International Pilot Training

Career Guidance for Prospective and Current International Pilots [ CPL, CFI, ATPL Holders]


Dear Fellow Pilot,

Wishing You a Very Happy Take Off  !

Before you take decision to become an International Airlines Pilot you must read following dos and don't for Pilots.


We have included this section to help and explain the opportunities available to those Trainees who continue to work towards the professional Pilot License level, and there after how to get about with their "way forward" plans. I've also thought it prudent to include some of the many pitfalls or setbacks that await the financially unwary in what is otherwise a very honorable profession. Every country has its own civil Aviation Department who manages Aviation activities. You must make sure here we are talking about only civil Aviation industry Not defence flying. If you are planning to become a fighter Pilot, Sorry I also can't help you much.


Why should you become a Professional Pilot ?
- Passion
- Glamour
- Reputation
- Career
- Born Pilot [ Childhood Desire ] 

Before you begin

Before you embark, it is most important that you get a assessment from your country's "Civil Aviation Dept;" about the recognition of the license you are hoping to get, Is the License fully recognized by your civil aviation when you return back home., ..? Also read CAR [ Civil Aviation requirment ] throughly.


Know your Certificates :

- PPL
- CPL
- CFI
- ATPL


About the Airline Training Industry


Aviation worldwide is a recurring market and the industry is affected predominantly by economics, politics and some part of the globe with acute terrorism..ect. 9/11 had a negative impact on the Airline industry, while in other regions tourism sustained and some picked up and all the local Airlines and charter companies fared rather well...Outside an Airline


Not all Pilots choose an Airline career. There are many other specialties just as rewarding. Other areas available are crop spraying, although I don't recommend it if you intend going the Airline route. Airlines prefer hiring pilots with multi-crew, multi-engine experience from structured environments. Nevertheless – it is well paid but obviously seasonal. Some crop sprayers alternate their work between northern and southern hemispheres to work all year long. Possession of a "Instructor Rating" will always assist you in gaining hours without any cost on flying, this also help you to maintain your license currency at all times... Contrary to popular belief, not everyone has the ability to become a professional pilot. In fact, some people shouldn't fly at all! Not because they can't fly well - but because they can't think well! Cocky, over-confident, egocentric pilots are not desirable and tend to be short lived in this job. The saying "there are old pilots and bold pilots – but no old bold pilots" is true. With the responsibilities and consequences involved, you...
One small tip – guard your reputation well! Airlines do their homework meticulously. Internationally this is a close knit community and if you have a reputation as a heavy drinking Casanova or a flamboyant show-off, you can rest assured the selection board will know about it before you arrive for the interview. Better have some answers ready!

Remuneration


Obviously this is a difficult subject to generalise on as salaries vary extensively around the world. Crop spraying is renowned as being a well paid job but this will be cyclically dependant on the season and whether you are prepared to work in outlying areas and switch hemispheres as...


I hope my advice goes some way in helping you make a decision about your future. Obviously all the aspects cannot be covered in such a short section so if there's any further advice you need please feel free to contact myself. I would try my best to help you in your career path as Professional Pilot.


Approx Commercial Pilot Training Fees in Different Countries

Pilot Training in New Zealand  NZ $ 65000


Description
Duration:                             10 Months
Flying Hours                           200  hrs
Multi  Engine                            15 hrs
Single Engine:                          185 hrs
Simulator:                              10 hrs
Ground School
Pilot Supplies
Exam Fees
License Fees



Pilot Training in Philippines  : USD $ 40500

Total 200 Flight Hrs on SE Aircraft
Package cost : USD $ 40500
1.Private Pilot Training.
2.Commercial Pilot Training with Instrument Rating.
Food + Accomodation USD 2000

Pilot Training in USA  $ 45000
Pilot Training in Canada  CA$ 55000
Pilot Training in Sri Lanka  US$ 45000


ALL FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE


Last but not least... Always remember Take off is optional but landing is compulsory..


Happy Landings........

Capt Shekhar Gupta
C E O
AsiaticAir Corporation
# 108 Ambikapuri  Extn. AirPort Road Indore 452 005 India
Tel: 0091- 731 - 2621309 / 4044650 /6450535 / 6452650
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M: 0091- 99775 13452
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Why Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is a Nightmare for Many Airlines now ?

 There is a burnt-out metal box at the National Transportation Safety Board's offices in Washington that once housed what may well prove to be the most expensive battery in history.

The charred metal box housed a lithium-ion battery that once powered the auxiliary power unit on a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner. That plane, one of 50 in service of the 850 sold so far, caught fire at Logan International Airport in Boston earlier this month. The same kind of battery is thought to have led to the grounding of a Nippon Airways flight this week. That plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a burning smell was detected in the plane's cabin.

Boeing's battery woes are the latest in a series of problems to have beset the Dreamliner. Such problems have led to a global grounding of the aircraft, including all US-registered 787s, and a wide-ranging Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigation, the first time in four decades that it has pursued such drastic action.

Boeing's chief executive, Jim McNerney, expressed "deep regret" for the debacle and said the company was "working round the clock" to restore faith in the aircraft. The company will need all its considerable political clout in Washington to speed through a resolution from regulators who are already facing allegations that they fast-tracked the troubled aircraft in the first place.

But the Dreamliner's problems are not just a Boeing issue. They are a lesson in the limits of outsourcing and the all too cosy relationships between regulator and regulated that have caused problems across industries from automotive to food and financial services in recent years.

Boeing started work on what would become the Dreamliner in the late 1990s. The first planes were delivered to Nippon Airways in 2011, years late and billions over budget. Boeing's local newspaper, The Seattle Times, puts the eventual cost of the plane's development at $32bn.

The 787 was pitched as the airline of the future – a revolutionary plane that that would use new technology to bring aircraft design into the 21st century. The Dreamliner is made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic composite. More radically still, pneumatic and hydraulic systems have been ditched for electric systems.

The technological leap was always likely to cause teething issues. But these were exacerbated by Boeing's decision to massively increase the percentage of parts it sourced from outside contractors. The wing tips were made in Korea, the cabin lighting in Germany, cargo doors in Sweden, escape slides in New Jersey, landing gear in France.

The plan backfired. Outsourcing parts led to three years of delays. Parts didn't fit together properly. Shims used to bridge small parts weren't attached correctly. Many aircraft had to have their tails extensively reworked. The company ended up buying some suppliers, to take their business back in house. All new projects, especially ones as ambitious as the Dreamliner, face teething issues but the 787's woes continued to mount. Unions blame the company's reliance on outsourcing.

Bill Dugovich, communications director at SPEEA, the professional aerospace union, said his members had first voiced their concerns in 2002. "Outsourcing in general lengthens supply lines, creates problems with language and culture and is extremely hard to coordinate. You have seen a plethora of problems at Boeing. Things get outsourced then they have to come back to Boeing to get fixed," he said.

Capt Shekhar Gupta, CEO of AeroSoft Corp , has studied the construction of the Dreamliner and is not convinced that outsourcing itself is the issue. "We have been outsourcing since the industrial revolution," he said. The problem is one of communications, he argues, and complexity. 
A car has roughly 15,000-20,000 parts; an Air plane has more than 2,000,000 parts.

"The concern is that each organisation did what it was asked but there was a failure to bring the whole thing together, to integrate the systems," he said. Gupta thinks that with better communication and organisation – what he calls "24 hour knowledge factories" – outsourcing could pull off feats as complex as the Dreamliner.

'A powerful force in Washington'

Arguably, it is not just Boeing's fault that the Dreamliner wasn't ready. Boeing is a powerful force in Washington. Barack Obama toured a plant working on the Dreamliner last year and chose Boeing boss McNerney to chair the president's export council in March 2010.

Consultant and former airline executive Robert Mann said Boeing's clout put pressure on the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to speedily approve the Dreamliner, despite its radical design and manufacturing process. The Dreamliner is a huge black eye for Boeing, said Mann. Ultimately he believes the company and the plane will pull through but the industry needs to take a good look at what went wrong.

Even after all those delays and teething issues the Dreamliner was passed under a very compressed schedule, said Mann. "And there was an electrical failure and an emergency landing during the test-flight programme," he said. "That was blamed on a 'foreign object'."

Mann said the FAA's mandate changed under administrator Marion Blakey, appointed by president George W Bush in 2008 as Boeing was working on the Dreamliner. "Blakey saw the FAA as a 'customer services organisation,'" said Mann. The FAA was working with the airlines to cut regulation, not to impose it, he said.


This relaxed attitude to regulation brings us back to that charred battery. Lithium-ion batteries are the preferred power source for a range of modern technology but they have a spotty safety record. Laptops, electric cars, cell phones – all have caught fire thanks to their lithium-ion batteries. Federal air regulation specifically limits the size and number that can be carried by passengers. Boeing was able to obtain a waiver for the size, quantity and manner of use of its batteries in September 2007, after the FAA received assurances and extensive test data, much of which was provided by Boeing.

Mann is worried by the sheer number of innovations that the FAA seems to have nodded through. "There's leading edge and there is bleeding edge," he said. "There were so many innovations on this plane that it is hard to fathom how it got approved so quickly. Thankfully, no one was hurt."

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Kingfisher Airlines Ltd , promoted by Dr Vijay Mallya,should infuse Rs 2,000 Crore for Revival with 7 Aircrafts and 7000 Staff

Kingfisher Airlines should infuse at least Rs 2,000 crore as capital for reviving the carrier, State Bank of India BSE   Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said today.


Kingfisher Airlines, promoted by Dr Vijay Mallya, owes Rs 7,500 crore to a consortium of 17 banks led by SBI.

"The company has to bring capital of Rs 2,000 crore minimum, then there can be some possibility (for revival)...if the company doesn't want to fly, what can the banks do?" Chaudhuri told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

Referring to the repeated rounds of inconclusive dialogue between the lenders and the company, the last round of which took place at the SBI office yesterday, he said, "talks are on, (but) still there is no progress."

"The solution has to come from the company. If we realise assets, whatever hopes are there, that will be gone," he added.

Bankers, who are holding on to the collateral which do not meet their individual exposure, have been eyeing infusion of funds into the airline from the promoter in the wake of USD 2.1 billion or Rs 11,000 crore deal Mallya stuck by selling his holding in USL to Britain's Diageo.

However, Dr Mallya has maintained that the USL deal would not necessarily help the Airline.

In an earlier meeting on December 17, the airline had reportedly told the lenders that promoters would bring in Rs 425 crore as part of the revival plan.

Kingfisher Airlines, which has never reported profit, has remained grounded since October 1 last year, following a staff strike over salaries and suspension of flying license.

Meanwhile, on the government's plan to infuse Rs 3,000 crore into SBI to boost its capital base, Chaudhuri said even without the infusion committed by the government, its core Tier-I capital would be above the 10 per cent mark.

A part of the infusion will go to the associate banks and international subsidiaries, he said.

Responding to a query, he said he expects the Reserve Bank to cut its key lending rate repo by 0.50 per cent and the cash reserve ratio by 1 per cent in its credit policy announcement on January 29.

During their customary pre-policy meet with the RBI brass, the bankers also requested RBI to deregulate interest rate on current accounts which would help people put in more money into these accounts, he added.

Speaking about concerns over deposit growth, Chaudhuri said SBI did not share the concern as it had an excess liquidity of Rs 55,000 crore.

Kingfisher exit spurs price hawks The Hindu Domestic airfares have constantly risen to unaffordable levels from the beginning of 2012 since Kingfisher Airlines, India's second largest airline by market share at one time, plunged into crisis. Fares peaked in October-December when the airline went ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Kingfisher should infuse Rs 2000 crore for revival: Pratip Chaudhuri Economic Times MUMBAI: Kingfisher Airlines should infuse at least Rs 2,000 crore as capital for reviving the carrier, State Bank of India Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said today.Kingfisher Airlines, promoted by Vijay Mallya, owes Rs 7,500 crore to a consortium of 17 ... See all stories on this topic » Economic Times

Kingfisher crisis: Banks want fresh fund infusion by the airline Business Today ... accrued interest to 17 banks. A meeting between the core lenders group and the grounded Kingfisher Airlines, which is trying to resume operations by next month, ended inconclusively on Friday evening, as the airline failed to table a concrete ... See all stories on this topic »

Air India Pilot Captain Smriti Trehan faces the sack after refusing to Fly direct Flight to Delhi as she'd arranged to pick up her favourite Kachori En Route

An Air India pilot faces suspension after ignoring last-minute orders to change flights because she had arranged to pick up her favourite snack Kachori along her original route.
Captain Smriti Trehan refused to switch her scheduled Mumbai-Jodhpur-Delhi flight to a later direct flight between Mumbai and Delhi, according to reports.
The pilot wanted to fly via Jodhpur, as she had arranged for the city's famous onion kachoris to be delivered to the Airport.

Peckish: Captain Smriti Trehan reportedly refused to switch her scheduled Air India Mumbai-Jodhpur-Delhi flight to a later direct flight between Mumbai and Delhi, as she had planned to stop in Jodhpur to collect food
Trehan, from Delhi, was staying at a Mumbai hotel when she was ordered to change flights, according to the Times of India.
Her original flight had been scheduled for 12pm but she was asked to switch to a 2pm flight.
She ignored the orders and turned up to the airport for her original job, informing operators that she did not intend to change her plans.

Her refusal caused chaos among Air India staff as they scrambled to find a replacement pilot, delaying the Mumbai-Delhi flight by an hour.
Sources said that the pyaz kachoris was successfully delivered to Captain Trehan at Jodhpur airport and she took off for Delhi without delay.
Senior officials were reportedly made aware of the incident, immediately ordering an inquiry.

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