TRAINING & CAREER GUIDE
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TRAINING & CAREER GUIDE
Flight Training IN SOUTH AFRICA moves afoot to rectify this. To deal with the
There has been marked growth of the South African ƃight school industry – albeit from training foreign students.
F
pilot shortage an almost guaranteed path into the airline cockpit is being developed – that will enable training to be ¿nanced. Anticipating this, Àight schools such as Skyhawk will be able to provide their
LIGHT training in South
be employed as instructors – which makes
Africa
the process of getting to the coveted airline
may
be
broadly
divided into two models – those Àight schools which focus
on
cockpit that much quicker. Some
Àight
schools
offer
applicants with a route to a well-paid airline job with a high degree of certainty. This will in turn make the entire training process attractive to bank funders and thus widen the entrance gate to those from disadvantaged
international
accommodation, most notably those that
students and those which
wish to provide and all-inclusive package for
A sign that the South African Àight
foreign students. Our airline columnist Mike
training industry is maturing is that the
focus on local students.
backgrounds who dream of becoming pilots.
The traditional demand for Àying training
Gough, who owns Skyhawk Flight School
for recreational pilots has devolved to the
famous 43 Flight School – which was
at Lanseria, provides a turn-key service
smaller Àight schools, who now provide
resuscitated by our Jim Davis in the 1980s,
for students: ranging from arranging visas
training on light sport aircraft. Some schools
has now elected to buy itself out from its
to collecting them at the airport on arrival.
however manage a hybrid approach. One
Skyhawk provide accommodation
such is Wonderboom Airport’s Loutzavia
in nearby houses,
Àight school. Co-owner Maria Loutzis says
parent
Chinese
a pair of busy training
particularly Chinese
bases at George on
selected
the Western Cape
and paid for by their
coast
government. Apart from having
need
Beaufort
Àight
have
a number of other value adds to attract students. Thus Loutzavia has a programme to develop its students who complete their Commercial Licences to become instructors. If the student passes the school’s selection process they will then ABOVE: It will become far quicker and more Ƃnancially attainable for pilots to get into airline jobs.
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West.
AIFA
number of Àight instructors, it has also
ground to
inland,
has not only employed a large established infrastructure with a large capital
school instruction, Àight schools
and
at Oudtshoorn and
to provide the basics in
Flying
well established, with
on foreign students,
and
steadily operation
Academy (AIFA) is now
entirely focussed
excellence
its
International
AIFA are almost
training
has
in South Africa. AVIC
schools such as
of
aerospace
AVIC
expanded
and 40% foreign. Other
Airways
Corporation. giant
that around 60% of their students are local
students
National
investment in new aircraft. This despite fears while Loutzavia is able to arrange bed
(which proved groundless) about the quality
and breakfast accommodation at very
of South African pilots’ licences not being
reasonable rates, in some cases as little as
accepted by Chinese airlines.
R11,000 pm.
Governments
seem
to
battle
to
One of the impediments to Àight school
understand general aviation, but it doesn’t
development in South Africa remains the
take much for a government to understand
lack of an approved Multi Crew Pilots’
the need for career training facilities.
Licence (MPL) course. Inexplicably, this has
Outside of major airports, South Africa
been an ICAO ¿nding against the SACAA
still has relaxed community air¿elds where
for a number of years. There are however
Àight schools can prosper without restrictive
airspace and security regulations. 43 Air
requirement, students are allowed to conduct
they are seen as employable by even non-
School, Progress Flight Academy and AVIC
IFR Àights in the presence of instructors.
scheduled, second tier operators. However,
International Flight Academy, are good
In practice, it means that obligatory cross
it is usually only those who have some level
examples. Flight schools in the Middle
country Àying time can now be dedicated to
of teaching skill that will ¿nd success as
East operate under the paranoid yoke of
more realistic Àights embracing real IMC in
instructors.
suspicious aviation authorities.
controlled airspace.
The career pilot training industry appears to be relatively healthy, partly driven by
There are around 250 Aviation Training Organisations
(ATOs)
in
South
Africa.
optimistic airline manufacturer forecasts.
INTEGRATED ATPL
Leading major changes to the way training
The integrated curriculum is a precursor
With Africa highlighted as a signi¿cant
is done are Lanseria’s Skyhawk Aviation –
to South Africa conducting its own Multi-Crew
developing market, for both non-African,
under the ownership of our own SAA Training
Pilot’s License (MPL) courses. The MPL has
as well as African carriers, the demand for
Captain Mike Gough, AIFA and others.
been included as part of a recommended
cockpit crew is set to continue.
These
institutions
have
long
identi¿ed
Africa’s airline growth as drivers behind their own expansion and re-equipment and consider their new integrated courses a key attraction. Key clients include Kenya Airlines and TAAG - Angolan Airlines, Sudan and Mozambique’s LAM, who have augmented their pilot rolls using South Africa’s capable training schools. The rationale is to take candidates directly to the Àight deck of a
An almost guaranteed path into the airline cockpit is being developed – that will enable training to be Ƃnanced.
commercial airliner as cost effectively as
ICAO crew licensing requirement; indeed a
The traditional recreational/ business
possible, without pilots ¿rst having to seek
number of overseas schools have already
pilot’s training industry is perhaps less
experience amongst non-scheduled general
obtained ICAO approval to run MPL courses.
fortunate, as regulatory authorities attempt
aviation operators.
These call for 240 Àight and over 700
to stamp out what they see as high
classroom hours.
accident rates. Unable to bring context and
Another trend, which might develop
perspective to accident stats, because the
China has a huge need for future pilots
further, is the establishment of a complete
CAA make no attempt to monitor and publish
and so has had to develop outside help to
preparatory and high school curriculum,
industry Àight hours, let alone release the
provide pilots for its rapidly expanding airline
taking students all the way through to
number of licenses issued annually; the CAA
industry. Hampered by tight military control
Matric but embracing a specially formed
have resorted to attempts at making the pass
of its airspace - with training Àights often
Àying training curriculum as well. One of the
standards higher.
obliged to book circuit or cross country Àights
pioneers of this concept is Fort Beaufort-
Recruiting new blood into aviation is a
days in advance, it was clear that the country
based Wings Aviation Academy, which has
¿ckle marketing black art, not made easier
had to turn overseas, and South Africa is one
opened its doors to Grade 8 learners wanting
by the economic crisis in South Africa,
of a number of nations chosen to provide
to start Àying careers.
which has culled the ranks of people with
THE WORLDWIDE PILOT SHORTAGE
training bases. It is anticipated that AIFA
Aviation industry training does not only
suf¿cient disposable income to adopt Àying
will may order over 100 brand new Piper
target pilots. 43 Air School has its Air Traf¿c
as a recreational past-time. There has
and Cessna aircraft to ful¿l its obligations to
Control management division. With the high
also been a signi¿cant move away from
AVIC.
cost of state owned and run training facilities,
security-intensive airports, as government
A
number
the new ATC school will be targeting
has made it dif¿cult for Àight students to
have
bene¿ted
of
outside
inÀuences training
centres in Africa and the Middle East. A
access their training schools. This has had a
establishments targeting career pilots. Vis-
full ATC course costs around R150,000 per
positive effect for academies operating from
j-vis security, especially post 9-11, whilst
candidate.
smaller air¿elds, the likes of Grand Central,
South
African
the South African government has made
Another
emerging
trend
amongst
Heidelberg and Krugersdorp.
some effort in tracking down the intelligence
training establishments, has been their use
What is certain, is that the worldwide
histories of foreign student candidates, those
of subsequent employment opportunities to
pilot population is getting fewer and career
travelling to SA still ¿nd entry requirements
encourage business. Flight Schools began
training establishments, more competitive.
a great deal easier to navigate than the
adopting this policy some years ago and it
Training companies will need to address this
draconian US visitor controls. Indeed, whilst
remains a pivotal factor in many candidate’s
marketing conundrum sooner, rather than
African students tend to dominate Àight
choice of training school. With the dif¿culties
later, if they are to include non-career pilots
school intakes, signi¿cant numbers from the
in obtaining a ¿rst job in aviation a major
in their business plans. Marketing creativity is
Middle East and Southern Asia continue to
barrier, some schools recruit instructors from
not a strong point in the Àight training industry
¿nd a welcome and capable training industry
their own alumni and close off employment
- relying on the internet and word of mouth
in South Africa.
opportunities for those trained elsewhere.
is a less than creative approach to what is
The student to commercial concept
With barely 200 hours in their logbooks, new
becoming a far more structured industry
appears successful. Rather than pilots being
professional pilots are pressured to ¿nd work
driven by increasing professionalism.
sent on hour-building sectors to ¿ll out the time
to increase their experience levels so that
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AERONAV ACADEMY Aeronav Academy is committed to providing top-level flight
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PILOT FLIGHT TRAINING SERVICES Pilot Flight Training Services (FTS) is a flight crew training
Established in 1989 and now based at Grand Central Airport in
establishment based at Grand Central Airport, Midrand, and are proud
Mid Rand, Lanseria Flight Centre is internationally recognised as a
to be going for 12 years.
first class training organisation, specialising in professional training for
Craig Pearce and Kevern Brown (partners in flight school) are both South African Airways (SAA) Training Captains, flying the A320
the domestic and international student. Lanseria Flight Centre offers part-time or full-time flight training, hour-building and advanced training, and continually strives to deliver
series of aircraft. Craig and Kevern currently instruct on the Airbus level D full flight
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simulator at SAA. It is from this experience at Airbus that the concept
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and value of Computer Based Training (CBT) was experienced
transitioning from a South Afican licence to a European licence.
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LITSON & ASSOCIATES Litson & Associates, with offices
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in Somerset West near Cape Town,
professional pilot, we specialise in both
South Africa, provide aviation Safety
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and Quality related training throughout
as individuals starting out on the road
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to flying for a living. Part of our services
professional facilitators to ensure that
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Skyhawk is associated with the Sakhikamva Foundation, and offers
and the ‘tools to do the job’. Pre-planned ‘’open’’ training courses
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Mike beforehand to get welcomed to the
Management
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Systems
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