Corporate Presentation

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APATS 2007 HONG KONG
KEITH MORGAN CEO FLIGHT TRAINING GROUP
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Multi Crew Pilot Licence
IMPLEMENTING A TRIAL MPL SYLLABUS at FLIGHT
TRAINING ADELAIDE
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About Flight Training Adelaide (fta)

• Graduated over 2500 ESL Cadet Airline Pilots
  over 25 years
• Current HK CAD Approval
• Providing volume cadet airline pilot training in
  this particular market
• Significant experience in many cultures with
  English as a second language
• Represented at the ICAO Madrid
  conference in 2000.

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Current Training Model (typically)
150 HOURS
36 PTT FTD
40 HOURS
5 or 10 HOURS UPSET Training
30 PF / 30 PM
TYPE with Customer Airline
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Current Training Model (typically)
Flying element includes 200 aircraft hours 70
hours solo 36 part task trainer and FTD to
CPL 60 hours MCC around 300 a/c FTD
Ground Theory includes 540 hours to CPL 336
hours to Frozen ATPL 45 hours of Mass
Briefs Initial and ongoing English language
support around 900 hours
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MPL Essential

• Improved safety through better training
  quality, technology, TEM
• Enhanced competency based training
• Embedded TEM throughout
• More appropriate and/or advanced training media.
  

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MPL Desirable
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MPL Is Not

• Economy driven or Cheap and Cheerful
• Replacing existing licencing frameworks
• To include initial IOE ??
• Likely to save any time on training.

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Customer (A) Comments current system

• Decision making
• Situational Awareness
• Lack of TEM
• Communication and Coordination.

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Customer (B) Comments current system

• Inconsistent with handling below 500 feet on
  finals
• Practical application of theory and knowledge
  learned
• Formal application of TEM
• Communication and Coordination
• How to bridge the gap to the RHS of
  an A320/A330 with
• particular regard to handling in
  the final stages of the approach and the landing

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Customer (C) Comments current system

• Appropriate Assertiveness
• Communication
• Ability to practically apply knowledge
• Command skills.

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Considerations for FTA

• Will MPL address customer concerns re soft
  skills and handling below 1000 Ft.
• Investment in Diamond DA 42 A/C and Simulators
  - acceptability for Mod 2
• Instructor availability and qualifications
• Can we use an appropriate MPL regulatory
  framework, better technology and systems and an
  appropriate theory course to produce a graduate
  at a more suitable airline entry standard? - YES
  

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How an FTA PML might look.
Core 48 hrs a/c 40 PTT 15 FTD
Intermediate 30 hrs PF 30 hrs PM
Advanced Type Endorsement Customer Airline
Basic 40 hrs a/c 30 FTD
10 hrs Upset Trg
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How an FTA PML might look.
TRADITIONAL 200 Hrs Aircraft (70 Solo) 100 Hrs
PTT and FTD 300 Hrs A/C Sim 900 hrs Theory to
F-ATPL 54 weeks prior to Type
MPL 98 Hrs A/C (10 Solo) 145 Hrs PTT and FTD
243 Hrs A/C Sim 750 hrs Theory to MPL 41 weeks
prior to Type
What is Missing?
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High Performance Aircraft (perhaps VLJ)
Incld. in 2 Proof Of Concept Both at the end of
Basic CAAC 15 Hrs CJ1 CAE 6 Hrs PF B400
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Instructor Availability
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Instructor Availability
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Instructor Availability
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Possible Solutions

• Awareness of Aviation as a desirable
  career.collective support
• Certainty in a career path to the airline
  including time instructing
• Assistance with funding - the whole program
• Airlines to assist at the bottlenecks testing.
  

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APATS 2007 HONG KONG
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