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GMR Academy to offer Flight Operations Management courses
Hyderabad, May 14, 2010
GMR Aviation Academy (GMR AA) today announced the launch of training courses in Flight Operations Management at its academy at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad here. The courses will be offered in collaboration with Jeppesen Aviation Training Services, a subsidiary of Boeing, a press release from GMR AA said. Under the course, Jeppesen will offer training for Flight Operations Officer/Flight Dispatcher courses slated for June, 2010. More details of the course are available here, the release said.
Due to incessant demand, Jeppesen will now offer UAE GCAA compliant Dispatch courses in India to prepare trainees for a UAE Flight Operations Officers License.
The UAE GCAA Dispatch license is issued by the General Civil Aviation Authority of the UAE. Graduates of this course are eligible to take a short FAA course at Denver HQ in the US to achieve an FAA dispatch License, it said.
Students enrolling on this course will also learn about the duties and responsibilities of the aircraft dispatcher with in-depth knowledge of commercial aviation dispatch procedures, work rules, local and international regulations and the use of sophisticated electronic flight planning systems, flight following and weather software.
The release said the Jeppesen Flight Operations Management & Dispatch programme is compliant with the standards of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the recommendations of IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (UAE GCAA), Civil Aviation Advisory Publication (CAAP) and as well as several other civil aviation authorities.
Successful participants will be given the chance to participate in an oral and practical examination to obtain a UAE GCAA Dispatcher License, the release added.
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