The Airline First Officer Programme
From our fantastic campus located in Southern Spain, FTEJerez offers the renowned Airline First Officer Programme (AFOP): a residential and integrated course taking students with little or no previous flying experience to the beginning of a career as an airline pilot in approximately 15 months.
After successful completion of the course, cadets are issued with an EASA frozen ATPL. This licence allows you to work as a First Officer with an airline and, in time, become a captain.
In addition to the ATPL training, you will also be given instruction in other key areas not covered by the EASA syllabus, such as Assertiveness, Flight Deck Management and Threat & Error Management, that will become a second nature to you. The AFOP will not only help to start your airline career with flying colours, but offer a lifelong skillset that is unique in the market and will make you stand out during your entire career.
Other highlights of the AFOP are:
• An average intake of 14 students per course, enabling FTEJerez to deliver very personal attention to the individual needs of each student.
• Courses commencing each month, allowing flexibility of choice.
• All training and accommodation consolidated in one site: a purpose-built campus in the vicinity of the Jerez International Airport, Spain.
• Over 300 days of sunshine per year.
• Dedicated welfare officers assisting with medical, personal and visa issues.
• All flying hours under EASA airspace and from/to international airports (Jerez, Malaga, Seville, Faro…)
• Ground School instructors with a combined experience of over 50,000 flying hours and lecturing in no more than 3 subjects each.
• Experienced Flying Instructors. MCC/JOC delivered by former Airline Training Captains.
• Dedicated Career Development Service, assisting each and every FTEJerez graduate that has passed the AFOP successfully, in finding that all-important first flying job.
