making air travel safer through more efficient training practices

31 Jan 2012

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MAKING AIR TRAVEL SAFER

THROUGH

MORE EFFICIENT TRAINING PRACTICES

AND

REVIEW SYLLABI FOR PILOTS

IGRUA : ISO 9001 : 2008 CERTIFIED 2

AVIATION WATCH

DEVELOPED WORLD : PPL – CPL – ATPL

INDIA : PPL – CPL - ATPL

SIMILAR SYLLABI AND LICENSING

BASIC PILOT TRAINING


DEVELOPED WORLD PPL CPL Experience in General Aviation Airliner

INDIA CPL Airliner

ROUTE TO AN AIRLINE COCKPIT


Pre – 1986 – Flying Club based

Establishment of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi in 1986. Average output 20 CPL per year

IGRUA equipped with best aircraft & simulators for the time

2005 onwards massive pilot demand. IGRUA could not meet the demand

Mushrooming of flying clubs in India

HISTORY OF FLYING TRAINING IN INDIA


Training Abroad (mixed results)

Spurious Flying Clubs abroad & in India

Inability of regulator to check the quality

2008 - IGRUA Management handed over to CAE for ten years

Now IGRUA with enhanced productivity produced 80 CPLs last year

This year Plan is to produce 100.

HISTORY OF FLYING TRAINING IN INDIA(Contd..)


Government has invested heavily for infrastructure

Airfield, hangars, dispersals, ATC, Nav-aids, ground School, hostels, aircraft, simulators, fuel farm, fire services – all owned by IGRUA. Also Maintenance of all these by IGRUA (Expensive)

Can accommodate 200 trainees

Has 25 aircraft including 2 multi engine aircraft

Has 5 simulators

Well established Ground school

Entry through All-India competitive exam

IGRUA PRODUCT Vs REST


Own vehicles, hostels and mess, captive power generators, own water

supply, solar geysers, own township, own shopping centre, etc. In short – all that is needed for comfort and safe rest for aircrew and maintenance crew

Dedicated experienced unmatched instructional staff ( Ground/Air)

Known as IIT/IIM of Aviation Training

Rest of the flying clubs/schools in the country generally have 2-3 aircraft and associated staff

Quality training possible only when assets and infrastructure along with instructional staff scaled up into a big institution like IGRUA. Financial feasibility possible only when scaled up/Government support through subsidy (IGRUA has both)

IGRUA PRODUCT Vs REST(Contd…)


Rest of the clubs fall short badly. Hence also not financially feasible

But started due either brand value/profit motive.

Both not achievable – generally follow lower pricing/short cuts

quality wise to survive

Indian Aviation suffers as a consequence

IGRUA PRODUCT Vs REST(Contd…)


Replicate IGRUA type institution and have 4-5 big zonal flying schools in

India

IGRUA exists in North. Central India has CAE/AAI owned NFTI at Gondia near Nagpur. Create one each in East, West and South

Spell out min infrastructure to 8 or more aircraft along with FNPT simulators and a proper ground school. Any school with less than this be allowed training only upto PPL level

Scaling up will ensure balance between commercial and professional interest. Quality will improve

SOLUTION


Mergers and acquisitions of smaller flying clubs be aided by Government

and encouraged

Age, Education, Qualification, Common Entrance Test

Mandate IGRUA to run an Instructors Course to improve standards of trainees

Surveillance over these 5-6 schools possible by DGCA with its limited staff. Quality will improve

SOLUTION

(Contd.)


DGCA follows ICAO syllabus for CPL

ICAO syllabi for CPL not focussed on Airlines but on General Aviation

Induction by Airlines only with much greater experience. (CPL 200 hrs. airlines abroad induct only at 1500 hrs experience)

In India entry to airlines at 200 hours

India must adopt MPL syllabus which is designed specifically for entry into airlines. Its training methodology prepares pilots for airlines from ab-initio stage.

REVIEW SYLLABI


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