A day after the Nagpur Flying Club (NFC) re-began its operations, preparations have started to admit students for Private Pilot License (PPL) and Commercial Private License (CPL) courses within a couple of months. With current facilities, the British-era club can admit 60 aspirants for both courses.
A newly in-charge maintenance manager at NFC, Maharashtra, Pragnesh Sisodia said the administration had appointed new staff for restarting the club after a gap of over three-and-half years. “We now have a staff of 20, which is sufficient for getting approvals from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Once flying activities commence, more members could be added.”
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New annoucements
They made announcements regarding new floating advertisements inviting applications from aspirants to join both courses. The eligibility shall remain abided by the DGCA standards- Standard XII pass out with physics, chemistry, and mathematics (PCM).
They aim to set up an experts’ panel in order to conduct interviews for selection. Added, division commissioner Sanjeev Kumar, who’s the ex-officio chairman of the prestigious club.
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Fee and student concern
They mentioned the consequence of being a state government-run institution, and that the fees would be charged at subsidized rates. This will be a round-off of Rs29.5 lakh as fees for each of the courses. The students would be provided top-class knowledge and training in all kinds of flying activities.
They’ve also completed testing for three aircraft and the fourth one would be tested soon, all of which shall be available for their training.
“He gave attention to every minor requirement and ensured strict follow up with the authorities like DGCA for certification. Now, we’ve completed 90% of the work to start full-fledged flying activities,”.
Lauding the commissioner’s efforts, he added upon how the entire team took big efforts to restart the club.
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Advocate Shriniwas Deshpande, an NFC alumnus, single-handedly fought the PIL for its reopening.
He hailed the administration’s decision but also mentioned, “I’ve been in touch with Indian Air Force (IAF) officials. But, I did so for restarting the old scheme of providing direct entry to National Cadet Corps (NCC) air wing branch.”
In the 1960s, NCC cadets like me used to get training at NFC and many of us have become full-time pilots in IAF and airliners. A contact in the Maharashtra NCC Battalion will also be made and they can then take the initiative in this regard.
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If the central government agrees to their regarded concern, the NCC cadets can easily avail free training at NFC at government expenses. This way, funding would be assured and oriented for the club.
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