Tue, Dec 02, 2008
The Commercial Airline
Pilot Training (CAPT) Program is welcoming a new class of students
sponsored by Air Astana in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The students will
begin their studies at the Palm Coast, Florida, campus. The first 8
airline-sponsored students will arrive at the school in December
2008.
At a November 19th press conference in Almaty, Shawn Raker,
Chairman of CAPT, spoke of the incoming students, "It is an
incredible honor that CAPT has been chosen to provide the training
for Air Astana's future pilots. Our 12-14 month program will train
these students to the highest standards of the commercial airline
industry. Our full-immersion program is modeled after the crew
concepts that airlines use in their protocols. The students will be
prepared to perform safely and excel when they return to Air
Astana."
Air Astana recognized the need to find flight training solutions
and carefully selected CAPT as their training partner. Peter
Foster, Air Astana JSC President said, "By 2012, Air Astana needs
to recruit 300 pilots, and further, the number of pilots will
continue to grow in geometric progression. In order to remedy this
situation, Air Astana airlines decided to train its own pilots in
the framework of an ab-initio program." The choice of CAPT
exemplifies the standard of excellence that Air Astana seeks to
maintain in this competitive, global industry.
In addition to flight training, Air Astana is
working with CAPT and sister company, Jackson Group Consultants, to
determine the feasibility of constructing a new CAPT campus in
Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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