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Airplane transport: Russia considering halving training periods for pilots

Moscow, Russia - Through 18-month courses in line with ICAO

The local Russian press reported that the transport minister Igor Levitin proposed to halve the training time of airline pilots, whose current course structure has been defined by the minister himself as a "Leftover" from the Soviet era, and defined it as "Too long" and "Academically based". According to official sources, Levitin wants to introduce courses based on western-style MPL (Multi Crew...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133336
Rome, Italy, 09/01/2011 12:25
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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