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Hello,
Air Carnival Aviation Academy of Coimbatore was started in year 2008, under a different name, but has now metamorphosed into a full-fledged school of vocational skill based training in the sphere of Aviation. It is affiliated to Bharthiar University for some Courses and some of it's courses are approved by DGCA.On the other hand, Indian Aviation Academy of Mumbai is instrumental in giving training to skill based courses in the field of aviation industry. It has also wide bouquet of courses to offer to prospective students. It also has flying training courses. All in all, one can say that both these aviation industry related skill based training givers appear to be fine at first glance. However, one is in Coimbatore and the other is in Mumbai. It is therefore strongly advised that convenience and finance must be the two factors that should be decided during the time of admission.

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Hyderabad Aviation Academy and Hospitality Management is an institution that claims to impart vocational skills training via six different courses in the sphere of Aviation related subjects. However, many feedbacks are not positive. Even their website is presently suspended due to some reasons. Thus, at first glance it looks like that this institution needs to be avoided.On the other hand, TMI Academy of aviation based in Mumbai is going strong. It boasts of large bouquet of vocational skills based courses. These are as per IATA or trade bodies as the case may be. The alumni and other feedbacks are also very positive for this institution.Thus, based on above information it can be safely surmised that a student should prefer to take admission in TMI Academy rather than Hyderabad Aviation Academy and Hospitality Management.

Hello,
Best colleges for Pilot training in India.
There are pointers that must be noted before selecting a flying school. It's not like buying vegetables. One would be spending close to Rs.50L for the course and, hence one must decide which college is best. What are these pointers? The ability of flying school to impart quality training, availability of infrastructure, availability of aircraft for training, availability of flying space, good weather days etc.
All of the above are quite critical areas. There was a time when Indian flying schools were taking very long time to complete mandated hours of flying, and hence Indian students started going abroad.
But, the situation has changed in India for the better. It is therefore advised that for every prospective flying schools above factors should be judged before finally selecting one for admission.

Hello,
Various courses and entrance exams: This is the issue that is faced by almost all students. The fact is that entrance examinations are conducted, whenever there is mismatch between what is offered and what is sought. IIT or IIM seats are in limited numbers, but admission seekers are in multiple times the availability of seats. Hence, entrance exam is conducted. This is the reason for NEET also. In many states, thousands of seats in engineering colleges are not getting filled, then there is no use of any entrance exam. This is because of the abundance, students want only a particular college hence to have merit based admission, and entrance exam helps.In aviation sector, there are many areas of skills and there is abundance of supply, and hence no entrance examination is conducted for vast majority of courses that impart skills to students. However, in miniscule cases when there is more demand than supply, institutions indeed resort to entrance exam to get best available talent.

Hello,
For becoming a pilot, one needs to join a flying school. Out of the two options given above, only one gives training to become Pilot and that is Flytech Aviation Academy of Secunderabad. With the shifting of commercial air operations to the newly constructed Shamsabad airport, Begumpet airfield is now available for training purpose and Flytech is fully taking advantage of it. Also, due to this here budding pilots can expect to complete their required and mandatory flying of 200 hours without any issues. Thus, the time required for getting the liscence is reduced to the minimum. This enables the student to get employment with an airlines quickly as compared with his counterparts in other flying academies that don't have such exclusive airfields. Thus, it can be seen that Hindustan Aviation Academy is for different skill based training in field of Aviation, but not in flying training. Hence, students must choose Flytech.

Hello,
You stated rightly that despite the Aviation sectors in India is at the rising stage, still there are many people who have obtained their pilot degree and unfortunately didn't get the job. Following may be the reasons:
(#) Understand this from the economic point of view. The rate at which the number of airlines are increasing (or the rate at which the aviation sector is ascending) is much slower and shorter than the rate at which the academy are producing pilots. Hence, extra pilots were unemployed.
(#) Pilot's students generally think that after obtaining CPL license, the work is done. But, it's not true. Real job start afterwards. Different airlines industries have different set of criteria. If you don't fit according to them, you may fail. Hence, pilots may get unemployed.
(#) We cannot fully blame of the government policies, but yes it's true that Government of India is spending a relative less budget on Aerospace and Aviation sectors, but Academies are consistently producing pilot. Hence, extra pilots may remain unemployed.

Hello,
Avalon Aviation Academy is into training since long. It is a part of Aptech which is a very well-known name in the sphere of imparting skill based training. They have their own centers or franchisee in almost every major cities of India. In fact it can be said that this institution is one if the pioneers in this type of training. Their aviation related courses cover almost entire gamut of skills required in this field.
On the other hand, Skylark Institute of Travel is also an old hand in this field. It's a Delhi based skill level training institute operating since more than 30 years. They boast of good faculty and also placements of 100%.
To sum up, it can be said that both these skill based training institutions are having many years of experience with them. Both are having IATA certification that enables jobs in Industry. But finally, one must select an institution which is convenient to attend.

When it comes to recruitment of flying crew members, age is secondary to the amount of flying experience that they have. The type of Pilot license they hold is also a matter of consideration:
Pilots with ATPL license are in demand for the position of commanders, ICAO licenses are acceptable at most of the places. Whereas airlines which operate in West look for FAA or JAAR licenses.
It depends on the work location and the role that the airline is recruiting for. In case of Captains the requirements may go up to 5000 hrs and 2500 hrs on type. On the other hand when it comes to selection for the position of First Officers the amount of hours required are reduced to 2000.
In case of international airlines, they look for experienced flying crew because usually in their countries the CPL license are issued after having flown for 1200 to 1500 hrs. As opposed to in India where we can obtain it at only 200hrs of flying.
Hence, the age gap starts from the beginning itself.

Pilot training involves a lot of expenditure and most candidates who come from a middle class family, fund their course by means of education loan. Hence, it becomes utterly important to get a job after you are done with the training.
Government Aviation Training Institute, Bhubaneshwar and National College of Aviation, Chennai are geographically located far from each other. Although, both have had a history of training candidates for Commercial Pilot License Training Course, but the placements are not that good when compared to some premier institutes which are functional in India at present.
In my view, at present National College of Aviation, Chennai is a notch better than Government Aviation Training Institute when compared in terms of Fleet and Instructors availability.
The infrastructures are although similar and Navigational Aids availability is also good at both the places. You may choose any of them depending on the time of year you choose to start your course, so that wind conditions and visibility issues do not become a constraint in your training.
Further, to continue my point, my personal advice is to look for institutes like IGRUA or CAE Gondia. So that placement assistance is assured.
Many airlines are also running cadet pilot programmes, which are also a good choice at this point of time.

Ground handling is an integral part of airline operations.
Most ground services are not directly related to the actual flying of the aircraft, and instead involve other tasks. The major categories of ground handling services are described below:
Cabin service-
The primary aim of this service offering is to ensure passenger's comfort. While cabin cleaning comprises the bulk of effort, it also includes tasks such as replenishing onboard consumables (soap, tissues, and toilet paper, reading materials) and washable items like pillows and blankets.
Catering-
Catering includes the unloading of unused food and drink from an aircraft, and the loading of fresh food and drink for passengers and crew. Airline meals are typically delivered in Airline service trolleys. Empty or trash-filled trolley from the previous flight are replaced with fresh ones. Meals are prepared mostly on the ground in order to minimize the amount of preparation (apart from chilling or reheating) required in the air.
Ramp Services-
This includes services on the ramp or apron, such as:
Guiding the aircraft into and out of the parking position (by way of aircraft marshalling),
Towing with pushback tractors
Lavatory drainage
Water cartage (typically non-potable for lavatory sink use)
Air conditioning (more common for smaller aircraft)
Airstart units (for starting engines)
Luggage handling, usually by means of belt loaders and baggage carts
Passengers Services-
This includes services inside the airport terminal such as:
Providing check-in counter services for the passengers departing on the customer airlines.
Providing GATE arrival and departure services. The agents are required to meet a flight on arrival as well as provide departure services including boarding passengers and closing the flight.
Field operation service-
This service dispatches the aircraft, maintains communication with the rest of the airline operation at the airport and with Air Traffic Control.
IATA provides training for such courses which are designed to cater the industry levels different hierarchy levels. The mode of learning is regular and distance learning based.
IGI India
GMR Aviation Academy
They are the main academies which Excel in training candidates for jobs of ground operations. They stand out because most of them are big market players who actually build and operate airports in India.