"WE PROVIDE TRAINING FOR ALL ELEMENTS IN THE CIVIL AVIATION"

Worldwide, airlines are scaling up their fleet size to cater to the ongoing demand and this has also resulted in enhancing the Aviation training facilities all across the region.

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Recently, Vishal Kashyap, Managing Editor, Aviation World had an opportunity to interview Capt. Stefan Dudda, Head of Training, Etihad Aviation Training in Singapore, where Capt. Dudda explained on the Etihad training capabilities and how they are geared up to cater to the upcoming demands in all the Aviation vertical. Excerpts...

Q: What are the specialized courses that is being provided at Etihad Aviation Training?

A: We provide training for all elements in the civil aviation which include the pilot training, ab- initio for MPL, ATPL, CPL, but now we train only MPL all the way through Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

At the moment our output for basic ab-initio training programmes is about 100 to 200 students per year, which we can increase.

The other part is the type-rating and type conversion training for all Airbus aircraft including A320, A330, A340, A350 and A380 and the B787 and B777. All courses that the manufacturer would recommend, Operational Suitability Data (OSD) is our basic minimum standard for it.

We also do initial cabin crew training, which is very successful with us. Some of the major global players like Cathay Pacific and Qantas avail the courses with us. It takes about four to six weeks, depending on the programme of which modules the customer wants. Etihad has state-of-the-art facilities in mock-ups, even movable cabin training devices, swimming pool and all other devices required for cabin crew training.

Initial things like CRM Training, Aviation Security, Dangerous Goods Training(DGR), Aviation health and First Aid Courses even including all the vocational training for airport and ground staff is also conducted by us.

Retraining the emergency response services for airport operation and how an airport works, so that they can do their job as fire people on the airport or security people on the airport.