CAE to Train more than 1,000 easyJet Pilots

CAE has signed a long-term exclusive training agreement with easyJet to train 1,000 new easyJet cadet pilots on a Multi-Crew Pilot licence (MPL) programme. CAE will also provide Airbus 320 type rating training and place graduates of CAE’s Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) programme with easyJet.

Selected cadets will begin MPL training with CAE in 2020 andupon completion of training, the first graduates will join operations aseasyJet co-pilots by the end of 2021. Aspiring pilots on the easyJet MPL coursewill complete their ground school classes in one of CAE’s European aviationacademy locations including CAE Brussels, CAE Madrid, CAE Milan or CAE Oxford.

The easyJet MPL training programme showcases the latestcompetency-based training innovations developed by CAE in collaboration witheasyJet. The training programme also embeds easyJet Standard OperatingProcedures (SOPs) and Threat and Error Management strategies. It will be thefirst MPL course to include Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation in thetraining devices.

The programme will deliver a training experience from ground school training to full-flight simulation. Cadets will train in glass-cockpit aircraft and will be the first trainees to conduct their training on CAE’s latest generation flight training device (FTD), the CAE 600XR.

Future easyJet pilots will also train on the latest technology when it comes to full-flight simulation, with devices capable of addressing the new European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations related to Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT).

Cadets in the new MPL training programme will undergo more than three times the number of hours in an Airbus A320 simulator, when compared to traditional type-rating training. This is designed to deliver even more relevant training for pilots transitioning from initial training to line flying.

The basic, intermediate and advanced phases of MPL trainingwill be conducted at the new CAE Milan, CAE Manchester and CAE London Gatwicktraining centres, which were inaugurated earlier last month. With dedicatedtraining areas for easyJet, future easyJet pilots will train alongsideexperienced easyJet pilots.