Australian college beckons Indians for pilot training

Chennai: With the Indian aviation industry opening more vistas for qualified pilots, Melbourne-based Australian National Airline College (ANAC) on Saturday beckoned Indian students to join its pilot training programme.
ANAC, located in the sprawling Moorabin airport at Melbourne, is equipped with 22 aircraft, both in single-engine double-seater and twin-engine categories, ANAC Manager (International) Craig Mckenzie told reporters here.
According to the official, anyone above the age of 18 could enroll for the programme and the candidate must have passed English proficiency test conducted by International English Language Testing System (IELTS) by the Cambridge University.
The programme was approximatey of 45 weeks duration and would cost roughly around Rs 25 lakh, Mckenzie said.
ANAC had appointed city-based High Flier Training and Education Services to recruit students and assist them in counselling, co-ordinating their medical tests and guiding them on loans offered by various banks.
11/08/07 PTI/Economic Times