Pilot Training College of Ireland PTC based in Waterford Airport Ireland
After many hours of form filling, medicals and money gathering it was time to start the Airline Pilot Training Program in Waterford P.T.C. Ireland.
The course is a full time modular training program costing 85K Euro and when complete should put me in a position to attend an interview for an airline commercial pilot post.
Prior to starting the pilot course I worked in Limerick for 12 years as an Electronic Design Engineer. I enjoyed working with electronics but in the later years I felt the electronics industry in Ireland was taking a turn for the worse so I decided to follow my dream of becoming an
Aer Arann airline pilot.
I've been following the
Aer Arann story since it was rebranded in 1994 and I am proud of the fact that it is a home grown Irish company
originating in the Irish speaking Aran Islands.
The following is a week by week account of my experience to date. Click on the relevant tabs on the left hand column for the diary. It is broken up into different stages for ease of reading. Forgive any grammar or spelling mistakes as parts of it were written while under pressure during periods of the course !
The Left Column is broken up into the different stages of training as follows:
Private Pilots License
Airline Transport Pilots License ATPL
Hours Building
Commercial Pilots License
Multi Engine Rating
Instrument Rating
Multi Crew Co operation
Interviews
Argonquin
Flight Centre Ireland
Phoenix East Aviation
Int School of European Aviation
Naples Air Centre
Rexair Florida
Bel - Air International
Atlanta Pilot Training
Cabair
Tristar Aviation Academy Australia
Flight
Training Europe
Pilot Training College of Ireland Waterford
Aviator Flight Training Fort Pierce Florida
Airmed Flight School Valencia Spain
Oxford Aviation Academy
Orlando Flight Training
National Flight Centre Ireland
Epic Flight Academy
MS Aviation
Atlantic Air Cork Ireland
Sydney Pilot Training
Career Pilot Training
ATP Flight School
Riverside Flight Centre
Safta South Africa
Skytrace Weston Ireland
Sigmar Aviation
Australian Aviation Training