CATC trains Malaysian cadets
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Czech Aviation Training Center (CATC) launched pilottraining of nineteen Malaysian cadets for Malaysian Airlines in Prague. Withintwo years, cadets will complete Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Course (ATP)for aircraft, at the end of which they will meet the requirements for thecommercial pilot of a commercial aircraft.
As part of their studies, selected Malaysian Airlines cadetswill undergo annual theoretical training from fourteen aviation courses (750hours of theoretical instruction in total), which will be completed by an ATPL(Airline Transport Pilot License) theory at the CAA (Civil Aviation Authorityof the Czech Republic). The second year, they take the practical part of thelessons on single-engine and twin-engine propeller planes in Hradec Kralove,flying a total of 194 flight hours. This training, which is conducted forMalaysian Airlines, collected students from a total of 6,000 applicants. Thetraining is mediated by the Skyvax partner company and the project alsoinvolved the Malaysian Embassy in Prague, which helped to provide accommodationand catering for cadets.
The whole project is supported and funded by the stateeducation agency Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), thus enjoying the interest ofMalaysian institutions and other participating ministries. The costs oftraining pilots are around two million crowns for one cadet, the total costsfor this first group of 40 million crowns. This is an extraordinary success forCATC, which is also the only one in Europe authorized to train Malaysian pilotsby the Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority.
For CATC participation in this project, it was crucial toconvince the Malaysian authorities of the competence of the trainingorganization, the quality of the training program, the adequacy of the trainingfacilities used, and last but not least, the ability to provide the necessaryfacilities for students in the Czech Republic. The Malaysian Civil AviationAuthority played a major role in this respect.
The Malaysian side expressed their satisfaction with the provision and the course of the training so far, so CATC is already negotiating that in the course of 2019 two more groups of cadets of 20 students will be sent to cadet training in Prague. Half of the students will be women.
