+++ grade for Egnatia
 

Hi

I have emailed Egnatia (George) for about 1.5 month now and they allways answer within 12-24 hours,even within 1 hour sometimes

I have had a very very good dialog with georg and I will probably choose them for my future training

best too you all

Brian from Denmark.

Just out of curiosity, was this Skysiren an instructor from the UK? If so I think I know who it is and I'd take whatever she says with a big pinch of salt.

Yes, she was.

I think you are right an instructor from Ravenair :ok:
I heard that she is now at Hawarden

Hi all,

As I`m making a presentation of a large amount of flight schools over the world, of which Egnatia Aviation ia a part, I would like to ask you if someone could provide me with the following information:

- How many students per year start the ATPL training with Egnatia?
- How many classes does Egnatia start every year?

Thank you very much for your help.

Kind Regards,

Egnatia Aviation
 

Dear r_alekos

For accurate information why don't you get in touch diretly with Egnatia Aviation? [email protected]

any opinions about the ATPL ground school at Egnatia?

The female UK Instructor is no longer working at Hawarden... or Ravenair.

A bit of recent experience from this school for anyone interested:

I got here beginning of sept. for half my hour building, and CPL/ME/IR. Their aircraft are top notch, in very good condition and VERY well maintained. The onsight engineers that are hired by the school know the diamonds and the Aeros like the back of their hand and are always willing to do more work if you find something remotely wrong with the aircraft. I was very surprised by this. Instructors have quite a bit of experience and know the aircraft very well and are really nice guys. As for the school and the professional courses: The school supplies you with aircraft manuals for the aircraft youll be flying and you have to do a written technical test on the aircraft. They also supply you with very good training manuals for each course which analyticaly describe ever single lesson for every flight. The instructors conduct thorough briefings and debriefings before and after each flight which is very good and helpfull. They seem to be very organised and are very friendly with student. Good environment as well.

Having the experience of a good UK modular school where I did my ppl, i can easily say this place is a very good commercial flight school with a good standard of training. I know many bad things have been said about this flight school in the past, but they've cleaned up well. A friend who did the full course at Egnatia last year told me the same things as i am seeing now.. I highly recommend this school, and for those of you worried about reputation, i know from a mate who is involved in recruitment in a UK airline, that the school is building a good reputation in the UK as well.

SVoa

Any new info on CPL/ME/IR training at Egnatia? and school in general?

Thank you

Hello guys,

Well, I really don't understand so many things that I read about this school. This is my first post at this forum, although I don't have any interest on posting this, I have the moral obligation to say a few words about this school.


Just to summarize what I've done before I went to Egnatia, I have completed in Portugal a integrated CPL with aptpl theory credits and with SEP and SE-IR ratings. I'm Portuguese and I'm 31 now.


I finished the CPL in 2009, as the situation was at the time and it still is, with thousands of pilots seeking for a job and also with my finances not very good I just decided to give up. As I'm a nurse I moved to Switzerland where salaries are interesting, but for these 2 years I always had in mind aviation and I just started to think that I couldn't just give up having come this far, at least I had to try and finish all.

So I saved some money, I renewed the ratings and I got a 1month non-paid license from the Swiss hospital I'm working for exclusively for this.


Before I chose the school I sent emails to every flight schools in Europe, until I came across Egnatia Aviation and Dimitris L. (Managing Director). I don't know for sure, but I think I sent him 30 emails or something like that, he was very patient with me I can tell you that. He always answered me very quickly and was always ready to assist in any doubts I could have.

I went there to do a MEP and ME/IR ratings. After being there I decided to do the MCC also. I can't find the exact words to describe them; I just can tell you that they are very very professional.



I paid 5500€ to do the MEP and ME/IR ratings. Very good price but it's even better when I tell you that it includes housing, transports, and final exam and examiner fees. To summarize, you only pay 5500€ for everything. Just tell me where in the world you can find this.

You have the chance to fly modern airplanes. They only have 4 years more or less. Even the Diamond's DA40 are now being replaced for Diamond's 40 NG equipped with Garmin 1000. The instructors are young but very experienced; my instructor has TR and experience on the citation and TR also on the Airbus. Other instructors have also TR on Boeing's, etc. The chief instructor is a former military pilot, a very experience pilot with thousands of hours in fighters like the mirage, etc etc (Respect).


I was anxious and nervous when I started because I only had 5 hours or so of flying in the last 2 years. I was going to a different country, different culture, different instructors, and different airports. Now I can conclude that it all went very well thanks to them. I can only recommend them. If it was now, I would do all my training with them.

Good luck for everyone at Egnatia Aviation. I hope I see you soon Dimitris but not for the revalidation. ;)


T.C.

I am really surprised how bad things are being said about Egnatia Aviation. I have just come back from the school couple days ago. I did my tour, saw accommodation, talked to instructors, students and manager, flown one of their DA40's and I found it very good school for the price they offer. Despite the fact that Egnatia Aviation is based in Greece, the company is very much a European modern enterprise based in Greece due to the good weather, the lower costs and the country's geographic location. The Egnatia Aviation customers are from all over the world, 23 nationalities in the first 2 years. If you want more information you can search on any search engine.

I did my ME/IR and I have ONLY good words to say about them....

Hi guys,

I looked at Egnatia Aviation, but with a bit more research I found Hero Aviation based in Kalamata. Went to visit and was very impressed!!! Got my PPL done and was very happy. You should check them out, they are offering some good deals on all inclusive packages, which I was unable to find anywhere else. I think far too many people are heading state side with the promise of good weather etc, when the truth is you can find all this in Greece and it ends up been much cheaper.

ATPL theory
 

Question to you guys who have been to Egnatia. How are the ATPL theory courses? Are they taught by a native english speaker? Is there any CBT?

The ATPL ground school is done by an ex British Airways pilot actually... His name is David. He started there about a year ago. They use Bristol books and CBT.

hi
 

Hi everyone , i m applying for the IKAROS course at Egnatia , so please be free to share your experience with Egnatia , and any other useful information. thank you.

As I have stated in my post above I did my CPL/ME/IR/MCC at Egantia from Sep-Dec 2010. I also did 60 hours of hour building there. Was a very pleasant surprise. They have experienced instructors, very friendly environment, fantastic accomodation facilities and overall GREAT value for money. I actually regreted not doing my training from the beginning there. If you want any specific details on the flight school, feel free to PM me.

SVoa

well stated guys.now tell us how many of the cadets have been employed and the airlines they work for.

Hi All,

Here are some official Statistics of Egnatia Aviation:

As of 30th September 2011 (operation commenced July 2006)

Commercial Students Graduated: 534
Flying Hours: 38.500
Fleet: 7 Aircraft (2 AT3, 1 DV20 Katana, 2 DA40NG, 2 DA42NG)
Origin of Students: 48 countries
Graduates with Flying Jobs (known): 487
Graduates with Airline Jobs(known): 413
Airlines that recruited EA Students (known): 44

Examples: Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air, Qatar Airways, Emirates, BMI, Wissair, Astra, Easyjet, Ryanair, Royal Air Moroc, Air Arabia, Qatar Emiri Airforce (Boeing C17 Globematser), Sky Express, JetStar, Pegasus Airlines (Turkey) and many more.

Generaly we do not publish the names of the companies that our students are working for as the job is not taken only because of the quality of the training of the Organisation but mostly because of the high quality and high dedication of our students. It's mostly their achievement. We only supplied them with the necessary qualities and skills to get it.

If you need some more extensive info please contact the school. [email protected]