Oxford Aviation Academy
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Boeing |
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| Motto | "Skills For Flight" "Succeed Through Our Experience" |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1961 |
| Endowment | £ 155.1 million (2012) |
| Chancellor | CAPT.Steve Rees |
| Vice-Chancellor | CAPT.Dave Pratt*MCC CFI: CAPT.Laurie Ramage*CFI: CAPT.Paul Taylor |
| Students | +450 |
| Location | Oxford, England, GB |
| Campus |
Oxford (Main campus) Phoenix (Foundation Flight Training) Melbourne (Melbourne Academy partners with Swinburne University of Technology) Gondia (Flight Academy) |
| Colours | Oxford Blue |
| Nickname | CAE OAA |
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CAPT.Pete Pitcher CAPT.Nick Mylne CAPT.Tom Armstrong |
| Affiliations | OAT Media Parc Aviation CAE Inc. |
| Website | http://caeoaa.com |
Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) is the largest ab initio flight training network in the world and it provides integrated aviation training and resourcing services. Professional airline pilots have been trained at Oxford Aviation Academy flight school since 1961.
OAA operates 125 training aircraft, 64 simulators and 10 training centres delivering a portfolio of aviation training courses. OAA's 3 ab initio airline pilot training schools have trained more than 26,000 professional pilots over the past 50 years. OAA's 7 type training centres offer approved airline pilot, cabin crew and maintenance engineer training on a wide range of aircraft types including Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, BAE Systems and Embraer.
Oxford Aviation Academy includes the former Oxford Aviation Training — a commercial pilot training school based at London Oxford Airport in the United Kingdom — and Phoenix Goodyear Airport in the United States of America; the former SAS Flight Academy, the former GECAT and the former BAE Systems Woodford, UK Training Centre, all of which are majority owned by STAR Capital Partners of London with a minority stake of less than 20% retained by GE Commercial Aviation Services.
The Airline Pilot Programme First Officer course is a full-time, Integrated Joint Aviation Authorities/European Aviation Safety Agency (JAA/EASA) course leading to the award of a 'Frozen' (becoming unfrozen when the candidate has completed 1500 hours in a multi-pilot environment) Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL).
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