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Old 22nd Aug 2013, 16:00
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banjodrone
 
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Anyone asked why it is an MPL and not a CPL ME-IR that you are doing?

Might have something to do with Qatar then owning you forever? Massive debt hanging over your head and a training background that would make it very hard for other airlines to hire you. MPL is designed to airline specific.

I notice all the quality airlines offer MPL such as Tiger, Jetstar and Air Arabia! Lufthansa being the exception. Emirates, Etihad, Gulf Air, BA and most other big airlines with cadet schemes don't do MPL. Its been around for a while now so if it was so good why isn't everyone doing it?
MPL seems to be a step on the road to enable countries without a large aviation infrastructure to train their own pilots. Flight training was dominated by Europe and the US for years for this very reason. Nothing remotely compares to the sheer scale and diversity of aviation in the United States. Europe isn't far behind but it's reached saturation and lacks the flexibility to integrate any more extensive GA training into the already crowded infrastructure. EASA and European National CAA's would like to see their countries flight training industries develop and train more of the world's pilots but they don't want any more light aircraft clogging up the system. This is one of the attractions of MPL. The thing is, when you're using simulators for a huge part of training, shouldn't overall price come down?
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