Illegal Aviation Training Schools

 

CAA MEDIA STATEMENT

28 February 2007

 

The South African Civil Aviation Authority would like to caution the public about the increasing number of unlicensed aviation training institutions that promises aspirant cabin crew and pilots some bursaries or affordable training specials.  These promises are publicized through advertisements in different forms of media.

 

Regulation 141.01.4 (a & b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1997, stipulates that “any advertisement by an organization indicating that it is an aviation training organization, shall –

 

a)                   reflect the number of the aviation training organization approval issued by the Commissioner; and

b)                  contain a reference to the aviation training for which such approval was issued”.

 

The SACAA regulations therefore require that, as part of the advertisement, the CAA registration number be identified and the type of training that is licensed e.g. Licensed for Cabin Crew training or Pilot training.  In case of any doubt, the public is advised to contact the SACAA directly to verify such information before making any financial contributions towards these special offers.

 

The Civil Aviation Regulations requires that the Commissioner for Civil Aviation maintain a register of all aviation training organization approvals issued. Included in this register would be the full name of the holder of the approval; the postal address of the holder of the approval; etc.

 

In addition, our internal investigations have revealed that the schools, which advertise these opportunities normally claim that they do not present the courses themselves but would use approved aviation-training organizations.  However, in some cases we have found that the approved organizations have no knowledge and/or a relationship with these illegal institutions.  The public is advised to contact the approved aviation training organizations to confirm this fact.

 

If any member of the public has fallen a victim of these institutions, they are advised to report such cases to the police.

 

For more information please contact the SACAA offices as follows:

 

Switchboard:                 011 545 1000

                                    mail@caa.co.za

 

Part 141 Operations:      Steve Odendaal

                                    011 545 1211

 

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Contact.           Phindiwe Gwebu

                        Tel. 011 545 1086

                        Cell. 083 635 0069

                        gwebup@caa.co.za