PIA Training Centre (PTC) is starting a 12-week Cabin Crew Basic Training programme for the newly recruited cabin crew. Around 100 newly inducted participants will be trained on A330-300 aircraft, keeping in view the planned expansion of Premier service. The training program will include a combination of theory as well as practical hands on training.
Following modules would be covered in the training: Aviation Indoctrination; Duties and responsibilities as a Cabin Crew; Grooming and Personality Development; Announcement Training; In Flight Service Procedures including mock-up training; Customer care and Customer service procedures; Safety Equipment Procedures (SEP); Emergency Procedures; Aviation First Aid; Aviation Security; Crew Resource Management and Dangerous Goods Regulations.
PIA Training Centre have one of the most advanced Airline training infrastructures approved by local and international regulatory authorities such as CAA, ICAO and IATA. CEO PIA Mr Bernd Hildenbrand regarded this as an important step towards bringing about improvement in PIA's service and giving young dedicated people the chance to realise their professional dreams.
Specialised instructors have been assigned at PTC for imparting professional training to those who fly, and to those who do service and maintenance of various types of aircraft (B-747-200, A-310, A-300, B-737, B-777). Training facilities available also include flight simulators which are used in the transition and recurrent training of pilots and other operational crew.