OFF THE GROUND – Beach Aviation’s Bahamas Aviation Academy has teamed up with The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) to launch a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Private Pilot Flight Training course. Shown from left to right with BTVI’s Manager and Consultant, Dr. Iva Dahl are Beach Aviation partners Captain Charles Brady, Dr. James R. Eddy and Dr. Kenneth Romer.
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Beach
Aviation's Bahamas Aviation Academy and the Bahamas Technical and Vocational
Institute (BTVI) are proud to announce the historic launch of the only
comprehensive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Private Pilot Flight
Training course offering in The Bahamas.
BTVI, in
fulfillment of its mission, "To provide opportunities that enable
individuals to be globally competitive and economically independent," recognized
the benefit of partnering with Beach Aviation to train the next generation of
private and commercial pilots in The Bahamas.
The historic partnership will provide students the opportunity to be
trained in a myriad of FAA approved courses while remaining in Nassau.
Following the
theory, students will focus on the flight aspect of the program. While the theory and tests will take place at
BTVI, the practical will be held at Beach Aviation in Florida with a required
minimum flight time of 40 hours.
FAA Private
Pilot Theory is the initial 15-week course, scheduled to begin on April 27th.
Its subject matter will include, but is not limited to Air Law, Astronomy and
Navigation to Physics, Meteorology, Geography, Technical English and
Mathematics.
One of Beach Aviation’s
partners, Dr. Kenneth Romer, said the academy will prove to be an asset to The
Bahamas as it establishes itself as a regional leader by having a full-motion
Redbird simulator available to students for logging flight time.
“The
partnership between Beach Aviation and BTVI ensures an opportunity for
Bahamians and members of the Caribbean community to train for a career in a
high demand and high paying field in The Bahamas. The students will also benefit by learning
from professional pilots and current jet captains who share real-world
knowledge and experiences with them,” said Dr. Romer.
Beach
Aviation’s four senior captains, who are professional pilots and international
jet captains, alone have 75,000 hours of flight and instruction. The company’s partners include Bahamians
Captain Fredrick McPhee and Dr. Romer along with Captain Charles Brady and Floridian
House of Representative and retired judge, the Honourable Dr. James R. Eddy.
Meanwhile,
BTVI’s Manager and Consultant, Dr. Iva Dahl expressed how pleased the
institution is to partner with Beach Aviation to make The Bahamas Aviation
Academy a success.
“The
agreement certainly allows for locals to pursue a career in the aviation industry
with the theoretical phase being done right at home. It’s a viable solution for people to discover
their path to becoming private and commercial pilots, and BTVI is proud to play
a role in making those dreams a reality,” said Dr. Dahl.
For the fall
2015 semester, The Bahamas Aviation Academy proposes to offer the Private Pilot
Theory along with the FAA Instrument Pilot Theory. In the spring 2016 semester, those two
courses would be offered for a second time, in addition to the FAA Commercial
Pilot and Flight Crew Theory.
“The premise
is that the students will begin to naturally progress,” explained Dr. Romer.
Upon
satisfactorily completing the course, students will receive an endorsement from
an authorized instructor to take the FAA Private Pilot Airplane Knowledge Test.
Additionally, they would have achieved a Student Pilot Certificate and be a
Flight Cadet with Beach Aviation.
Beach Aviation,
headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, was formed in 2010. It has additional
locations in West Palm Beach at Palm Beach International Airport; Tampa,
Florida at St. Petersburg International Airport and in Montpellier, France.
As part of an
extended global campus, the Beach Aviation Bahamas campus seeks to attract
students from throughout The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the United States of
America, Latin America, France and Italy.
