are rescheduled faster and ensure we better match our schedule to the number of pilots we have available to fly. We doubled the capacity of our pilot schoolhouse since the fall and are training more trainers. ”

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European Airline Ryanair announces latest Pilot Training Partner for 500 Cadets

Ryanair has announced that the French Flight School Astonfly is going to be its exclusive Ryanair Mentored Partner in France! Astonfly will provide Ryanair with 500 cadets over the next 4 years.

Europe’s leading airline Ryanair is entrusting French flight school Astonfly with the selection and training of its future pilots. The two partners have signed an exclusive contract to recruit 500 pilots over 4 years and announced the news at a ceremony at the Aéro-Club de France in Paris on 7th April 2022.

After a year of discussions and technical audits, the partnership contract was signed on 1st April 2022 by Charles Clair, President of Clair Group, airline pilot and founder of Astonfly, Patrick Milward, CEO of Astonfly and Ryanair’s operational and recruitment management.
“The ambitious pilot recruitment plan announced by Ryanair is a strong indicator of the return to growth in international air transport. Astonfly is particularly proud to have been selected as the exclusive partner of the leading employer of pilots in Europe. This is a unique opportunity for our alumni, current and future students to get their first job as an airline pilot right after graduation,” said Charles Clair, President of Astonfly.

“Ryanair is delighted to have signed this partnership with Astonfly for the selection and training of Ryanair Mentored students exclusively for France. We were impressed by the quality of the ab initio pilots already trained by Astonfly who are now Ryanair pilots. We look forward to working more closely with Astonfly. Future students selected by Astonfly for the Ryanair Mentored Programme will have an undeniable advantage as they will have access to Ryanair’s culture and SOPs and will therefore benefit from an accelerated recruitment path to their first co-pilot position. The Ryanair group currently has a fleet of 500 aircraft and is targeting 225 million passengers for 2026. This will create thousands of positions for future pilots,” said Mark Duffy, Ryanair’s Deputy Director HR – Head of Talent Acquisition.

Since it was founded, Astonfly has trained more than 1,000 airline pilots who are today working for more than 50 airlines worldwide. With a fleet of over 40 aircraft, Astonfly is the leading airline pilot training school in France. Its campus is based near Paris at the Toussus-le-Noble airport (Yvelines). With the Ryanair Mentored Programme, students benefit from the recognised excellence of Astonfly training and the tried and tested procedures of Europe’s leading airline. 98% of these students will become Boeing 737 co-pilots at the end of their two years of Astonfly training.

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