US flying school provides course for Punjabis

Chandigarh: Aerostar Aviation, a leading Indian aviation company, in strategic alliance with Flight Safety Academy (FSA), USA, will be organising the seminar in the city to enlighten the students of Punjab about the availability of flying as a career option.
Addressing a press conference in the city today, AVM (Retd) AJS Walia, CEO of Aerostar Aviation, said that flying in India is still not considered as a career option and that his company will change the present concept.
“We have tied up with the world’s largest pilots training academy, the US-based FSA and are working towards providing commercial pilot training to the students of our country from the best in the business,” said Walia. The 40-week course will cost US $ 60,000 apart from boarding and lodging at Vero Beach, Florida, where the FSA is situated. The CEO told that he is receiving tremendous response from the students wherever he has been.
14/11/06 Chandigarh Newsline