The first ‘batch’ of 23 local pilots graduated late last year from acourse conducted completely in Vietnam has marked a milestone in thetraining of pilots for the national civil aviation industry.
Previously, Vietnamese pilots had studied only flight theory in Vietnam andpracticed actual flight techniques in France , according toTuoitrenews.
The first 23 pilots, including one woman, whofinished the course late last year and now fly domestic routes inVietnam were trained at the Cam Ranh Flight Training Center – the onlysuch facility in the country.
The training was held by the BayViet (Viet Flight) Company in cooperation with several other agencies,including the ESMA aviation institute of France , the flagshipnational air carrier Vietnam Airlines, the Helicopter Flight Companyunder the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense, the Vietnam PlaneLeasing Company, and the ADCC Company of Vietnam ’s Air Force.
Establishedin 2008, Bay Viet has conducted six flight courses for 110 pilots.However, the VFT2 was the first ‘made in Vietnam ’ course for civilaviation. The average cost to train a pilot over a two-year course isabout 2.25 billion VND (108,200 USD).
According to Bay Viet, eachVFT2 pilot had to have 45 hours of domestic flying time, including 10hours of solo flying, to be able to get a flight license and work for anairline.
Bay Viet has been preparing to become the first flight school in Vietnam .
NguyenThi Ngoc Bich, 25, from the northern city of Hai Phong , is the onlyfemale who has graduated from the VFT2 course so far.
Shestarted her career in the civil aviation by working as a stewardess forthree years for Vietnam Airlines. After hearing that the carrier wasrecruiting pilot trainees, she applied.
Bich was chosen over 120 other applicants, she recalled.
“Duringthe six months of flight practice in Cam Ranh, I used no cosmetics,”she said, raising her sun-scorched hands to prove this true.
The youngest pilot to graduate from the first civil flight course was Phung Anh Huy, 20, a native of Ho Chi Minh City .
TranTrong Nhan, the deputy director of Bay Viet, told Tuoi Tre thatVietnam is in desperate need of local pilots, especially for domesticflights.
Only half of the pilots flying for Vietnamese airlinesare Vietnamese, and the cost to hire a foreign pilot is three to fivetimes higher than a local pilot, he added./.
Previously, Vietnamese pilots had studied only flight theory in Vietnam andpracticed actual flight techniques in France , according toTuoitrenews.
The first 23 pilots, including one woman, whofinished the course late last year and now fly domestic routes inVietnam were trained at the Cam Ranh Flight Training Center – the onlysuch facility in the country.
The training was held by the BayViet (Viet Flight) Company in cooperation with several other agencies,including the ESMA aviation institute of France , the flagshipnational air carrier Vietnam Airlines, the Helicopter Flight Companyunder the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense, the Vietnam PlaneLeasing Company, and the ADCC Company of Vietnam ’s Air Force.
Establishedin 2008, Bay Viet has conducted six flight courses for 110 pilots.However, the VFT2 was the first ‘made in Vietnam ’ course for civilaviation. The average cost to train a pilot over a two-year course isabout 2.25 billion VND (108,200 USD).
According to Bay Viet, eachVFT2 pilot had to have 45 hours of domestic flying time, including 10hours of solo flying, to be able to get a flight license and work for anairline.
Bay Viet has been preparing to become the first flight school in Vietnam .
NguyenThi Ngoc Bich, 25, from the northern city of Hai Phong , is the onlyfemale who has graduated from the VFT2 course so far.
Shestarted her career in the civil aviation by working as a stewardess forthree years for Vietnam Airlines. After hearing that the carrier wasrecruiting pilot trainees, she applied.
Bich was chosen over 120 other applicants, she recalled.
“Duringthe six months of flight practice in Cam Ranh, I used no cosmetics,”she said, raising her sun-scorched hands to prove this true.
The youngest pilot to graduate from the first civil flight course was Phung Anh Huy, 20, a native of Ho Chi Minh City .
TranTrong Nhan, the deputy director of Bay Viet, told Tuoi Tre thatVietnam is in desperate need of local pilots, especially for domesticflights.
Only half of the pilots flying for Vietnamese airlinesare Vietnamese, and the cost to hire a foreign pilot is three to fivetimes higher than a local pilot, he added./.
