Latest News | UP's Flying Institute Ties Up with Flight Simulation Technique Centre for Specialised Training to Student Pilots

New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Flying institute IGRUA has tied up with Gurugram-headquartered FSTC to provide specialised training to student pilots for aircraft like Airbus A 320, Boeing 737 and ATR 72 in order to produce "industry-ready" aviators, officials said.

The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) and the Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) have signed an agreement for this at the recently concluded Aero India exhibition in Bengaluru, according to the officials.

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IGRUA, located in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh and functioning under the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), was established in 1986 and currently trains cadets for Commercial Pilot's License (CPL). The usual industry process requires a CPL-holder with 200 hours of flying experience to obtain a "type-rating" certificate on specific aircraft before induction into any airline for the first officer's post.

This process usually requires an additional expenditure on the pilot's part and a training on simulators abroad, the officials said.

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"IGRUA has taken the initiative to address this issue and has achieved another milestone on February 14, 2023. During the Aero India event in Bengaluru, IGRUA joined hands with one of the largest ATOs (approved training organisation) in the country FSTC Gurugram to produce industry-ready pilots," Director IGRUA Krishnendu Gupta told PTI.

"These pilots will have CPL alongwith type rating on A320, B737, ATR-72, Q400. An MoU was signed on February 14 whereby, both the organisations will work together to produce pilots who are fully-qualified and type-rated to take up jobs as first officers in any of the airlines operating in India," Gupta said.

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