Qantas has opened a new pilot training facility
at Brisbane Airport.
With the capacity to train up to 900 pilots a
year, the Qantas
Group Flight Training Centre is home to four aircraft simulators – Boeing 737, 767F and 787 Dreamliner and
Dash-8 Q400 – as well as a Q400 flight training device, all used
by pilots to complete their four annual sessions of simulator
training and specialised training when moving to a new aircraft
type.
The simulators were relocated from Sydney to make
way for a major road project and were dismantled, transported by
road and re-installed at the new Brisbane centre over a four-month
period.
Qantas’ new facility at Brisbane Airport can train up to 900 pilots a year
With the majority of Qantas’ pilots based in the
three eastern states, the Brisbane centre, along with expanded
facilities in Melbourne and a new flight training centre to be
developed in Sydney, will provide significant cost savings through
training pilots at their home base.
The Brisbane facility will provide reoccurring
training for the airline’s 500-plus Queensland-based pilots as
well as pilots from other states and many of the new pilots
expected to join the Qantas Group in the years to come.
The facility also has a commercial dimension to it
and will be open to other airlines in the Asia Pacific region to
train newly recruited pilots, upskill pilots to new aircraft types
and allow experienced pilots to maintain their ongoing training.
“Qantas’ very first flying school was set up in
1927 in a tin shed at Eagle Farm, so we’ve clearly come a long way
since then,” said Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce. “Having simulators based in Brisbane is great news
for our Queensland-based pilots and is a clear vote of confidence
in the long term future of aviation in this country despite the
challenges we’ve faced recently. We have a Pilot Training Academy in Toowoomba
that is providing a pilot pipeline to Qantas Group and other
airlines, and some of the graduates have already secured pilot
positions with QantasLink. They will complete the simulator phase
of their training program at the new Queensland facility.”
The training facility will be staffed by 33
employees, including 18 new roles for highly skilled simulator
instructors, simulator technicians and support staff.
Construction of the new facility commenced in March 2021 and the four
simulators and flight training device are now active 24 hour a
day, with up to 50 pilots and trainers using the centre each day.
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