cornell

Now that's the biggest nonsense I've heard in a long time.

bond7

Does anyone have any idea whether kQ is still recruitin students? n' if so whts their contact email?

joyrider

Is there any truth in the rumour that 43 are moving from Port Alfred to Bhisho airport? Have heard that the ILS there is going to be fixed too. Anybody know more?

EtAF

When did KQ stop sending their cadets? I know couple of years ago they were still sending. With many ET pilots being pouched by the middle eastern airlines (esp. Emirates), they are now doing recruiting more than once a year and the AF has agreed to supply more intructors. They are not accepting foreign cadets that much anymore. Currently, the only foreign cadets are from an African country through intergovernmental cooperation.

inefficient?

depends on your own interpretation of the word "inefficient".

they are not profit minded commercial operation. Unlike other schools, their only goal is to produce competent pilots. If efficiency is measured by how many pilots you churn out, they are definitely inefficient compared with other schools.

Whether you are referring to Single engine landing or only ME is not clear. I will adress them separately.

Single engine
After 22 month of training and 250 hours of flying (of which 110 hours of solo flying!!!!!!!), claiming someone can't land a plane is ridiculous. I know they give a leeway to foreign cadets but not much. If someone can't solo within 20 hours (MAX), they are thrown out of the school. Proper landing is required prior to going solo and the check out pilot is not going to sign-off unless the student knows how to land. The attrition rate is extremely high. That has gotten the ET's corporate management and the flying schools management at loggerheads many times.

Mulit-Engine
They only have two twins for training. I don't know much about the training on the twins but the hours given are small compared with single engine. I will make sure to check it out and will get back to you.

pineteam

Hi everyone

I am looking for a book to help me to prepare the courses and exams that we have at 43 Air School. DawnTreader speak about " maths for comm" but I didn't find it on Internet .

Could someone give me the edition of this book? Or advise me another book to buy to practise the 8 separate commercial exams we need to pass when we integrate 43 Air School. I am not so good in maths.

Thanks

Swift_Eagle_Jason

Yes bond7, kq still are recruiting students. Your application has to be by ground mail. You need to be a Kenyan and you should have sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination and attained a B grade. Similarly you should be below 28 years of age and above 18 years of age.

Good Luck!

Twinbo

Hi there

I will be starting the PPL-course early next year.
I was wondering if anyone can tell me a bit about the enviroment and routines they follow.

Thanks guys

JetJack

Hello ,

i need a piece of information about 43 air school gradutes !
Is it easy for a 43 graduate to find a job ?

And one more additional thing regarding the ground school , does 43 offer a good training for the ground school ? heard that they have a distance learning program for the ground school with bristol , and the distance learing is a bit scary !

oscaR22

Hello all,
Finally going ahead and finishing my pilots licence. After full-time ppl training and hour building a few years ago I'm opting for a full-time ATPL ground school as opposed to Bristol and looking for any news/ stories from helicopter students who have attended the 43 Air School?

Other option at the moment is Northern Helicopters in Sweden, but price and weather conditions are a real attraction to 43.

Cheers

Arik

There's always Starlite Home in SA for chopper training which is definitely worth checking out!

Bob3213

"Is it easy for a 43 graduate to find a job ? " No.
Apparently, it counts against you if training has been done at 43.... Namibia and Botswana.... Most of the accidents that happened were pilot error - 43 graduates. Coincidence?

PA-23_pilot

Hi Bob

Very interesting statement regarding accidents by 43 graduates. I have done my PPL over there in 2001, and some advanced flying in 2002 and 2003.
43 became over the years very busy, I think they grew too fast.

Nevertheless, I earned many hours and experience at different schools: Maluti Air (2004 and 2005), Bevrick Air (2005), Pretoria Flying School (2006) and in the last two years I have been to a fantastic small flying school, Eagle Flight Academy, between Hartswater and Christiana. They have a private airfield, 2.5km long gravel strip, exellent accomodations and services. On top, the rates are more than competitive.

If someone is looking for a more personal and familiar atmosphere, then he should try this one...

Happy landings!
Thomas