How to Become a Commercial Pilot

 

First Officer Program

The Professional Pilot Program that takes you from your first hour of flight to first officer competence.

 

The Professional Pilot Program is the perfect way to start your career as a commercial pilot. The course has an expected completion time of 18 months, of which 1 month consists of home studies and 12 months of flight and theory practice in San Diego, USA. The final 5 months consists of multi engine and instrument training as well as a MCC-course in Sweden. Afterwards you will be the holder of a JAA frozen ATPL with an MCC endorsement.

 

Busy airspace, international exposure, 6 hours of aerobatics, airline oriented MCC course in a jet Full Flight Simulator and a competitive price provides the foundation for a great start in your aviation career!

 

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JAA frozen ATPL

To start work with an airline as a First Officer in Europe you need a JAA frozen ATPL.

This becomes “unfrozen” when you have been flying 1500 hours (with at least 500 hours as First Officer with an airline).

The frozen ATPL implies:
CPL - Commercial Pilot License
ATPL-Theory – Air Transport Pilot License
ME - Multi Engine Rating
IR - Instrument Rating
MCC - Multi Crew Co-Operation

 

There are 2 different ways of carrying out the JAA training, Integrated program or Modular courses:

The Integrated program is a full-time program which is conducted at one approved training provider, like SAA. An integrated program is more cost efficient and takes less time to finish compared to modular courses. As a student it’s also better to have one reference to one flight school when it’s time to look for the first job. There are many training providers that offer flight programs and you shall make sure that all certificates are included in the program. Scandinavian Aviation Academy is one of the few flight schools in Sweden that offers a JAA approved integrated program (Professional Pilot Program).

 

The flight training in modular courses is broken down into smaller parts. This enables the student to take one step at a moment, first a PPL (Private Pilot License) and then add on the other courses. The training can also be done at different training organisations. Many candidates therefore choose to stay in full time employment at the same time as they are studying.
Modular candidates have to complete their training in this specific order: PPL, hour building, ATPL theory, CPL, ME, IR and MCC course. Modular courses are in general much more time consuming, since the modules have to be completed one at the time.

 

Please contact us for further information
Phone:   +46 21 802 828
E-mail:   info@bfsaa.se

 

First Officer Program