‘How One of the Largest USA Flight Schools is Ramping Up’ with Nik Kresse, VP at Hillsboro Aero Academy – Industry Leadership Interviews

Following a two month pause when the AFM was optimizing its platform and distribution channel – we are excited to relaunch the Pilot Training Interview Leadership series.

In this week’s AFM.aero Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series AFM.aero’s Managing Director Maximillian Buerger sits down with Nik Kresse, Vice President of Airplane Operations at Hillsboro Aero Academy.

The conversation covers:

  • An introduction to Hillsboro Aero Academy and an indication of the size of its operations
  • Latest announcements by them including the Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air partnership to launch the Ascend Pilot Academy as well as the recent launch of the VietJet Cadet Pilot Program
  • Key trends seen in the flight training industry and airline demand
  • Challenges of rising costs/inflation and supply chain disruptions
  • How Nik views the future in terms of the flight training industry

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‘UK Flight School Emerges from both Pandemic and Brexit Challenge Shares Insights on Environment’ with Phil Jones from FTA Global – Industry Leadership Interviews

In this week’s AFM.aero Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series AFM.aero’s Managing Director Maximillian Buerger sits down with Phil Jones, Head of Training of one of the United Kingdom’s leading Flight Schools – FTA Global.

The conversation covers:

  • An introduction to Phil’s background and FTA Global
  • How FTA Global navigated both Brexit and the Pandemic
  • Key trends seen in terms of aspiring pilot interest, flight training industry trends and airline demand
  • Challenges of rising costs/inflation and supply chain disruptions
  • How Phil views the future in terms of the flight training industry

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‘Did you know that Cirrus Aircraft has a specific model for Flight Schools?’ with Pedro Raposo from Cirrus – Industry Leadership Interviews

In this week’s AFM.aero Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series AFM.aero’s Managing Director Maximillian Buerger sits down with Pedro Raposo – Director Fleet Sales -EMEA at Cirrus Aircraft.

The conversation covers:

  • An introduction to Cirrus Aircraft, TRAC (Cirrus’s aircraft model of interest to Flight Schools), and Pedro
  • How the TRAC compares to other training aircraft models out there
  • Recent developments in the training aircraft industry
    • If Cirrus experienced demand fluctuations in the pandemic?
    • Thoughts on potential disruptions in supply chains and if this was affecting Cirrus
    • Thoughts on developments and announcements in the Industry in regards to Electric Training Aircraft

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‘Potential and Complexity of the Indian Pilot Training Market’ with Shahinsha SK from Aviacons – Industry Leadership Interviews

In this week’s AFM.aero Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series AFM.aero’s Managing Director Maximillian Buerger sits down with Capt. Shahinsha SK, Founder of Aviacons – a long running aviation training group located in Hyderabad India.

The conversation covers;

  • An introduction to Aviacons and Capt. Shane SK
  • Overview and History of the Indian Flight Training Industry
  • Recent developments in the Indian Flight Training Industry
  • Thoughts on the future of the Indian Flight Training Industry and recommendations of how it can scale safely and efficient

For more information, kindly contact Aviacons.

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‘Global Developments in Pilot Demand and Its Affect on Airlines’ with MD of AFM.aero – Industry Leadership Interviews

In this week’s AFM.aero Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series AFM.aero’s Research Analyst Hannah Martinez sits down with AFM.aero’s Managing Director Maximilian Buerger to discuss the groups latest analysis of global pilot demand and how it is affecting airlines. The discussions covers;

  • Summary of industry experts global forecasts for pilot demand
  • Timeline of airline announcements in terms of their demand for pilots and how at some operations are starting to be affected
  • Brief overview of airlines starting to evaluate and re-activate their ab-initio cadet pilot program supply lines

The discussion is based upon a larger market study the AFM.aero team has been working on – most of which will be made available to AFM.aero members in the coming weeks.

For more information or if you have any questions kindly contact us.

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‘Airways Aviation Recent Expansion And How You Could Potentially Be A Part Of It’ with Rizwan Taj from AA – Industry Leadership Interviews

In this week’s AFM.aero Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series AFM.aero’s Managing Director Maximillian Buerger sits down with Rizwan Taj from Global Pilot Training Group Airways Aviation to discuss the Groups recent expansion, developments and how other organizations can potentially join its Pilot Training Network.

For more information, kindly contact Airways Aviation or connect with Rizwan Taj.

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‘Introducing AFM.aero’ by MD of AFM.aero – Industry Leadership Interviews

AFM.aero, a Market Intelligence Platform and Advisory Firm for the Pilot Training Industry,  is excited to re-launch its Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series!

At the beginning of the global pandemic in 2020, the team started an interview series under the Aviationfly.com brand and interviewed ten leaders of the industry from around the globe to get their thoughts on the effects of the pandemic including;

  • CEO and Owner of Asia Pacific Flight Training (India) – can be found here
  • President and Owner of Airwork Aviation Academy (Philippines) – can be found here
  • CEO and Owner of FlyBy School (Spain) – can be found here
  • Chairman and Owner of 43 Flight School (South Africa) – can be found here
  • CEO and Owner of Perkasa Flight Academy (Indonesia) – can be found here
  • CCO of Seven Air Flight Academy (Portugal) – can be found here
  • CEO of Ardmore Flying School (New Zealand) – can be found here
  • CEO and Owner of Leading Edge Aviation (United Kingdom) – can be found here
  • CEO and Owner of Select Aviation (Canada) – can be found here
  • CEO of MPS (Netherlands) – can be found here

With the launch of AFM.aero – the team is now reactivating the series in an improved format.

The team will host a Weekly Podcast which includes interviews with Pilot Training Industry Leaders and discussions around latest Developments and Trends in the Industry.

This week’s AFM.aero Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series features our team members; Paula Abanes and Maximillian Buerger. Maximilian Buerger introduces AFM.aero including why the team decided the establish the platform, the challenges that they faced in creating the platform and provide a brief overview of the teams thoughts on the outlook for the global pilot training industry.

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‘Effects of the Pandemic on the Pilot Training Industry’ by CEO of Simulator Manufacturer MPS – Industry Leadership Interviews

AFM.aero, a Market Intelligence Platform and Advisory Firm for the Pilot Training Industry,  is sharing its previous conducted Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series!

At the beginning of the global pandemic in 2020, the team started an interview series under the Aviationfly.com brand and interviewed ten leaders of the industry from around the globe to get their thoughts on the effects of the pandemic including the CEO of one of the leading simulator manufacturers globally – MPS.

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‘Effects of the Pandemic on Pilot Training in Canada’ by CEO of Select Aviation – Industry Leadership Interviews

AFM.aero, a Market Intelligence Platform and Advisory Firm for the Pilot Training Industry,  is sharing its previous conducted Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series!

At the beginning of the global pandemic in 2020, the team started an interview series under the Aviationfly.com brand and interviewed ten leaders of the industry from around the globe to get their thoughts on the effects of the pandemic including the CCO of one of the leading flight schools in Canada – Select Aviation.

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‘Effects of the Pandemic on Pilot Training in UK’ by CEO of Leading Edge Aviation – Industry Leadership Interviews

AFM.aero, a Market Intelligence Platform and Advisory Firm for the Pilot Training Industry,  is sharing its previous conducted Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series!

At the beginning of the global pandemic in 2020, the team started an interview series under the Aviationfly.com brand and interviewed ten leaders of the industry from around the globe to get their thoughts on the effects of the pandemic including the CEO of one of the leading flight schools in the United Kingdom – Leading Edge Aviation.

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