Becoming a commercial or airline transport pilot is the aim of many people who dream of flying. However, the lack of time or means to get to the training centre, usually located in airports away from urban centres, often causes many of these people to give up their dream.
If this is your case and you would like to start from the beginning with a Private Pilot Course, or continue to the Commercial Pilot Course – Airline Transport Pilot License with us, you should know that we are a school of aviation pilots that offers training both face-to-face and online. With our online pilot training system, you can adjust the program to your needs, planning the theoretical classes according to your disponibility.
Online aviation courses are given through the so-called virtual classrooms for which you will need only a digital device and an internet connection. These classrooms are learning environments that generate a comfortable and attractive teaching experience since students can attend from home, or from anywhere, as long as they have a connection, with the same support and monitoring as if in a face-to-face class thanks to the use of the appropriate tools.
Training to become an airplane pilot, whether in person or online, is given through the aeronautical training centers called ATO, acronym of the English voice Approved Training Organization. In Spain, there are 71 but not all of them offer courses to obtain the ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot License) nor do all offer online training.
World Aviation Flight Academy is one of the ATO centres offering online training for aircraft pilots in Spain. The online theoretical training allows access to classes from any point on Earth as long as you have a device with internet connection. However, if the chosen school is within the EASA (European Air Safety Agency) territory, the practical training must also be carried out within it, otherwise you will have to validate your knowledge. Therefore, with the theoretical training approved in a Spanish ATO center, flight training can only be developed in a school within the European territory, where the certification issued by the corresponding Aeronautical Authority must be presented. So let us look at some possible options within Europe.
🇦🇩 Andorra – in this small principality in the Pyrenees, we have the opportunity to get the ATPL license in a fairly complete environment where to practice all kinds of maneuvers in flight. The cost of the program in Andorra Aviation Academy is about 95000€.
🇬🇷 Greece – This may be one of the cheapest sites in Europe to get the ATPL license. In Thessaloniki we find the Olympus Aviation Academy which offers combined courses from €57000.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Here we find two of the largest aviation academies in Europe and the world: CAE Oxford Aviation Academy based at London Oxford Airport, has 8 schools around the world, and CTC Wings based in Bournemouth and Southampton, trains more than 2000 pilots each year.
Also in the UK, the Bristol Groundschool and the L3Harris Airline Academy offer theoretical classes both in person and online.
🇮🇪 Ireland – based in Dublin, the ASG school offers theoretical courses for ATPL in what they call “hybrid format”, with in-site and virtual classes.
🇵🇱 Poland – Adriana Aviation, from its headquarters in Watorowo, provides aircraft maintenance and face-to-face as well as online theoretical training.
🇳🇱 Holland – Executive Flight, with different locations for practical training in Rotterdam, Breda or Lelystad airport, also offers theoretical training online.
🇪🇸 Spain – as we have already said, in Spain, World Aviation Flight Academy is one of the best training centers that offers theoretical classes both in person and online, to cover the needs of any applicant.
These are only a few of the centers we may find within the EASA space as the offer in Europe is quite large, with training centres all over its geography.
If, on the other hand, you prefer to “jump the ocean” and train in America, you should not forget that to work in Europe you will have to validate your titles with the European Aeronautical Authority.
There are also some virtual schools with theoretical training online, exclusively. However, even if these may involve some saving in the cost of such training, it is always safer to have a physical site to go in case of doubt. Therefore, our recommendation is you better find the center that best suits your needs and where, finally, you may perform a quality practical training with all the guarantees of safety.
Virtual classes, or online classes, allow both, instructors and students, to update and organize schedules at any time, adapting them according to their needs. Likewise, everything related to training (contents, tasks, announcements, consultations, debates…) is available on the platform for on demand consultation.
Since the internet birth, with the arrival of data processors and, more recently, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, digital skills are increasingly necessary.
From 2020, the year of the pandemic, and although online training was a reality long ago, virtual classes have become quite common contributing to the development of these skills. Such skills are very necessary for the students whose future activity as a pilot requires the management of complicated “interfaces”.
The first central element of a virtual classroom is participation. The new virtual learning environments allow students to become more involved in the educational process as they may interact with the materials and with the rest of classmates, promoting reflective learning by adding new content to what they already know.
Synchronous interaction through the internet, supported by technologies such as Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Team or Blackboard, allows classes to be recorded and saved, making it easier for students to access to review and analyze classes at any time as they are saved on the platforms.
Through online tools, students and instructors can create and edit content together, sharing knowledge. This increases the team feeling despite being physically separated and contributes to make great professionals from the first moment they come into contact with our school.
As we have already said, the only thing you need to access the classes of plane pilot online is a device with internet access where you can download the application and, thus, work from where, how and when you want.
This type of training makes possible to optimise the time everyone has available as it saves travel times, which can sometimes be longer than desired and may be spent on study.
Online classes allow students to create their own study schedules, flexible and adjusted to their own pace.
The schedule flexibility and time saving make this type of training a great option for those students who must combine studies with work.
At World Aviation Flight Academy we offer both on-site and online training. Through our e-learning platform, each student adjust the course to his/her own pace and needs, tutored by our instructors that provide each student a constant follow-up on their learning.
If you are thinking about the theoretical training of ATPL or MCPL this can be a great alternative.
Contact us to prepare the most suitable program for your online aviation training.
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