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CTC Aviation looks at Indian carriers for placements

May set up Indian office depending on success

Chetan Kapoor - New Delhi

John Jones Chief Executive, CTC Aviation Training

With the Indian aviation booming and the need for pilots felt not only in the country but the world over, New Zealand-based aviation training academy, Crew Training Centre (CTC) is surveying the option of partnering with Indian carriers for cadet placements. Speaking exclusively to Express AviationWorld, John Jones, chief executive, CTC Aviation Training said, "We have trained many pilots over the years. Last year alone, we trained over 1,000 pilots in our United Kingdom centre and almost 200 in New Zealand and placed them with partner airlines."

The academy has the reputation of 100 per cent placements and last year it also had a cadet appointed with Indian-private carrier, Jet Airways. Jones mentioned, "It is important to get airline partners in India for placements. We will take the students from India to our training centres and seeing how it fares, we may consider having an Indian office."

For Jones, it is vital to lay emphasis on quality which will in turn have a high success rate for the academy. CTC Aviation has three simulators in addition to 36 aircraft in Hamilton, New Zealand which includes Diamond DA42 TwinStars, Piper PA44 Seminoles and single engine fleet of Robins, Alphas and Cessnas. Trainees are offered Ab Initio training at the Hamilton centre while JAA standard training is offered in the UK centre.

Besides Ab Initio training, the academy has also launched an Airline Preparation Course (APC) which includes CRM, TEM and MCC. Its full-service airline training portfolio includes - aircrew selection, basic licence training, type rating training, bridge training, cost-effective sponsorship and employment programmes, command skills development, instructor and examiner training courses.