Emirates Flight Training Academy, Boeing Sign Agreement

28.07.2016 Aviation & Space
Emirates Flight Training Academy, Boeing Sign Agreement

Emirates Flight Training Academy, Boeing Sign Agreement

Facebook icon
Twitter icon
LinkedIn icon
Google icon
e-mail icon

Emirates Flight Training Academy, developed by Emirates airline, has signed an agreement with Boeing under which both organizations will collaborate on a comprehensive training curriculum and software infrastructure to support academy operations.

Emirates Flight Training Academy, currently under construction at Al Maktoum International Airport- Dubai World Central (DWC) and scheduled to open in October 2016, will combine best practices in education with state of the art learning technologies and cutting edge training aircraft.

Under the agreement with Boeing, Emirates Flight Training Academy will receive an integrated software system, based on the Peters Software system acquired by Boeing, for managing cadet learning and training flight operations, and an enhanced curriculum customized for Emirates. Cadets will learn with highly interactive digital content delivered in purpose-designed classrooms and on personal tablets.

“Our program is designed to produce career-ready pilots. Exceeding regulatory requirements, the curriculum will, for instance, see cadets complete at least 1,100 hours of ground and 315 hours of flight training using a competency-focused approach. We are leveraging Boeing’s expertise in airline pilot training to identify opportunities to enhance the Academy’s curriculum,” said Captain Alan Stealey, Principal, Emirates Flight Training Academy.

Emirates designed the academy to promote advancements in four key areas of pilot training: interactive learning for theoretical subjects in classrooms, practical learning in the most capable training aircraft, practical learning in advanced flight simulators, and airline-focused line-oriented flight training. When fully operational, the Academy will be able to accommodate over 600 students at a time.

Emirates recently placed an order for 27 aircraft allowing ab-initio pilots to receive 100 per cent of their training in the UAE at the most advanced pilot academy in the world with a purpose-built learning environment for developing professional pilots. Ab-initio pilots in the airline’s long-running Emirates National Cadet Program currently complete their training at a variety of overseas locations. When the academy opens its doors later in the year, all aspects of pilot training for the airline will be established in Dubai.

Emirates Flight Training Academy will initially focus on cadets in Emirates’ existing prestigious National Cadet Pilot Training Program for UAE nationals. However, the academy intends to welcome international cadet pilots in the near future.

With the capacity to train up to 400 students at a time, the facility will bring together the four key components of pilot training: ground school classrooms; flight training, ground based simulators.

The Academy is divided into two sections: Airside facilities and landside facilities.

The landside section will include: Two academic buildings each comprising G+4 floors , 6 low-rise student accommodation buildings each comprising G+6 floors. The scope of work also includes construction of a mosque, recreational and dining facilities.

The airside section will include an area for aircraft maintenance hangars, an apron, aircraft parking bays, taxiways, engineering and shelter for emergency vehicles, a runway and a satellite control tower.

 



 
 

Latest events

Latest Issues

 

THE WORLD DEFENSE ALMANAC 2023