Monday 17 December 2012

Learn To Fly Today

Assalamualaikum

Bila sebut ambil course piloting, ramai yang bunyi 'ermm..pilot je' dengan gaya kerek. Mentang-mentang la aku tak ambik course engineering, doktor, lawyer, dan sekutunya. Pilot ni dipandang rendah. Diorg ingat senang ke nak jadi pilot ni. Antara Professional Career, pilot ni antara kerjaya yang melibatkan nyawa sendiri. Setiap kali nak terbang, pilot sendiri akan buat pre-flight aircraft just want to make sure aircraft is safe for take off.  Every time in flight, pilot must be aware of everything. Any single mistake, can cause a big problem to pilots. In case of any failure, pilot kena buat decision either immediate landing or continue flight. Quick decision making ni bukan nak kata pilot ni bajet bagus, but this is the fact that we have to know. Tu yang mak aku selalu pesan 'Baca doa dulu sebelum terbang..' dengan nada memaksa..haha.. mak aku cukup gelabah bila dengar aircraft jatuh. Dia akan cepat-cepat call aku, lagi-lagi kalau aircraft tu dari flying school aku.

Cukup-cukup la kan cerita pasal aku. Ok.. kali ni aku nak bagitau sikit pasal flying course. Kat flying academy mana yang Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) iktiraf. Let's cekidaut...



Asia Pacific Flight Training (APFT) - based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Detachment - Ipoh, Perak. Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. Subang, Selangor.
Course Available : Fixed Wing & Helicopter.

Malaysian Flying Academy (MFA) - based in Malacca.
Course Available : Fixed Wing only.

HM Aerospace (HMA) - based in Langkawi.
Detachment - Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.
Course Available : Fixed Wing only.

Ini la flying academy yang diiktiraf oleh DCA. MFA & HMA tawarkan course untuk fixed wing ataupun plane sahaja. APFT pulak ada tawarkan dua course which is untuk helicopter & fixed wing. Kadang-kadang terfikir gak sebab apa nak kena fly je manjang?  untuk jadi pilot, flying hours akan di tulis dalam 'Flying Log Book'. Hours ni akan dikira dari memula kita start flying sampai la dah tak larat nak fly. Somehow when it come to certain hours, there'll be a flight test to convert the license. So let's cekidaut lagi satu...

SPL (Student Pilot License) - 0 hours
PPL (Private Pilot License) - 50 hours 
CPL (Commercial Pilot License) - 145 hours.
ATPL (Frozen Airline Transport Pilot License) - 200 hours.

Bagi sape-sape yang minat nak ambik flying course ni boleh survey kat website DCA Malaysia. So boleh la tengok requirement DCA untuk jadi pilot.

Thanks for reading this. Until next time, InsyaAllah.

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