The Airline Academy of Australia, situated
at Archerfield Airport in Brisbane some ten minutes drive
from Griffith University, provides world class standards of
aviation training specifically structured for those individuals
who are aiming for a career as an airline pilot. The Academy
is the only Qantas approved Flight
Training Organisation in Queensland. The Academy course, which provides a totally
integrated ground and flight school, is designed to ensure
that Crew Resource Management (CRM) and
Threat and Error Management (TEM) concepts and techniques
are integral to the overall program. Additionally the Academy
has a strong emphasis on developing an individual’s
command and communication skills with particular emphasis
on leadership, confidence, discipline and team work.
 The
Academy is structured and staffed with the aim of providing
the highest levels of ground instruction and flying tuition.
The Academy offers an environment where the cadet pilot is
supported by a mentor program and a dedicated flying instructor.
Cadets are teamed with instructors and other cadets so that
CRM and TEM concepts and disciplines
are introduced at the very beginning of flying training. Situated
on a busy controlled airport the Academy offers a mix of open
training areas for ab initio training in addition to the more
demanding training in busy controlled airspace.
Brisbane boasts consistently good weather
with few extremes in temperature or rainfall. This optimizes
available training time and provides reliable access to a
variety of terrain, landing areas and conditions which are
generally not available elsewhere in Australia. Apart from
flying training Brisbane offers an exceptional lifestyle.
The Academy’s instructors
are well qualified and experienced in airline type instruction
and have backgrounds in Qantas, the Air Force, the Queensland
Government Air Wing and a number of Australian regional airlines.
A number of the instructional staff have undertaken specialist
training at Boeing's facility in Seattle on instructional
technique, CRM and TEM.
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