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UAE Pilot Training Academy is Now an IATA Authorised Training Centre

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates based T3 Aviation Academy is now an official IATA Authorised Training Centre.

As an IATA Authorised Training Centre, T3 Aviation Academy looks to start offering a high volume of in-demand training courses that are certified by IATA, targeting the Middle East, African, and European regions where the demand for such courses is on the rise.

The move to become an IATA ATC comes in line with the Academy’s vision to be an all-encompassing 360-degree aviation and academic training organisation provisioning to all sectors of the aviation industry.

The courses that will be offered with IATA’s certification include but are not limited to Airline Customer Service, Passenger Ground Services, Social Media Strategy for the Travel Industry, Ground Operations Management, and Airport Operations Fundamentals, in addition to other aviation-related courses.

T3 Aviation Academy’s CEO, Capt. Nadhem AlHamad: “We’re very pleased to continue extending our services to the wider aviation community in response to their needs and requirements. We’ve been researching ways to better support the demand for aviation training courses in the African and European regions and we’re very excited to partner with IATA to become an official Authorised Training Centre and deliver IATA-certified courses.”

“Training and ensuring a skilled workforce are key priorities for the industry, particularly post-pandemic. Congratulations to T3 Aviation Academy on becoming an IATA Authorized Training Center, allowing the academy to expand its training offerings and contribute to the training of the future generation of aviation professionals”, said Kamil Alawadhi, IATA’s Regional Vice-President for Africa and Middle East.

About T3 Aviation Academy  

Founded in 2007, T3 Aviation Academy is an all-encompassing 360° aviation training and educational organisation that is home to the largest and most-recognised Airline Pilot Training programme in the world. With over 750 cadets and more than 400 graduates who went on to fly with MENA’s leading low-cost carrier, Air Arabia, T3 focuses on its continuous growth and development through provisioning sectors within the aviation industry and beyond. T3 Aviation specialises in airline training solutions, offering the latest cadet programme, Multi-crew Pilot License (MPL), Airbus A320 Type Rating, PPC Validation, Licence Renewals, ELP assessments, and Flight Dispatch training. The organisation holds approvals under several aviation authorities, providing pilots in its target regions with world-class training standards.   

Source: T3 Aviation Academy Press Release
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US Aviation Regulator Implementing Latest Rule on Military/Part 135 Pilots Towards ATP Rating

The Unites States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have announced the latest and final rule, effective October 21, on the ‘Recognition of Pilot in Command Experience in the Military and Air Carrier Operations’.

The latest rule provides additional crediting options for certain pilot in command (PIC) time to count towards the 1,000 hours of air carrier experience required to serve as a PIC in air carrier operations. In addition, this final rule allows credit for select military time in a powered-lift flown in horizontal flight towards the 250 hours of airplane time as PIC, or second in command (SIC) performing the duties of PIC, required for an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate. This action is necessary to expand opportunities for pilots that meet the amended criteria to use relevant flight experience toward the requirements for an ATP certificate and to meet PIC qualification requirements for air carrier operations.

This rulemaking provides relief to military pilots of powered-lift seeking to obtain an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate with an airplane category rating. The FAA is allowing military pilots to credit flight time in a powered-lift operated in horizontal flight towards the 250-hour flight time requirement in an airplane. This change assists military pilots of powered-lift in qualifying for an ATP certificate in the airplane category.

This final rule also includes several changes to the 1,000-hour air carrier experience required to serve as PIC in part 121 operations. This final rule allows pilots with part 121 PIC experience acquired prior to July 31, 2013, to count that time towards the 1,000 hours of air carrier experience required to serve as PIC in part 121 operations. Additionally, the final rule broadens the existing 500-hour credit for military pilots of fixed-wing airplanes and can count towards the 1,000-hour air carrier experience requirement by permitting certain powered-lift experiences to be credited. The change allows up to 500 hours of experience in multiengine powered-lift in operations where more than one pilot is required to be credited towards the 1,000-hour air carrier experience requirement. Additionally, in response to comments received, the FAA is also permitting a pilot to credit PIC time in certain part 135 eligible on-demand multiengine aircraft operations to count towards the 1,000-hour air carrier experience requirement.

To learn more about the rule, click here.

Source: Federal Register

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“Aviation industry is recovering, but manpower is a problem” – IATA’s Philip Goh

Philip Goh, International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific spoke with Channel News Asia (CNA) to discuss the aviation industry’s current recovery figure and how’s the region is lagging behind other regions. According to Goh, Asia Pacific is falling behind primarily because it opened borders only six months later than the West and secondly, due to China’s zero-COVID policy.

“A particular concern, of course, is skilled labour. It takes time to train people,” he said. In customer service, for instance, it takes time and experience to learn how to handle people, he said.

If resources like manpower cannot keep pace, airlines will have limitations as to how much capacity they can put back, he said.

“As long as capacity cannot revert to normal then you will continue to probably face high load factors, maybe high airfares,” he said.

“So hopefully, airlines … airports are able to find the resources they need to ramp up so that they can staff their operations adequately.”

Check out CNA’s full coverage in the video below.

Source: Channel News Asia

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