Offers Training To New Very Light Jet Pilots

Many pilots have waited for years for the chance to fly a very light jet... but now the wait is over.

The Jet Familiarization Training (JFT) course, offered by jetAVIVA, allows pilots to gain experience in an Eclipse 500 VLJ, prepare for the manufacturer's type rating program, and become a safer jet pilot to boot.

Three JFT course packages are offered, according to jetAVIVA. The Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Courses consist of 10.5, 25, and 45 flight hours respectively.

Each package includes ground school, all necessary materials and manuals, cockpit procedures training, and flight training. Flight training includes general familiarization, glass cockpit introduction, high altitude procedures, emergency and abnormal procedures, takeoffs and landings, instrument approach procedures, and Scenario Based Training (SBT) missions including maximum range flights and high altitude airport flights.

“jetAVIVA's JFT program is exactly what I needed/was looking for... a relaxed, yet focused approach to helping me get acclimated to flying a jet," said Edwin Sahakian, owner of a Cirrus SR22 and Eclipse 500 position holder. "I'd recommend jetAVIVA's JFT program to any and all future Eclipse 500 pilots.”

The ranks of jetAVIVA instructors include former airline Captains and line check airmen, an instructor who holds type ratings in a Cessna Citation Mustang, Eclipse 500, and Cessna CJ1, CJ2, and CJ3, and a former Eclipse Aviation Flight Test Engineer.

Before he recently began training in an Eclipse 500, Bill Harrity owned a Piper Aerostar and Pitts aerobatic biplane, among other types. “I have a smile on my face practically the whole time I'm flying that thing," Harrity says. "I think jetAVIVA's instructors are very professional, and not only do they know and instruct in the Eclipse extremely well, but I like how they have been working with me to improve sloppy flying habits and replace them with the techniques of a professional pilot.”

Beginning in 2008, jetAVIVA will begin operating Cessna Citation Mustangs in their training program, in addition to their current fleet of Eclipse 500 jets.

FMI: www.jetaviva.com