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Company Watch - Flybe

AirGuide Business, Oct 13, 2008

Oct 13, 2008

Flybe has just celebrated the graduation of the first UK cabin crew ever to have nationally recognised professional skills. The 21 crew have completed a three-month national vocational qualification (NVQ2) in "aviation operations in the air", recognised by the UK Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA). This development follows a series of pioneering training initiatives by the airline, for which the foundations were laid last year and which could lead to a regeneration of the UK national skills training system as it applies to aviation. Oct 10, 2008

Flybe has chosen Jerez, Spain-based Flight Training Europe as its partner organisation in creating the first multi-crew pilot licence (MPL) course for a UK-registered airline. The carrier and the flight training organisation are working with the UK Civil Aviation Authority to create an approved MPL course. Flybe's head of crew training Brian Watt says the first course, which the airline hopes will begin in February, will consist of between six and 12 ab initio trainee pilots. Course graduates will go straight into the co-pilot seats of its Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop fleet. From 2010 Watt sees the potential for two courses a year, but that will depend on how requirements develop. Oct 6, 2008

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