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Courses have been tailored at AAFT to meet the requirements of all airlines for their cadet pilot programmes.

Course A

Abinitio training through to Multi-engine, instrument and night rating with or without country of origin ATPL, generally 45 weeks with 7 weeks for ATPL subjects.

Course B

Course B IREX plus ATPL plus jet co-pilot rating generally 61 weeks.

Course C

Course C IREX, ATPL, jet co-pilot rating plus multi crew operations including 25 hours jet flight time and 80 hours simulator on Level C 737NG simulation device taking generally 68 weeks.

Course D

Students trained in other institution of acceptable standard to CPL/ IREX join to complete jet co-pilot rating plus multi crew operations including 25 hours jet flight time and 80 hours simulator on Level C 737NG simulation device taking generally 23 weeks without ATPL and 16 weeks if they are the holder of the ATPL.

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COURSES C & D are designed to produce a quality, line ready jet transitioned First Officer trained throughout the period to the specific airline’s Standard Operating Procedures. Training would be in the shortest reasonable period including adequate times for study and revision to optimise the pass-out rate. The AAFT proposal would see pilots leave with a jet co-pilot rating on either a Challenger or EMB-135 jet with every multi-crew student getting over 80 hours multi-crew training in a 737-800 simulator which is similar in cockpit layout to the 777. This would give pre-endorsement training for the entry to the Level D simulator and our experience would suggest fewer hours will be required to reach the required level of competence on the Level D simulation device allowing more efficient use of this key airline training and re-currency asset.

The courses being offered by AAFT would be only on “glass” cockpit aircraft with no changes between analogue and ‘glass’ during training. Initial training would be delivered on the Diamond DA-20 then DA-40 for instrument flying followed by the DA-42 multi-engine leading into a jet type of > 5,700kg like the Challenger 604 or EMB 135.

With regard to simulator training, simulation would be aimed at “co-pilot endorsement” rather than “command endorsement”. The culture of all training will be based on full “multi-crew” outcomes rather than a single pilot training concept with multi crew concepts added only in jet transition.In the area of Advanced Flight Training there are a number of inherent philosophies incorporated to introduce the maximum advantages and economies of simulated training devices.