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I have just noticed that Western Australian Aviation College is in the process of being recognise to give JAA training ( A first in Australia i believe!! ) anyone knows how the structure of the course will be, there's not many details on their website so i was just wondering if anyone got more info on it.
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I have just noticed that Western Australian Aviation College is in the process of being recognise to give JAA training ( A first in Australia i believe!! ) anyone knows how the structure of the course will be, there's not many details on their website so i was just wondering if anyone got more info on it.
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Ive recently returned to the uk from WAAC, there a fantastic lot, who got me thru the CASA Comm, however i do have to do my JAA conversion.
The guys at WAAC have a current approval waiting and everyhing seems to be set to go i nthe next month or two, and yes the 14 JAA's can be sat in Oz, i belive there is only 1 trip to the uk on the course to convert the oz IR
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The guys at WAAC have a current approval waiting and everyhing seems to be set to go i nthe next month or two, and yes the 14 JAA's can be sat in Oz, i belive there is only 1 trip to the uk on the course to convert the oz IR
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Will they be offering a modular course for the exams, or only a full-blown integrated course? What about helicopter training? What about JAA medical? What about prices? Anybody in the know?
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The course is only intergrated as far as im aware. As for the CAA class 1 med that is a good question. i have a feeling that the students will use the CASA class 1 until they return to the UK for the IR training, mabey then they will head down to Gatwick for the "pommy" class1 .
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By law the JAA medical( class 1 ) must be done in a member state for the initial issue, and it also needs to be completed prior to the CPL flight test.
A PPL level JAA medical inital issue can be done in Oz, as well as JAA class 1 renewals.
If these schools get up and going, then the exams will be available in Oz in their approved exam centers whether you are a student of them or not. But it will cost you $$$, the one we have here in the USA costs a small fortune to have and keep alive, so I imagine an Australian one would cost a lot more .
Unfortunately the Approval process for a JAA school from the UK CAA where these schools have applied is very very very very slow, there has only been 1 school approved by them outside of the UK in the last year that I know of, and there are many schools on the application list, so dont hold your breath for anything to happen soon.
A PPL level JAA medical inital issue can be done in Oz, as well as JAA class 1 renewals.
If these schools get up and going, then the exams will be available in Oz in their approved exam centers whether you are a student of them or not. But it will cost you $$$, the one we have here in the USA costs a small fortune to have and keep alive, so I imagine an Australian one would cost a lot more .
Unfortunately the Approval process for a JAA school from the UK CAA where these schools have applied is very very very very slow, there has only been 1 school approved by them outside of the UK in the last year that I know of, and there are many schools on the application list, so dont hold your breath for anything to happen soon.
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Hello all,
Any news re the above, i have requested some information awhile back, and they were suppose to send me an info pack but nothing yet. Is it still going ahead?
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Any news re the above, i have requested some information awhile back, and they were suppose to send me an info pack but nothing yet. Is it still going ahead?
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I recently (1 year ago) completed my conversion over here in the uk and I think one thing is cast in stone and that is if the WAAC is waiting for the UK CAA to send them something or take action on something else then they and subsequently everybody else will be waiting a long time.
Most things move at a snail pace over here, lots of red tape and legal bollocks and masses of duplication of paper work and computer files etc etc etc.
This place is steaming full speed ahead and should be in the 18th century by at least...... sometime in the future.
Most things move at a snail pace over here, lots of red tape and legal bollocks and masses of duplication of paper work and computer files etc etc etc.
This place is steaming full speed ahead and should be in the 18th century by at least...... sometime in the future.
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AIRWAY:
Nope! No where near I am afraid! The then AAC in Adelaide (now BAe Adelaide) had UK CAP509 approval (much harder to achieve) way back in 1996. They could not make it work for a variety of reasons.
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Mark Davies:
Should not be a shock due to the reason I have given, and in any case there is also a JAR approved facility in New Zealand. Maybe some antipodeans may find it a shock to learn that!
Australia is a great place for European training, but it has to be European orientated, that in itself is a challenge, as although Instructional standards are high in Australia, experience of UK/European operations is not.
I really do wish you luck, it is a great achievement to gain approval, but a greater challenge is to actually deliver, as I am sure you are aware, and its not easy being on the other side of the world from your market place. For the students sake I hope this place has done its homework.
I have just noticed that Western Australian Aviation College is in the process of being recognise to give JAA training ( A first in Australia i believe!! )
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Mark Davies:
Perhaps this course is a bit of a shock to the system to Australians and New Zealanders, I am not aware of anything else quite like it available in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a course that regularly delivers 250 hour pilots to the airlines for jet training. So expensive yes, but perhaps we ought to be talking about value for money.
Australia is a great place for European training, but it has to be European orientated, that in itself is a challenge, as although Instructional standards are high in Australia, experience of UK/European operations is not.
I really do wish you luck, it is a great achievement to gain approval, but a greater challenge is to actually deliver, as I am sure you are aware, and its not easy being on the other side of the world from your market place. For the students sake I hope this place has done its homework.
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