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: assist customers with a wide range of simulation-based needs,” says this diehard trainer.
Roberts understands that studying at the CAE does not come cheap. That is why he’s looking at loan options for students. “The cost of a flying course can range between $60,000 and $100,000. We are talking to banks to work out educational loans for students from India. This should not be difficult since a certified student can easily repay the loan once he is absorbed as a pilot by an airline,” he hopes.
Roberts is also confident that the newly started programme for multi-crew pilot license will find many takers in India. “This is the latest programme where 200 of the 250 flying hours are spent on rigorous training in the
high-tech simulators where a trainee is put through the different situations that he may have to tackle in a real-time flight,” he explains. So let’s hope there will be many more who will be flying high....
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