CAE Phoenix (formerly CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Phoenix, CAE Global Academy Phoenix and Sabena Airline Training Center) (CAE SATC) is an aviation school owned by

CAE CAE may refer to: Organisations Aviation * CAE Aviation, a Luxembourgian aviation services company * CAE Inc. (formerly Canadian Aviation Electronics), a Canadian manufacturer of simulation technologies and training provider * Régional Compagnie A ...

and located in Mesa at Falcon Field Airport. A former subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy, the school has previously trained students including those of Air Algérie, SFA, Nationale Luchtvaartschool (NLS), Turkish Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, EVA Air, British Airways,

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, Japan Airlines, jetBlue, American Airlines, Emirates, EasyJet, CityJet, IndiGo, Aeromexico and AirAsia.

History

In 1991, the Belgian government contracted the ''École d'aviation civile'' (aviation civil school) created in 1953 to Sabena. It was first called Belgian Aviation School and then Sabena Air Training Center as a subsidiary of Sabena Flight Academy. The same year, it was decided to carry out practical training in flight in Phoenix because the weather in Arizona allows for flights throughout the year in a high and complex air traffic environment. In 2008, the Phoenix location of the school was acquired by

Fleet

The school has a fleet of more than 60 aircraft including 2

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, 21 Diamond DA40, 4 Diamond DA42-L360, 8 Piper Seminole, 60

Piper Archer The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 62–64. Werner & Werner Corp, ...

, 1

Beechcraft 90 The Beechcraft King Air is a line of American utility aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The King Air line comprises a number of twin-turboprop models that have been divided into two families. The Model 90 and 100 series developed in the 1960s ...

and 2 Cessna Citation CJ1-CE525. In addition, the school has 7 simulators: FNPT2, 2 Diamond DA40, 3

, 1 Piper Seminole, and 1 Diamond DA42.

Curriculum

In 2011, the school trained 400 pilots per year and offers European ( EASA) and American ( FAA) courses. The European students are from the CAE Oxford Aviation Academy schools of Oxford, Brussels, and Amsterdam. The European ( EASA) courses train British Airways, Air Algérie, Emirates, EasyJet and self-sponsored cadets. The students of the FAA program are from airline customers like Shenzhen Airlines, Air China Airlines, IndiGo and other private customers. The courses approved by the Federal Aviation Administration enable students to obtain the US licenses of

Private pilot A private pilot licence (PPL) or, in the United States, a private pilot certificate, is a type of pilot licence that allows the holder to act as pilot in command of an aircraft privately (not for remuneration). The licence requirements are dete ...

, Commercial pilot,

instrument rating Instrument rating refers to the qualifications that a pilot must have in order to fly under instrument flight rules (IFR). It requires specific training and instruction beyond what is required for a private pilot certificate or commercial pilot ce ...

and flight instructor. Also do they allow FAA cadets to get their 14 CFR High-Altitude and High-performance endorsements. The Multi Crew Pilots License (MPL) Program is currently used by Japan Airlines. In February 2017, CAE was voted the best Aviation Training Center in Europe.

Bibliography

* Olivier Wilmart, ''De Sabena à Air France'', Racine, 2002, 285 p. () * Willy Buysse, Marguerite Coppens, Etienne Reunis, Frans Van Humbeek, Michel Wautelet, ''Sabena, le progrès venait du ciel, Bruxelles'', Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2011, 224 p. ()

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