Become

a Pilot

Your worldwide
training partner
of choice
Why choose CAE?

CAE leads the industry in pilot Independent assessment

placement
Our independent assessment process,
Meeting the training needs of over 300 protects your training investment and
airlines worldwide, many also look to ensures we identify those individuals most
us to recruit the very best talent for likely to succeed in airline pilot training and
their organization. These relationships in a career as an airline pilot.
translate into more career opportunities
for you than you’ll find with any other
Learn with us and be a CAE pilot for
training organization. Unlike other aviation
life!
academies, CAE has a dedicated team
that provides pre-employment support,
CAE training programmes span the entire
guidance and advice to enable our
life cycle of a professional pilot, so we’re
graduates to gain their first professional
able to provide you with the training you
flying job.
require throughout your career, from
cadet to captain. It’s part of why more than
CAE’s unique Fleet Standard 120,000 pilots train with us each year.
Assurance Programme
70 years of excellence
Your training investment is secure with
our performance-based addition to our
Innovators for over 70 years, CAE leads
core flight and training programmes, its key
the world in innovative pilot training
components are: Airline Pilot Development,
equipment and technologies as we do in
ranging from fundamental leadership
the development of competency-based
skills to UPRT training; First Officer Quality
training programmes. Our experience has
Assurance, essentially protecting a cadet’s
been that better training tools produce the
investment; Graduate Services, a post-
most effective training delivery and the best
graduate job placement initiative; and
pilots. Training partner of choice of the
Fleet Excellence Awards, our assurance to
world’s airlines. More relationships more
airlines that they are receiving First Officers
opportunity for cadets.
and employees of the highest standard.

Experienced instructors

Our instructors come from a wide range

of professional aviation backgrounds -
commercial airline pilot careers, corporate
aviation and military flying and come with
years of experience.
Integrated EASA Airline Pilot Transport
License (ATPL)

CAE’s Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) programmes takes students with
little or no previous flying experience to a Commercial Pilot License (CPL) level with ‘frozen
ATPL’ and Multi-Engine (ME) Instrument rating (IR) in approximately 18 months and have
been designed in conjunction with leading airlines. We currently offer ATPL programmes in
Brussels, Belgium; Madrid, Spain and Oxford, UK.

Eligibility requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age at start of program

• Must have successfully completed secondary education

• Proficient in the English language (verbal and written)

• Must be able to obtain an EASA Class 1 Medical without restrictions

Course outline

ATPL ATPL ATPL

Brussels Madrid Oxford

Phase Duration Location

Theoretical Knowledge Training Approximately Brussels, Madrid, Oxford,

Learn everything about ATPL related theory 750 hours or Belgium Spain UK
in 14 subjects 29 weeks

Classroom and computer based training

Foundation Flight Training Approximately Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix,

Learn how to fly solo in a single-engine 145 hours or Arizona, Arizona, Arizona,
piston aircraft 22 weeks USA USA USA

Aircraft and simulator training

Upset Prevention & Recovery Training (UPRT)
Perform your Commercial Pilot License
(CPL) Skill Test

Advanced Flight Training 52 hours or Oxford, Oxford, Oxford,

Learn how to fly using instruments on a 13 weeks United United United
multi engine piston aircraft Kingdom Kingdom Kingdom

Aircraft and simulator training

Perform your Multi-Engine Instrument
Rating (MEIR) Skill Test

Multi-Crew Cooperation (MCC)/Jet 3 weeks Brussels, Madrid, Oxford,

Orientation Course (JOC Belgium Spain UK
Learn how to fly as a member of a
professional airline cockpit crew
Classroom and Flight Simulator Training
Obtain your MCC/JOC certificate
 The Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme is an innovative
pilot training programme that offers multiple training routes
to become an easyJet pilot, via either a Multi-Crew Pilot License
(MPL) or Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL).

easyJet Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL)

Generation Top performing applicants are selected by easyJet and join

easyJet Pilot
the easyJet MPL, a 78 week competency based programme
mentored by easyJet. Upon successful completion of the course,

Training
the easyJet MPL guarantees a position as a first officer at easyJet,
flying an Airbus A320 across Europe.

Programme MPL Upgrade

Applicants who perform well during selection, but who initially

are not admitted into the easyJet MPL, will be invited to enroll
in the Generation easyJet ATPL Course as easyJet “Tagged”
students and will be eligible to “upgrade” to the easyJet MPL
after demonstrating superior performance.

easyJet Integrated ATPL

The easyJet Integrated ATPL pathway allows flexibility and

enables candidates that were not selected for MPL to continue
as a easyJet “tagged” cadet. With strong academic performance
during ATPL ground school, students that go on to complete
the Integrated ATPL course meeting easyJet’s rigorous training
standards can enter the A320 type rating training programme
without further selection screening.

Apply: www.caeoaa.com/easyjet
 The Volotea First Officer Programme is an opportunity to take
off as a first officer with one of Europe’s growing airlines. The
programme begins with EASA theoretical knowledge training
at CAE’s training centre in Madrid, followed by flight training in
Phoenix, AZ, USA and Oxford, UK, before returning to Madrid
to complete Airbus A320 type-rating training. Upon successful
completion of the training programme, graduates will be
Volotea employed by Volotea, and will have experienced pilot training
following the highest industry standards in three of CAE’s
First Officer global locations.

Programme CAE has been Volotea’s training partner of choice since the
beginning of the airline’s operations in 2012. Since then, CAE
has been providing Volotea with pilot and cabin crew training,
including Airbus A319 type-rating and CAE instructor-led
recurrent pilot training. In addition, more than 40 graduates
from CAE’s training academies in Amsterdam, Brussels and
Oxford have been selected and recruited by the airline over
the past three years.

Apply: www.caeoaa.com/volotea
Things you should know as a parent

Credibility Job support

CAE is the pilot training partner of choice Upon completion of training, we work with
of the world’s aircraft manufacturers and each cadet to help them gain employment.
airlines. Entrusted with recruiting and As a training leader in the industry our pilots
training future pilots for partner airlines are sought after to join airlines located
worldwide, our state-of-the-art ab initio around the world.
flight school network graduates some 1000
new pilot each year.
Family feel

Safety We are committed to working with you and

your son or daughter every step of the way
Providing cadets with the knowledge and to ensure their dream of becoming a pilot
skills necessary to help them safely and is fulfilled.
efficiently fly commercial airliners, our
programmes are taught by hands-on, expert
Funding requirements and
instructors who bring years of real world
opportunities
experience into the classroom learning
environment. Our facilities are equipped
Investing in a career as a professional
with the latest technology, applying the
airline pilot is a significant decision for you
latest industry guidelines and regulations.
and your family. While competitively priced
and offering unmatched value given our
Technology savvy high placement rate, CAE ab initio pilot
training is still a significant investment. Cost
CAE is the first aviation academy in the of training varies by programme type and
world to operate aircraft equipped with in some instances by geographic location.
custom flight data management systems Contact a CAE Training Advisor to learn
and traffic awareness technology. These about our partnerships with independent
systems record data, audio and video organisations who will be able to offer
during flight, enabling students to debrief finance solutions and support.
immediately after a flight and allow CAE to
gather statistical trends for longer term
safety and performance benefits.
Discover more

Visiting CAE

There is no substitute for a personal visit. We hold regular Airline Pilot Career Days at all
of our European locations designed to give you all the information you need about our
academies and our programmes. The day involves a presentation followed by the opportunity
to tour our facilities. They are the very best way to find out what it is like to train as an airline
pilot with CAE. You can register by visiting our website: www.caeoaa.com

Website

For the latest information on CAE, including Airline Pilot Career Open Days and exhibitions,
please visit our website: www.caeoaa.com

Join the discussion

Keep up to date with CAE news and connect with our training advisors, students and
graduates on our Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn pages. Follow the global journeys of recent
CAE graduates at #caepilot

Start your career with CAE

If you are ready to apply for a programme, log on to our website for more information on
how to apply for your preferred course of training.

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Who places
more pilots with
more airlines
than any other
organisation?

We do.
 They’re waiting
for new pilots.
What are you
waiting for?
There’s never been a better time to become an airline pilot
with CAE. Each year we recruit and train one thousand
men and women, successful graduates beginning their
flying careers with more than 70 airlines worldwide.

Start your journey right, and right here.

Contact us today at www.caeoaa.com/contact-us.

Follow the global journeys of recent

CAE graduates at #caepilot
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