The Best Possible Training

It's our aim to see you graduate from CTC Wings as a high-calibre pilot, fully trained by an industry-leading company and ready for the fast track to your dream job.

Foundation and Basic Training

CTC's training programme is specifically designed to give you an immediate advantage over other people entering the industry. Right from the start we take a vertically integrated approach to flight training, so everything you do is focused towards airline operations.

When you first arrive in New Zealand you will commence a Foundation Course lasting approximately 17 weeks. This course introduces you to CTC’s flight training methods and NZ airspace. It is designed to standardise all cadets, regardless of their previous experience to enable a smooth transition to the next stage of training.

Your Commercial Pilot Licence and Instrument Rating (CPL/IR) training will take about 14 months (including the Foundation course). The first 12 months are completed in New Zealand at our Crew Training Centre at Hamilton International Airport, returning to the UK to sit your Airline Transport Pilot licence (ATPL) theoretical knowledge exams and to enjoy some well-deserved leave. Following this, the rest of your basic, multi-engine training will take place at our Crew Training Centre at Bournemouth International Airport in the UK.

Progressive thinking puts you ahead of the rest

As a CTC Wings Cadet, you're introduced to applied instrument flying much earlier than more traditional programmes and receive considerably more Instrument Flight Rules training (IFR).

Your conversion to multi-engine (ME) aircraft takes place earlier than usual so your total ME time will be much higher that most approved programmes.

Plus, you are introduced to basic Crew Resource Management (CRM) concepts and trained and assessed in technical and non-technical skills throughout your training.

Intermediate Training - gaining hands-on experience

The next stage - AQC (Airline Qualification Course) is a three-week ground school and simulator-based training course incorporating MCC (Multi Crew Co-operation course) at our Crew Training Centres at Dibden and Nursling (near to Southampton on the south coast of the UK. This is the stage at which we bring CTC Wings Cadet and CTC Wings ATP pilots together to train side by side. It is also the final (fourth) stage of selection for CTC Wings ATP applicants.

This phase of the programme is hands-on, airline-focussed training using state-of-the-art Boeing and Airbus technology to give you the skills you need to manage a commercial flight deck and operate today's advanced jet aircraft in a multi-crew, IFR environment.

Advanced Training - take to the skies with our partner airlines

In the final and most exciting phase of the CTC Wings Cadet and ATP training programme, you get a real taste of what your new career holds as you work closely with one of our world-class partner airlines. Advanced training incorporates type rating, aircraft base training, line training and line experience and, once you've proved yourself in the cockpit, you'll graduate as a fully qualified airline pilot. When you reach this point you may find you complete this final phase with CTC or your partner airline, either in the UK or overseas - whichever way, you will now be ready to start flying as a First Officer with your airline.

Apply to the CTC Wings Cadet programme today and make your career fly!