Future Flyers Cape Town (FFCT) is an Aviation Training Organisation (ATO) as approved by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (Approval number ATO #1511) specialising in the training of Cabin Crew (also known as Flight Attendants).
They have been in existence since 2008 and are the only such privately-owned training facility in Cape Town. The organisation is based in Airport City Park which is geographically ideally suited for airport personnel wanting to re-qualify themselves annually.
All Instructors and Designated Examiners are qualified previous-employed Flight Attendants with more than 70 years collective experience between them and the yearly oversights conducted by the SACAA ensure all training interventions are of a high standard and executed without bias nor prejudice.
Future Flyers’ core business is to provide individuals wishing to pursue a career working on board an aircraft as a Cabin Crew Member with all the competencies required from the grass-roots level and for all pilots wanting to achieve support training competencies. All training manuals, syllabi, equipment and simulators are approved with up-to-date training methodologies which in return ensure a high level of satisfaction in the training experience which further culminates into a good employment success rate at various airlines for students.
They are not a placement agency, but one of their aims is to equip students with the necessary tools (CAA Licence and experience) to make a good impression on airlines when seeking employment.
Future Flyers is also a Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) service provider and a proud BEE Level 1 compliant company.
Their scope of approval with the SACAA includes individual components or a full Cabin Crew training course with a duration of six weeks which includes:
-Safety Emergency Procedures Training (SEPT)
-Aviation Medicine (AVMED)
-Dangerous Goods (DG CAT 10 + CAT 11)
-Ditching
-Live Fire Fighting (LF)
-Slide Jumps (SJ)
-Aircraft Specific Training – CONVAIR CV 580
-Crew Resource Management (CRM)
-Grooming and Interview Skills
Future Flyers is not limited to aviation training but also cater for supplementary training interventions that can be used widely in the field of hospitality such as:
-Train-the-Trainer
-Service Excellence
-VIP/ Silver Service Training, and
-Passenger Handling
All of the above can be achieved in an aviation-based environment which can make for quite a different training experience.
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