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Jeppesen partners with

Emirates Aviation College

eppesen has agreed a deal with
JDubai-based Emirates Aviation
College to provide Jeppesen Training
courses through the College, a leading
aviation education facility in the re-
gion. Jeppesen, a subsidiary of Boeing
Flight Services , will provide its initio
pilot training courses for trainee pilots
at Emirates Aviation College.
Boeing forecasts a global need for
460,000 new commercial airline pilots
over the next 20 years. “It is a strategic
collaboration between Emirates Avia- grated program would allow students vides self-paced courses and learning
tion College and Jeppesen to offer the to progress from ab initio training and programs that are comprehensive of
region’s first of its kind JAA ab initio pi- graduate to Boeing Jet Bridge and Type all operational aspects of VFR and IFR
lot training program,” said Dr. Ahmad Rating instruction. flying using Garmin G1000 avionics.
Al Ali, senior vice president, Emirates “This agreement is part of Boeing’s “Our new online Garmin G1000
Aviation College. “We have gathered commitment to support our customers training solution offers a total training
the necessary tools, skills, support and worldwide as together we face an in- experience for VFR and IFR procedures
expertise to offer training to produce creased demand for pilots,” said Roei that is a major step forward from tra-
the highest quality pilots for the in- Ganzarski chief customer officer, Boe- ditional textbook and syllabus-based
dustry to assist in meeting the future ing Flight Services. “The Middle East training programs,” said Tim Huegel,
demand for highly skilled professional is growing at a tremendous pace and director, Jeppesen Aviation Portfolio
airline pilots.” together with Emirates Aviation Col- Management. “Jeppesen partners with
“Jeppesen is working toward ad- lege we can create a pipeline of compe- top flight schools, universities and CFIs
dressing the pressing pilot shortage the tent and well-qualified pilots.” in the industry to develop programs
aviation industry is facing by creating • Jeppesen has introduced a new that resonate with the learning styles of
interactive training programs that are Web-based training program featur- today’s student pilots to increase train-
highly effective in preparing the next ing Garmin G1000 avionics systems. ing retention and success rates. Our new
generation of pilots and technicians for The new online program features Garmin G1000 online training program
the demands of the profession,” said three Garmin G1000 training courses, incorporates these elements to provide
Thomas Wede, Jeppesen senior vice including visual flight rules (VFR) pro- the top training experience available
president and general manager, Avia- cedures, instrument flight rules (IFR) for current and student pilots.”
tion. “Our partnership with Emirates procedures and VFR/IFR procedures The Garmin G1000 avionics training
Aviation College is a shining example of designed to simplify training for cur- courses from Jeppesen are designed
integrating Jeppesen ab initio training rent and student pilots. for both student pilots training with
programs with top institutions of avia- Transitioning from paper-based G1000 equipped aircraft as well as
tion learning to provide today’s students manuals and static computer based pilots that are transitioning to G1000
and tomorrow’s pilots with a foundation training programs, the new Web-based aircraft or need to gain expertise with
of knowledge needed for success.” Garmin G1000 training programs G1000 avionics. The new online G1000
To further develop effective training from Jeppesen offer fully interactive training program also is designed as
programs to reach the next generation courses that integrate a three-step an effective tool for recurrent training
of student pilots, Boeing Flight Servic- method to teach critical VFR and IFR and can be used by colleges, universi-
es is working to establish an integrated flying procedures more efficiently and ties and flight schools as part of their
total flight training solution. The inte- effectively. The online program pro- teaching curriculum.

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