Aviation Pathway

The Academy

Course Comparison

	Diploma General Aviation - Level 5	Diploma General Aviation - Level 5	Diploma General Aviation - Level 5	Commercial Pilot Licence with Multi Engine Instrument Rating	Commercial Pilot Licence	Airline First Officer Program	Commercial Pilot Licence with IR and Multi Engine Type Rating	Private Pilot Licence
Eligibility	NZ Domestic students and permanent residents	Vietnam Citizens (syllabus as per CAA Vietnam and Vietnam Airlines requirements)	Indian Citizens (syllabus as per Indian DGCA requirements)	All Domestic and International students	All Domestic and International students	Indian Citizens (syllabus as per Indian DGCA requirements)	Indian Citizens (syllabus as per Indian DGCA requirements)	All Domestic and International students DGCA requirements)
Type of Course	Qualification	Qualification	Qualification	Training Scheme	Training Scheme	Training Scheme	Training Scheme	Training Scheme
PPL Theory	Prerequisite
PPL Flight training	Prerequisite
PPL Night Flying
Cross Country flight training
Cross Country Flight Test
CPL Theory
CPL Flight Training
CPL Night Flying
CPL Flight Test
Instrument Rating Theory
Multi Engine Type Rating
Multi Engine Instrument Rating
MEIR Flight Test
ATPL Theory (2 subjects)
ATPL Theory (6 subjects)
Winter flying course
Dangerous goods course
Multi Crew Coordination Course
IF Hour Building
Course duration	104 weeks	65 weeks	72 weeks	60 weeks	52 weeks	72 weeks	62 weeks	16 weeks

Add ons

C-Category Flight Instructor Rating
Pilot Interview Preparation Course
Multi Crew Cooperation Course on the Pacific Simulator EuroJet based on the A320 flight deck

Notes For International students part time work permit is an option only on Qualification.

Course Pathway

PHASE

1

Private Pilot Licence

PPL Air law
PPL Flight Radio Telephony
PPL General Aircraft Technical Knowledge
PPL Human factors

PPL Meteorology
PPL Navigation
ICAO English proficiency assessment

FLIGHT TRAINING:
On average 65 hours of flight time (including the flight test)

23 weeks approx

PHASE

2

Cross Country

CPL Air law
CPL Aircraft Technical Knowledge
CPL & ATPL Human factors
CPL & ATPL Meteorology

CPL Navigation
CPL Principles of flight
Basic mountain flying ground course
Winter flying ground course

FLIGHT TRAINING:
Night flying
98 hours of flying (including the flight test)

17 weeks approx

PHASE

3

Multi Engine Instrument Rating

IFR Law
IFR Navigation
IFR Navigation aids
Basic Gas Turbine
Dangerous Goods

FLIGHT TRAINING: 50 hours of Instrument Rating training (including the flight test) 10 weeks approx

PHASE

4

Commercial Pilot Licence Flying

Advanced Night flying

FLIGHT TRAINING:
39 hours of CPL Flying
(Including the flight test)

6 weeks approx

After completing all four phases, you will come out with a Commercial Pilot Licence and a New Zealand Diploma in Aviation (General Aviation) Level 5.

Addons

Flight Instruction Level 6

C-Category Instructor Rating

Instructional techniques ground course
Instructor ground course

FLIGHT TRAINING
25 hours Dual Instruction
50 hours solo Flying
Spin recovery training

12 weeks approx

Airline Preparation Level 6

ATPL Flight planning
ATPL Navigation
ATPL Law
ATPL Systems
ATPL Nav aids

Multi Crew Coorporation Course

FLIGHT TRAINING
20 hours in simulator
Including Simulator flight test

4 weeks approx

Private Pilot Licence

PPL Air law
PPL Flight Radio Telephony
PPL General Aircraft Technical Knowledge
PPL Human factors
PPL Meteorology
PPL Navigation
ICAO English proficiency assessment

FLIGHT TRAINING:
On average 65 hours of flight time (including the flight test)

23 weeks approx

Cross Country

CPL Air law
CPL Aircraft Technical Knowledge
CPL & ATPL Human factors
CPL & ATPL Meteorology
CPL Navigation
CPL Principles of flight
Basic mountain flying ground course
Winter flying ground course

FLIGHT TRAINING:
Night flying
98 hours of flying (including the flight test)

17 weeks approx

Multi Engine Instrument Rating

IFR Law
IFR Navigation
IFR Navigation aids
Basic Gas Turbine
Dangerous Goods

FLIGHT TRAINING:

50 hours of Instrument Rating training (including the flight test)

10 weeks approx

Commercial Pilot Licence Flying

Flight training

Advanced Night flying

FLIGHT TRAINING:
39 hours of CPL Flying
(Including the flight test)

6 weeks approx

ADDITIONAL

NZ Diploma in Aviation - Flight Instruction Level 6

C-Category Instructor Rating

Instructional techniques course
Pilot in command consolidation
C-Cat ground course
C-Cat Flight training

12 WEEKS APPROX

ADDITIONAL

NZ Diploma in Aviation - Airline Preparation Level 6

MCC course

ATPL Flight planning
ATPL Navigation
ATPL Law
ATPL Systems
ATPL Nav aids

12 WEEKS APPROX

After completing all four phases, you will come out with a Commercial Pilot Licence and a New Zealand Diploma in Aviation (General Aviation) Level 5.

Addons

Flight Instruction Level 6

C-Category Instructor Rating

Instructional techniques ground course
Instructor ground course

FLIGHT TRAINING

25 hours Dual Instruction
50 hours solo Flying
Spin recovery training

12 weeks approx

Airline Preparation Level 6

ATPL Flight planning
ATPL Navigation
ATPL Law
ATPL Systems
ATPL Nav aids

Multi Crew Coorporation Course

FLIGHT TRAINING

20 hours in simulator
Including Simulator flight test

4 weeks approx

PHASE 1 (PPL)

Private Pilot Licence Flying

Private Pilot Licence Theory Subjects

Air law
Flight Radio
Aircraft Technical Knowledge
Human factors
Meteorology
Navigation
ICAO English proficiency assessment
Flight training
On average 65 hours of flight time (including the flight test)

24 WEEKS APPROX

PHASE 2: Cross-Country

Commercial Pilot Licence - Cross Country

Commercial Pilot Licence Theory Subjects

CPL Air law
CPL Aircraft Technical Knowledge
CPL & ATPL Human factors
CPL & ATPL Meteorology
CPL Navigation
CPL Principles of flight
ATPL Basic Turbine Knowledge
Dangerous goods
Winter flying
Flight training
CPL Night rating
95 hours of cross country flying (including the flight test)

10 WEEKS APPROX