UP's Flying Institute IGRUA Ties Up With Flight Simulation Technique Centre To Train Student Pilots

The training will focus on preparing aviators for flying Airbus A 320, Boeing 737, and ATR 72 aircraft, making them industry-ready.

IGRUA ties up with Flight Simulation Technique Centre to train student pilots.

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Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), India's flying institute, has partnered with Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC), based in Gurugram, to offer specialized training to student pilots, officials said. The training will focus on preparing aviators for flying Airbus A 320, Boeing 737, and ATR 72 aircraft, making them industry-ready.

According to the officials, the agreement was signed by IGRUA and FSTC officials during the Aero India exhibition held in Bengaluru.

IGRUA, located in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh and functioning under the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), was established in 1986 and currently trains cadets for Commercial Pilot's License (CPL). The usual industry process requires a CPL-holder with 200 hours of flying experience to obtain a "type-rating" certificate on specific aircraft before induction into any airline for the first officer's post.

This process usually requires an additional expenditure on the pilot's part and training on simulators abroad, the officials said.

"IGRUA has taken the initiative to address this issue and has achieved another milestone on February 14, 2023. During the Aero India event in Bengaluru, IGRUA joined hands with one of the largest ATOs (approved training organization) in the country FSTC Gurugram to produce industry-ready pilots," PTI quoted Director IGRUA Krishnendu Gupta as saying. 

"These pilots will have CPL along with type rating on A320, B737, ATR-72, Q400. An MoU was signed on February 14 whereby, both the organizations will work together to produce pilots who are fully qualified and type-rated to take up jobs as first officers in any of the airlines operating in India," Gupta said.

About IGRUA

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) located at Fursatganj District Amethii Uttar Pradesh, is an autonomous body under the control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The Governing Council is the supreme body of the organization headed by the Secretary, the Ministry of Civil Aviation. IGRUA provides on-the-job training to candidates under­going AME in various Indian private institutes. The Pilot training to candidates of Indian Airlines, BSF, Coast Guard candidates, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy is also provided by IGRUA as and when required.

 

(With inputs from PTI)