ATC Handbook - IATA

) IATA Aviation Training Program Instructors
The candidate instructor(s) proposed by an ATC seeking authorization to teach one of the following
management level Aviation courses shall meet IATA’s qualification requirements:
Airline Finance and Accounting Management
Airline Revenue Management
Ground Operations Management
ATCs must provide at the time of application for authorization to teach one of the above-mentioned
courses, the following information for review and approval:
The instructor(s) must have a minimum of two (2) years or working experience at a supervisory
or management level in the subject matter of the respective Aviation course they wish to teach;
Must provide at least one reference letter from their current or previous employer, verifying their
professional experience and expertise in the respective subject matter;
Must meet one of the following additional requirements:
Hold a recognized teaching certificate; OR
Complete (within 12 months of engagement by the school), the IATA Instructional Techniques
Course; OR
Have equivalent industry teaching experience.
ATCs are required to provide proof that their proposed Aviation instructors meet the foregoing
criteria by providing ITDI with copies of all certificates and diplomas, as well as a detailed résumé.
Where a certificate is in a language other than English, IATA reserves the right to request that the
applicants submit, at their own expense, a certified translation.
Instructor Approval
The above referenced instructor qualifications required by IATA may be subject to change from time
to time, as determined by IATA. Any change in these standards will be communicated to the ATCs
and posted on the ATC Resource Site.
An approval is only valid for the instructor(s) identified in the ATC Application and approved by ITDI
for the duration of the course authorization. IATA reserves the right to audit an instructor’s record
with respect to student success rate and to remove an instructor’s approval at any time, for just
cause.
In order to change an approved instructor, the ATC is required to submit an Instructor Profile (Part D
of the ATC Application Form) for the new instructor, along with any required attachments. ITDI will
promptly review the requested change. The ATC cannot, under any circumstances, appoint a new
instructor who has not been approved by ITDI.
Instructor IATA Certificates or Diplomas
Please note that IATA no longer issues specific Instructor Certificates or Diplomas. Candidate
instructors may enrol as students, at any time, should they wish to obtain the IATA course
certificate or diploma for the same course they intend to teach. In such case, the candidate
instructors must pay all relevant course enrolment fees prior to writing the course examination.
ANNEX 1 – APPENDIX 1 – ATC INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS 2