The Oxford Aviation Academy ( OAA ) is the largest aboriginal flight training network in the world and provides integrated flight training and resource services. Professional flight pilots have been trained at the Aviation Academy's flight school since 1961.
OAA operates 125 training aircraft, 64 simulators and 10 training centers that provide portfolios of flight training courses. OAA's 3 ab initio airline pilot training schools have trained over 26,000 professional pilots over the past 50 years. 7 types of OAA training centers offer aircraft pilots, cabin crew and maintenance engineer training approved on various types of aircraft including Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, BAE Systems and Embraer.
The Oxford Aviation Academy includes the former Oxford Aviation Training - a commercial pilot training school based in London's Oxford Airport in England - and Phoenix Goodyear Airport in the United States; former SAS Flight Academy, former GECAT and former BAE Systems Woodford, UK Training Center, all of which are owned by STAR Capital Partners of London with a minority stake of less than 20% held by GE Commercial Aviation Services.
First Airline Pilot Course The first program is a full-time course, the Joint Flight Integrated Aviation/European Aviation Safety Agency (JAA/EASA) that leads to 'Frozen' (not crooked when the candidate has completed 1500 hours in multi-Potil environment) Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL).
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History
The Oxford Flying Club was officially opened by the Mayor of Oxford in 1939. However, the restrictions placed on civil aviation during World War II restricted its activities and the airfield operated as RAF Kidlington during the duration of hostilities. The club reopened in 1947, renamed the Oxford Airplane Club. During the 1950s it gradually increased its fleet and, by 1960, had become a flying school that was directed to professional pilot training.
In 1961, the flying school parent company, Oxford Aviation, joined the Press Steel Company to become British Executive Air Services Ltd. (BEAS). Primary school buildings and student accommodation are provided on site, and the first Commercial Pilot License (CPL) program and first ranking (IR) instrument began in May 1962.
In 1963, the BEAS Flying Training Division was renamed Oxford Air Training School. Since then, more than twenty thousand commercially trained pilots and aircraft engineers have graduated from school. Includes the first Space Space Shuttle License awarded in 1989. The school was renamed Oxford Aviation Training (OAT) in the 1990s.
On June 19, 2007, OAT's parent company, BBA Aviation, sold OAT to GCAT Flight Academy (formerly General Electric Commercial Aviation Training, part of General Electric and SAS Flight Academy, part of Scandinavian Airlines System) for $ 63 million (£ 32 million ). The deal is supported by the majority shareholder of GCAT Flight Academy, STAR Capital Partners, an independent venture capital fund.
In early February 2008, GCAT Aviation Academy changed its registered name to Oxford Aviation Academy Ltd. Oxford Aviation Training Ltd. changed its registered name to Oxford Aviation Academy (Oxford) Ltd. The OAT brand and logo that adorned the training center at Oxford and Goodyear Airports was replaced, with a new logo marked 'Oxford Aviation Academy'. The badge on the tail of the Piper PA-28 Warrior and Piper PA-34 Seneca was also replaced by a new logo design. The new logo also appeared in 8 locations previously known as GCAT Flight Academy, including in Scandinavia and Hong Kong purchased by GCAT from SAS Flight Academy and the Woodford Training Center purchased from BAE Systems. This change is the result of both GCAT Flight Academy and Oxford Aviation Training which again re-branded as the Oxford Aviation Academy.
In 2008, OAA acquired General Flying Services, based in Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia.
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APP First Officer
The award-winning course of OAA is a full-time ATP Integrated initio training called First Flight Pilot Program ( APP First Officer ).
It is a full-time course approved by JAA and is used to train pilots to the level of proficiency required to enable them to operate on multi-crew aircraft in the position of a first officer, in a commercial airline. This course is designed for trainees who have little or no previous flying experience. The Academy has a strong relationship with many of the world's leading airlines after building a reputation for providing pilots for airlines through a cadet scheme. Since 9/11, this "sponsorship" program is very rare and most trainees are now "self-sponsored", and can find work with any airline (using JAA license) after graduation.
After a rigorous selection process, successful candidates are offered a place at the Airline Preparation Program, subject to the JAA Class 1 medical requirements. The initial theory and the 14 JAA/EASA ATPL exam and the Instrument Rating and Multi Crew Co-operation/Jet Orientation Course (MCC/JOC) were completed at the OAA Oxford Training Center (located at Oxford Airport) while the Commercial Pilot License (CPL) was obtained at the training facility OAA at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
Course Structure
Assessment
To get a place in the field, you need to complete a one-day assessment at the Oxford OAA training center. This assessment is designed to test candidates:
- Talent
- Capacity
- Technical Knowledge
- Personality
- Team Skills
- Verbal Reasoning
- Communicating Skills
- Commitment
If successful completion of assessment with the required standards then applicants may join the APP First Officer course.
Primary School
The first six months of the program are all completed in Oxford and during this time students are working to complete the theoretical exam 14 JAA/EASA ATPL. The completion of this exam is a prerequisite for traveling to Phoenix to complete a practical fly and take the CPL Skills Tests.
The 14 ATPL exams are as follows:
- Flight Principle
- Aircraft General Knowledge - System
- Aircraft General Knowledge - Instrumentation
- Human Performance
- Meteorology
- VFR Communications
- IFR Communications
- General Navigation
- Radio Navigation
- Flight Planning
- Aircraft Performance
- Mass & amp; Balance
- Operational Procedures
- Air Law
At the end of six months, students will complete 760 hours of ATPL Elementary School. The average grade for students in the MA & D course is 80%. OAA students' graduation rates are above average with over 60% passing all 14 JAA papers on the first attempt.
Initial Flight Training
The next five months are of course spent at Falcon Field Airport, USA that allows students to take advantage of good weather and get used to the very busy General Airspace. The first 115 hours of flying completed on Piper Archer (PA28), a single-engine piston plane, including 3 hours on the Extra 300L for an irritable recovery training. Ten flying hours were then completed at Piper Seminole (PA44), a multi-engine aircraft used for commercial pilot license skill test (CPL). When successful then students return from Phoenix, Arizona with a multi-machine CPL.
Advanced Flight Training
Advanced Flight Training takes place in Oxford and students will complete 40 hours in a fixed navigation simulator and Navigation Procedure Navigation (FNPT) II and a 20-hour flight time at Piper Seneca V (PA34). The flight is designed to teach students to use aircraft instruments to navigate and culminate in an instrumentation skills assessment test (IRT).
Multi_Crew_Coordination_ (MCC) _and_a_Jet_Orientation_Course_ (JOC) "> Multi Crew Coordination (MCC) and Jet Orientation Course (JOC )
The final stage of the training lasts three weeks using a Boeing 737-400 six-axis simulator, full motion at Oxford. Twenty hours is dedicated to Multi Crew Coordination (MCC) that teaches students how to work effectively in a multi-crew environment. The last 20 hours focus on JOC allows students to get used to operating modern jet aircraft.
In short, the integrated course consists of 220 hours of flight training and 760 hours of theoretical training of ATPL training and lasts about 20 months - culminating in the EASA CPL problem with Instrument Ranking and PKS credit. Following this course, a pilot is now eligible to find employment at any airline within the EASA license area as a Principal Officer.
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See also
- Oxford Airport
- Phoenix Goodyear Airport
- Moorabbin Airport
- British Airways
- European Aviation Security Agency
- Civil Aviation Authority
- Pilot license and certification
- New University of Buckinghamshire
References
External links
- Official website
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