Pilot Training Your cockpit crews couldn’t be in more experienced hands

Who we areSwiss AviationTraining (SAT) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Swiss Inter-national Air Lines Ltd. Our decades of Swiss airline training expertise and on-the-job experience are your guarantee of effective training to standards of the utmost quality.

SAT trains pilots and cabin crew, instructs technical and ground per-sonnel and enables trainers and instructors to gain further qualifica-tions. Our clients include not only international airlines, but also major service providers and private aviation enthusiasts.

SAT is a fully-licensed Flight Training Organization (FTO) and Approved Training Organization (ATO) whose courses are approved by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

At SAT we offer all-round aviation training that is practical, multicul-tural, flexible and efficient. All our trainees derive a keen motivation from our highly conducive learning environment, which is backed up by our traditional Swiss hospitality, good food, friendly people and delight-ful surroundings.

The Swiss quality approach to pilot training

What we offer − SAT provides pilot training courses that are closely and carefully tailored to each customer’s specific training requirements, from type rating initial to the recurrent training and synergy courses to modular training packages that can be conducted on-site. Whatever your needs may be, SAT remains keenly focused on your issues, questions and concerns throughout the training it provides, which extends to all the requirements for type rating.

− Our advanced training facilities include an extensive range of full-flight simulators covering the Airbus A320, A330 and A340 family, the BAe 146/Avro RJ, the ERJ 135/145 family, the Embraer 170/190 family and the Legacy 600/650 and Lineage 1000 Executive Jets.

− All our courses, services and facilities are provided in an ideal training environment that is as safe, realistic and practice-oriented as possible. And, being part of an airline group ourselves, we always strive to make our training as efficient and cost-effective as can be.

To showcase our wide range of pilot training courses and our state-of-the-art facilities, we’d like to present Swiss AviationTraining: who we are, what we offer, why you should choose us and how we can help.

Why choose us?We’re practical: With our highly experienced instructors, your training will be geared as closely and consistently as possible to the real world of day-to-day flight operations, with a prime and constant focus on operating safety and cost-effective training.

We’re experienced: All our instructors are highly qualified. Together they can draw on a vast range of flightdeck experience that they have accumulated all over the globe. All of which enables us to offer and demand standards of performance that are closely based on airline know-how and experience.

We’re qualified: SAT holds approvals from the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), the Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR)/European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the aviation supervisory authorities of Australia (CASA), China (CAAC), Bahrain (CAA), Saudi Arabia (GACA), Namibia (Directorate of Civil Aviation), the United Arab Emirates (GCAA) and Ukraine (State Aviation Administration).

We’re focused and forward-looking: From cockpit layout to course content, all our type-specific training will be geared to your particular needs. And with our state-of-the-art equipment, from computer-based training to full-flight simulators, our training environment is as realistic as it can possibly be.

We’re online: For all your preparations from planning to booking, our wide range of courses are all presented to our customers online, along with the availability of our various training devices. We also offer a broad selection of e-learning programmes which are available any-where and at any time and offer a particularly efficient and cost-effec-tive option for your crew training needs.

We’re Swiss: Being based in Switzerland, SAT puts a strong emphasis on precision, perfection and reliability, which are all key features of our home country’s character. At the same time – and also like the Swiss – we can draw on a deep and genuine appreciation of multicultural con-texts, needs and concerns.

We’re responsive: At SAT we don’t only tailor our training to your specific needs. We’re also constantly realigning our courses to meet the most recent regulatory requirements and incorporate the very lat-est training technology and instruction techniques.

We’re all this and more: At SAT we offer total training solutions (with excellent pre- and post-course customer care), quick and flexible plan-ning and a conducive learning environment; we can provide our courses on our or your premises; and we’re adept at combining our students’ and their companies’ expectations.

How can we help?Our specific services in brief:

Type Rating Training, from Initial to RecurrentInitial Type Rating Training: We offer both modular and synergy ini-tial training programmes, with the option of completing part of the modular course at the customer’s site. These courses are offered for the Airbus A320 family, the Airbus A330 and A340, the BAe 146/Avro RJ, the Embraer 170/190 family and the ERJ 135 and 145.

Airbus A320, A330 and A340 Cross-Crew Qualification (CCQ) Training: Our cross-crew qualification training is provided by instruc-tors with extensive experience in “mixed-fleet flying”, and using our state-of-the-art Category D full-flight simulators. The training is offered for the Airbus A320 family, Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 aircraft types.

Embraer 170/190 Bridge Course: Our bridge course provides both jet orientation and an introduction to glass-cockpit operations in a sin-gle syllabus. Intended for pilots with fewer than 500 hours of flight ex-perience, the course is offered for the Embraer 170/190 family.

BAe 146 to Avro RJ Differences Training: Our differences training course provides optimum familiarization with the Avro RJ85 and RJ100 for BAe 146 pilots. Our instructors here can draw on their vast experi-ence in operating the type with SWISS, which has an extensive Avro RJ fleet. SAT also maintains a state-of-the-art Avro RJ full-flight simulator at its Zurich training centre.

Command Upgrade: SAT offers command upgrade training for the Airbus A320, A330 and A340 family, the BAe 146/Avro RJ, the ERJ 135/145 family, the Embraer 170/190 family and the Legacy 600/650 and Lineage 1000 Executive Jets.

Type Rating Revalidation: With its skilled and passionate instructors – the majority of whom can draw on comprehensive flying experience on the aircraft type(s) concerned – SAT offers revalidation training that extends far beyond the minimum legal requirements. SAT follows a three-year cycle with its recurrent training, which is available for the Airbus A320 family, A330, A340, BAe 146/Avro RJ, Embraer 170/190 family, ERJ 135/145 family and Legacy 600/650 aircraft types.

Renewal: For anyone seeking to renew their type rating, too, SAT is the right address. With each course geared specifically to the trainee’s par-ticular situation, our skilled instructors provide training that will fully cover all the relevant legal requirements. SAT’s renewal training is offered for the Airbus A320, A330 and A340 family, the BAe 146/Avro RJ, the ERJ 135/145 family, the Embraer 170/190 family and the Lega-cy 600/650 and Lineage 1000 Executive Jets.

Language Proficiency: SAT further offers the opportunity to revali-date trainees’ English Language Proficiency. The required Language Proficiency Check can also be combined with a type rating renewal or revalidation session.

Sound knowledge, then extensive practice: that’s how we’ll take you swiftly to your goal

Qualification TrainingInstructor Training (SFI/TRI): Training your cockpit personnel to become type rating instructors (TRI) or synthetic flight instructors (SFI) enhances their value to both your company and themselves. SAT has vast experience in training instructors all over the world, and can tailor the extent of its tuition – which is offered for the Embraer 170/190 family, the ERJ 145, the Airbus A320, A330 and A340 family and the BAe 146/Avro RJ – to each operator’s needs under a specific supervi-sion agreement.

Right-hand-seat Qualification: Our right-hand-seat qualification equips the commander to occupy either cockpit seat, offering greater flexibility in crew rostering terms.

Special TrainingSpecial Airport Training: Some airports (such as Innsbruck or Lon-don City) require particular pilot instruction to ensure safe and efficient flight operations. Here, too, SAT can provide all the relevant facilities and expertise. Special airport training is offered at SAT for the Airbus A320 family, A330, A340 and BAe146/Avro RJ aircraft types.

Operational Training SAT offers additional pilot training courses covering a number of opera-tional scenarios such as:

− Low visibility − Winter Operation − RVSM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minima) − ETOPS ((Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards)

− EROPS (Extended Range Operations) − MNPS (Minimum Navigation Performance Specification) − TCAS (Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System) − PBN (Performance Based Navigation) − CRM (Crew Ressource Management) − Dangerous Goods − Emergency Safety and Equipment − Practical Fire Fighting

Our special CEFA debriefing toolCEFA-Sim, the latest simulator flight evaluation technology, makes flight training debriefings not only more efficient but more effective, too. The combination of flight training and debriefing forms the core of any successful basic or further pilot training. And here CEFA-Sim offers a time- and cost-effective solution that meets clients’ highest quality expectations. CEFA-Sim enables all the key moments in the training flight just completed to be analyzed and discussed with the instructor, to ensure optimum training benefit.

As a global Training Competence Centre, Swiss AviationTraining offers its products and services all over the world. Wherever the customer wants us, that’s where we’ll be.

Having your personnel trained at our Zurich premises, though, promis-es additional benefits of its own. Our Training Centre is conveniently close to both Zurich Airport and several hotels. And the city of Zurich, which is a 10- to 15-minute train ride away, offers all the attractions of the Swiss way of life.

Beyond, and easily reachable by public transport, lies the rest of Swit-zerland. And its majestic mountains, blue lakes and quiet valleys can provide just the kind of active relaxation that your students will welcome to counterbalance the challenges of their training endeavours.

Zurich: a Swiss city renowned worldwide

Like to know more? Feel free to contact us!Swiss AviationTraining Ltd.P.O. BoxCH-8058 Zurich AirportPhone +41 44 564 5900Fax +41 44 564 5700info@swiss-aviation-training.comswiss-aviation-training.com