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Old 24th Aug 2009, 09:14
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Singapore Flying College were also keen on the MPL at one stage. I don't know whether this is still the case. They did have a Baron-By-Pass program (whereby cadets went straight from flying the C172 direct to the Lear 45) since learning to fly a piston twin had little in common with flying a fast jet. According to a presentation I saw by a training captain from SIA, many 'habits' in flying a piston twin had to be "unlearned" when they get to the Lear stage of their training, thus the reason why the Baron-By-pass program was implemented.

The main reason for introducing the MPL was to fulfill the perceived pilot shortage and train more airline cadet pilots quickly for the right hand seat of a jet, by passing GA altogether. Candidates spend more time in a simulator than they do flying GA training aircraft. Since the pilot shortage is no longer upon us in the industry, the rush for churning out first officers is no longer there.
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