Making Air Travel Safer through More Efficient Training Practices
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31 Jan 2012
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MAKING AIR TRAVEL SAFER
THROUGH
MORE EFFICIENT TRAINING PRACTICES
AND
REVIEW SYLLABI FOR PILOTS
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AVIATION WATCH
DEVELOPED WORLD : PPL – CPL – ATPL
INDIA : PPL – CPL - ATPL
SIMILAR SYLLABI AND LICENSING
BASIC PILOT TRAINING
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DEVELOPED WORLD PPL CPL Experience in General Aviation Airliner
INDIA CPL Airliner
ROUTE TO AN AIRLINE COCKPIT
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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
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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..)
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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
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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…)
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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…)
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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
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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.)
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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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