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EN<br />

COMMERCIAL PILOT MODULAR<br />

The Best International Flight Training<br />

Experience in Europe<br />

<br />

Multiple Bases & Trans-European Training


1<br />

This brochure lets you access information about<br />

GreyBird Pilot Academy, the commercial pilot<br />

education as well as additional information via<br />

our website and the digital platform MyBird.<br />

As you read this brochure, you will find several<br />

QR codes. When you scan these QR codes, you<br />

will be taken to our website and our MyBird<br />

platform which offers more information about<br />

the topics in this brochure as well as several<br />

other tools and resources for you to read and<br />

enjoy.<br />

We hope that you will enjoy this brochure as<br />

much as we enjoyed creating it, and we<br />

encourage you to give us any feedback you<br />

might have on our website.<br />

Scan or click our QR<br />

code<br />

to register<br />

this brochure<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


2<br />

WELCOME TO<br />

GREYBIRD<br />

Welcome to our outstanding, one-of-a-kind, and<br />

truly international commercial pilot education. Our<br />

modular course is a well-structured and<br />

interconnected process, consisting of international<br />

and bilingual academic training alternating between<br />

our three bases in Spain, Sweden, and Denmark.<br />

Having different bases provides our program with<br />

versatility, which equips students with a skill set<br />

hard to get at a single base pilot academy. All the<br />

costs for travelling between the bases and<br />

accommodation at other bases abroad are included<br />

in the price of the training.<br />

Our education programme includes a structured<br />

and interconnected process – from start to finish.<br />

We can proudly proclaim that our commercial pilot<br />

education is one of the only programmes in Europe,<br />

which allows you to study in modules, as well as fly<br />

and study internationally. We are the only pilot<br />

academy to offer strictly positive training.<br />

By following this versatile programme, which<br />

we can offer due to our different bases,<br />

students will have the opportunity to achieve a<br />

skill set unlike what is obtainable at a pilot<br />

academy that operates locally in only one<br />

location. All the costs for travelling between the<br />

bases and for staying in a different base than<br />

your home base are included in the price of the<br />

education.<br />

Click and read more<br />

about<br />

GreyBird here<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


3<br />

A BROAD<br />

EDUCATION<br />

Becoming a pilot is not limited to learning to fly an<br />

aircr<strong>af</strong>t. It is much more than that.<br />

A pilot thinks, acts, communicates and works in a<br />

particular way, and is constantly aware of risks and<br />

thinking ahead of any potential event that<br />

interferes with the planned actions. This is true in<br />

the air as well as on the ground.<br />

The aviation industry focuses on three words:<br />

knowledge, skills and attitude (KSA).<br />

As a flight training organization, our finest task is to<br />

make our students KSA aware, and we have<br />

developed a special programme and a special way<br />

of working, studying and thinking, which we<br />

believe <strong>af</strong>fects our students efficiently and<br />

effectively so that they become KSA aware.<br />

Our programme is referred to as the circle of<br />

success, because success is what you will get if<br />

you work and study true to the philosophy in the<br />

programme. Go to page 4 and 5 to read more<br />

about our training philosophy.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


4<br />

HIGHLY EXPIERENCED<br />

INSTRUCTORS<br />

GreyBird has been in business since 2013. In the<br />

relatively short time since 2013, GreyBird has<br />

become the largest and most successful pilot<br />

academy in our country of origin – Denmark, and<br />

thus we have expanded our operation to Sweden<br />

and Spain.<br />

GreyBird differs from traditional pilot academies in<br />

many ways. One of the very important ways is that<br />

we base our education almost exclusively on<br />

permanently hired full-time instructors. As opposed<br />

to having freelance instructors, which is commonly<br />

used in the industry, this choice ensures that the<br />

instructors you will learn from are as qualified as<br />

possible. They do nothing but fly for GreyBird, they<br />

are standardized and intensely trained under the<br />

supervision of GreyBird’s experienced Chief Flight<br />

Instructor (CFI).<br />

It makes a difference that your flying instructor<br />

flies as an instructor every day rather than as a<br />

freelancer a few times per month.<br />

GreyBird offers the most intense education on<br />

the market measured by the number of<br />

valuable hours in the air – and more<br />

importantly, by the planning of these hours. Our<br />

operational management plans and schedules<br />

your entire education. We make sure that there<br />

is a common thread and that you will only<br />

experience positive training. For that reason,<br />

GreyBird appeals to people who not only<br />

dream about flying, but who also want to be the<br />

best.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


5<br />

CIRCLE OF SUCCESS<br />

At GreyBird, we have developed a training<br />

philosophy that trains your attitude and<br />

increases your level of competence.<br />

What we aim to introduce is a repetitive way of<br />

working and an understanding of how you must<br />

work to become and remain a great pilot.<br />

Meticulous, Responsible, Competent must all<br />

be part of who you are.<br />

The road to becoming a great pilot with the right<br />

attitude starts with meticulousness. Being<br />

meticulous is a choice, and it does not take more<br />

than a decision to act meticulously. To be<br />

responsible and competent, obviously, is not a<br />

decision. To be competent is a result of doing<br />

the right thing; training hard and working<br />

efficiently for a prolonged period of time.<br />

But what about being responsible? Could that be a<br />

choice? To be responsible, you must make the<br />

right decisions repeatedly, and to be able to make<br />

the right decisions, you need knowledge and<br />

knowledge comes from preparation. What is the<br />

right decision, you then ask?<br />

The right decision is very rarely the easy decision.<br />

The right decision is the decision which is good no<br />

matter what happens next. If you find yourself<br />

thinking, “is it good enough if I…” or similar, the right<br />

answer and the following right decision is “NO”.<br />

You will not be able to ask and answer this kind of<br />

question without proper preparation, and therefore<br />

the journey to becoming a great pilot starts with<br />

being meticulous and acting meticulously.<br />

Click to read more about our<br />

training philosophy here<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


6<br />

STRICTLY<br />

POSITIVE TRAINING<br />

At GreyBird, you will experience a fantastic and<br />

rewarding time, you will learn a lot about yourself,<br />

your strengths and weaknesses, and that, in itself, is<br />

a strength. You will study hard, and you will have<br />

fantastic experiences with your instructors and<br />

classmates. You will fly across Europe and<br />

experience the freedom of being able to go<br />

anywhere.<br />

We are convinced that our graduated pilots have a<br />

level of competence that is way beyond the norm,<br />

because they have flown for more hours in complex<br />

aircr<strong>af</strong>t and at longer distances. In addition, they fly<br />

an exceptionally higher number of hours in multiengine<br />

airplanes than is the tradition in the industry.<br />

Visit us, attend an information meeting in<br />

person or online, or watch an education<br />

briefing video, but first and foremost, talk to<br />

us! We cannot wait to help you find your way<br />

to one of the two best front seats in the<br />

world!<br />

To learn more about<br />

positive training, click or<br />

scan this QR code<br />

The great finale in the MCC simulator – 40 hours in<br />

an Airbus A320 with highly experienced captains and<br />

first officers from the industry as instructors – is the<br />

students’ cream of the crop. We are proud of our<br />

programme, we are proud of our graduating<br />

students, and we cannot wait to tell you more.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


7<br />

A CHOICE FOR LIFE!<br />

Your choice of pilot school may be the most important choice of your career. Thus, examine the market<br />

carefully. It is important that you choose a school at which you can see yourself spending hundreds of<br />

hours and where you meet people you trust. Most importantly, you should choose a pilot academy<br />

which you believe will help you to become the best version of yourself. It is crucial that you believe that<br />

the st<strong>af</strong>f is competent, and it is equally important that you consider yourself in good hands both<br />

financially as well as security-wise.<br />

At GreyBird, professional competences, security and s<strong>af</strong>ety are our most important parameters. For that<br />

reason, we do not focus only on practical skills; an important part of the education is the development<br />

of your attitude as well as the competences that enable you to make the right decisions in stressful<br />

situations.<br />

WE FLY GREEN<br />

At GreyBird, we fly in state-of-the-art Tecnam<br />

airplanes. The airplanes are both designed and<br />

manufactured in the current millennium. Not<br />

only that; they are green, using only 15-20 liters<br />

of fuel per hour per engine, and they make very<br />

little noise compared to older types. The<br />

aircr<strong>af</strong>t can fly on unleaded fuel, and as the first<br />

complex approved flight training organization in<br />

Europe.<br />

Read more here about<br />

why you should choose<br />

GreyBird<br />

THE BEST FUTURE PILOTS<br />

With the Tecnam planes, GreyBird offers a product<br />

not yet matched in the European aviation industry.<br />

We offer more complex flying lessons in modern<br />

aircr<strong>af</strong>t at the same price as you will find in less<br />

attractive programmes. A pilot who has recently<br />

graduated from GreyBird has a total of 254 flying<br />

hours – 171 of which are flown in state-of-the-art<br />

Tecnam planes. We believe that this gives you the<br />

best education and the best stepping-stone for your<br />

future career. In the final module of the education,<br />

you will spend 40 hours in an FNPT II MCC Airbus<br />

A320 simulator. In this part of the education, you will<br />

complete your APS MCC course, which must be<br />

completed in a simulator.<br />

When you graduate from GreyBird, you will have<br />

flown 36 hours in a real multi-engine airplane, and in<br />

addition, you will have spent 40 hours in our<br />

procedure simulator which is an exact replica of the<br />

aircr<strong>af</strong>t. When you are investigating your flight<br />

academy options, pay close attention to the number<br />

of hours of real flying time in real multi-engine<br />

airplanes. Frequently, a considerable part takes<br />

place in a simulator that is different from the aircr<strong>af</strong>t,<br />

and even more often, many flight training<br />

organizations use single-engine aircr<strong>af</strong>t to conduct<br />

IFR training. It is cheaper, but it provides negative<br />

training and is less valuable than multi-engine<br />

training. There is a reason why your final flight<br />

exams are conducted in twin-engine aircr<strong>af</strong>t.


8<br />

A SECURE PAY-BY-<br />

MODULE SETUP<br />

At GreyBird, you do not need to pay all or even most of your flying lessons in advance. You will pay an<br />

entrance fee, and you will pay at the beginning of each of the modules. This means that you pay for<br />

your education as you progress, and most of the education is paid when you have passed all the<br />

theoretical exams. In addition, the pay-by-module setup gives you an easy overview of your financial<br />

progress during the entire education process.<br />

SMARTBIRD HELPS YOU<br />

We have developed our own digital platform<br />

for administering the education. The system is<br />

called SmartBird and will be your helping<br />

hand throughout the training to keep track of<br />

how close you are to your dream of becoming<br />

a business pilot.In SmartBird you have the full<br />

overview of the finances in relation to the<br />

education, as well as how far you are in your<br />

lessons.<br />

Scan or click this QR<br />

code to learn more<br />

about our<br />

pilot academy<br />

and how to finance<br />

your pilot education<br />

In SmartBird you can at any time see how<br />

close you are to the fulfillment of your dream<br />

of becoming a business pilot. In SmartBird, it is<br />

also visible where each lesson belongs, so<br />

you can for each lesson see which module<br />

the lesson belongs to. In the same way, you<br />

can find your instructor’s comments and good<br />

advice for you for all the lessons you have<br />

completed when you want it.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


9<br />

OUR MODULAR ACADEMIC<br />

TRAINING<br />

MODULE 1:<br />

PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE (PPL) AND NIGHT QUALIFICATION (NQ)<br />

Module 1 takes two to three months to complete. The<br />

goal is to get the PPL license.<br />

As a pilot student, you will fly 50 VFR (Visual Flight<br />

Rules) flying hours, 5 of which will be flown during<br />

nighttime (NQ).<br />

This will all be flown in our P2002 trainer aircr<strong>af</strong>t.<br />

In addition to flying, you will learn eight subjects of<br />

basic theory:<br />

Air law<br />

Principles of flight<br />

Human performance and limitations<br />

Meteorology<br />

Flight planning and monitoring<br />

Operational procedures<br />

Aircr<strong>af</strong>t general knowledge<br />

Navigation<br />

With the theory subjects, we will acquaint you<br />

with the theory behind the reason your aircr<strong>af</strong>t<br />

flies; why it can fly, why the weather acts the<br />

way it does, how to find your way using a map,<br />

which procedures must be followed and the<br />

limitations your own body and mind have in<br />

relation to forces in the aircr<strong>af</strong>t and high<br />

altitudes.<br />

In this module, the fundamental knowledge is<br />

settled in the students’ minds, and their flying<br />

skills improve to a level at which they learn to fly<br />

on their own for several hours and hundreds of<br />

kilometers away from the base where they took<br />

off. The students will also obtain their first<br />

certificate – a BEG certificate which allows them<br />

to control the radio in an aircr<strong>af</strong>t during visual<br />

flying conditions.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


10<br />

MODULE 2:<br />

ATPL THEORY AND YOUR SECOND RADIO CERTIFICATE<br />

This part of the education is strictly theoretical.<br />

The students can now fly an aircr<strong>af</strong>t on their own<br />

and have a good basic understanding of the<br />

theory of aviation. Now it is time to dig in deeper.<br />

This module is nine months long and consists of<br />

three blocks of three sections each:<br />

TWhen the student has passed all thirteen exams,<br />

she/he holds what is referred to as a frozen ATPL.<br />

This means that the student has passed the<br />

theoretical exams that will make her/him qualified<br />

to become a captain later in her/his career.<br />

Four subjects in each of the two first sections,<br />

and five subjects in the last one. Each section<br />

lasts three months. A total of 13 subjects are<br />

taught. Associated exams must be passed at the<br />

end of each block. The knowledge covered is<br />

much deeper than the basic theory mentioned<br />

above, although eight of the subjects have the<br />

same title.<br />

The subjects covered in this module are:<br />

Air law<br />

Principles of flight<br />

Human performance and limitations<br />

Meteorology<br />

Flight planning and monitoring<br />

Operational procedures<br />

Aircr<strong>af</strong>t general knowledge<br />

Navigation<br />

Mass and balance<br />

Instrumentation<br />

Radio navigation<br />

Performance<br />

Communication<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


11<br />

HOUR BUILDING & MULTI-<br />

<strong>ENG</strong>INE<br />

MODULE 3:<br />

70 PILOT IN COMMAND<br />

(PIC) FLYING HOURS<br />

MODULE 4:<br />

THE MULTI-<strong>ENG</strong>INE CLASS<br />

RATING/MULTI-<strong>ENG</strong>INE<br />

INSTRUMENT RATING (MECR/MEIR)<br />

This time-building module comprises 70 PIC<br />

flying hours: 55 flying hours and 15 hours<br />

accompanied by a backup pilot at no extra cost<br />

This module focuses completely on visual and<br />

instrumental flight training.<br />

Students fly in adverse weather conditions such as<br />

rain, mist and into and over clouds with zero<br />

visibility. This part of the training is conducted in the<br />

P2006T aircr<strong>af</strong>t and its corresponding P2006T<br />

FNPT II simulator. In this module, you will alternate<br />

flying hours and simulator hours for a total of 21<br />

hours in the aircr<strong>af</strong>t and 40 hours in the simulator.<br />

At the end of this module, you will take a skill test<br />

to get a multi-engine instrument rating.<br />

Click and read more<br />

about<br />

GreyBird here<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


12<br />

HOUR BUILDING<br />

CPL & UPRT<br />

MODULE 5:<br />

30 PILOT IN COMMAND<br />

(PIC) FLYING HOURS<br />

These are 30 additional hours of timebuilding<br />

flying trips, including 10 hours<br />

accompanied by a backup pilot at no<br />

extra cost.<br />

MODULE 6:<br />

COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE AND<br />

UPSET PREVENTION AND RECOVERY<br />

TRAINING (CPL TRAINING AND UPRT)<br />

In this module, the training to obtain the Commercial Pilot<br />

License (CPL) continues. Here, the student performs 15 hours of<br />

visual flight in the P2006T. At this point, they have accrued 21<br />

hours of flying experience and 40 hours of simulator<br />

experience, so they’ll be very familiar with the aircr<strong>af</strong>t operation.<br />

The goal of this part of the training is that the student becomes<br />

a commercial pilot, which means they will learn to fly with the<br />

notion of passengers on board. Passengers must be briefed and<br />

guided – also in emergencies, which take up a significant part<br />

of this module. CPL training concludes with a skill test to obtain<br />

the CPL. Upon approval of the skill test, you receive a CPL<br />

certificate, which is the commercial pilot license.<br />

UPRT flight training<br />

The UPRT (Upset Prevention and Recovery Training) is the final<br />

part of this module. This EASA-required certificate is mandatory<br />

for all pilots trained <strong>af</strong>ter 2018. Here The aircr<strong>af</strong>t used is the<br />

military aerobatic trainer Zlin-242. You will fly with an aerobatic<br />

instructor who will take you through your passes. First, the<br />

instructor will demonstrate the maneuvers, then instruct you,<br />

and finally monitor you doing it yourself.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


13<br />

AIRLINE PILOT STANDARD<br />

MULTI-CREW COOPERATION<br />

MODULE 7:<br />

APS MCC<br />

The APS MCC (Airline Pilot Standard Multi-Crew Cooperation) course is an<br />

amazing module and one of the favorites of most of our pilot students.<br />

The aim of the course is to train you so that you reach a level at which you<br />

can enter directly into a type rating of any jet or turbine aircr<strong>af</strong>t and start<br />

working as a first officer.<br />

In the initial phase of the course, you will be back in the classroom,<br />

focusing on working together as two pilots in one aircr<strong>af</strong>t. The monitoring<br />

pilot and the flying pilot are both pilots, and both have particularly<br />

important tasks during a flight. You will learn a lot about cooperation,<br />

about crew resource management and solving any type of issue or<br />

problem. All your flight training will be done at our headquarters in Aarhus,<br />

Denmark, in our Airbus 320 FNPT II MCC simulator.<br />

The simulator is a one-to-one replica of an Airbus cockpit. Many parts in<br />

the simulator come directly from the Airbus factory, including the seats<br />

and the flight control of the aircr<strong>af</strong>t. The 40 hours of training are split up<br />

into 10 intense sessions, each with extensive briefing and debriefing.<br />

After you have completed the course, you will pass an APS MCC exam,<br />

and you will get an exam certificat which is mandatory for the subsequent<br />

completion of any type rating.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


14<br />

THE EDUCATION<br />

AND ITS CONTENTS<br />

WELL-STRUCTURED<br />

EDUCATION<br />

Your education is well-structured and has been<br />

planned to the last detail. When you have graduated<br />

as a commercial pilot, you will be prepared for a job at<br />

an airline.<br />

Furthermore, you will be able to work as a pilot in the<br />

General Aviation industry where, among other things,<br />

you can fly business jets. Participate in an information<br />

meeting in person or online or see an on-demand<br />

education briefing video to learn more about<br />

GreyBird’s pilot education. If you have any questions,<br />

please do not hesitate to send an e-mail to<br />

info@greybird.dk for more information<br />

COMPLYING WITH<br />

INDUSTRY DEMANDS<br />

For us, it is a question of honor to deliver high-quality<br />

training, and it is our one goal to educate pilots who<br />

are among the best in the industry. GreyBird Pilot<br />

Academy focuses on professionalism, skills and good<br />

attitude – we challenge our students, and in return, we<br />

expect them to challenge us. In an industry like the<br />

aviation industry, which is going through enormous<br />

developments, it is important to keep up with the<br />

demand and remain up to date. Our top priority has<br />

always been, and remains to be, to educate pilots as<br />

demanded by the aviation industry. For that reason,<br />

our education has been designed in close cooperation<br />

with the industry and experienced captains from the<br />

airlines who are awaiting you <strong>af</strong>ter your graduation.<br />

As a pilot school, it is important to keep up to date. For<br />

that reason, new airplanes, the right simulators, flight<br />

training across Europe, digital work tools, personal<br />

development and Crew Resource Management (CRM)<br />

are part of our education. Not only do we have the<br />

best product according to our students and ourselves,<br />

we also deliver the product demanded by the industry.


15<br />

YOUR JOURNEY TO GREYBIRD<br />

Info meeting<br />

See the school and meet our<br />

management - let us show<br />

you why we are the best.<br />

Personal meeting<br />

A chance to meet GreyBird's<br />

management, discuss your<br />

situation and plan your education.<br />

Medical<br />

Mandatory Class 1 medical at<br />

a price of approx. 1,100 EUR<br />

Admission test<br />

Free written admission test,<br />

as well as a personal<br />

interview<br />

Enrollment<br />

Follow your instincts,<br />

challenge us, and sign an<br />

education contract!


EDUCATION PHASES AND MODULES<br />

16<br />

MODULE 1<br />

PPL/NQ SINGLE <strong>ENG</strong>INE<br />

MODULE 2<br />

<br />

MODULE 3<br />

<br />

MODULE 4<br />

<br />

ATPL THEORY<br />

MODULE 5<br />

Hour building<br />

PIC<br />

MECR / MEIR<br />

MODULE 6<br />

Hour building PIC<br />

CPL UPRT<br />

MODULE 7<br />

APS MCC - SIMULATOR


17<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

EDUCATION<br />

As part of their education, students at GreyBird Pilot Academy<br />

get the opportunity to fly internationally. In addition to flights to<br />

neighboring countries, the education program also gives you a<br />

chance to go to other GreyBird bases for weeks at a time.<br />

Swedish and Danish students visit Spain during wintertime and<br />

avoid fighting the freezing flying conditions in this region, while<br />

the Spanish students get to fly in actual IMC conditions in<br />

Scandinavia during summer, in addition, they get to spend flight<br />

hours in single-engine aircr<strong>af</strong>t.<br />

Training in other countries than your own has many benefits; the<br />

culture is different, and as a pilot student, you will learn about<br />

the challenges that come with being based in another country.<br />

The local shops' opening hours are different, and the people<br />

you meet in the streets do not necessarily speak English, but<br />

you will have to find a way to communicate.<br />

In addition, the terrains in the different areas are very different.<br />

This adds a whole new dimension to flying for the students.<br />

For Spanish students, training in Scandinavia means water and<br />

changing weather. For Scandinavian students, training in Spain<br />

means terrain and a different ATC or local aircr<strong>af</strong>t<br />

communicating in Spanish. In addition, the students get a<br />

chance to bond with their classmates while they are away and<br />

meet new friends who also wear GreyBird uniforms. There are<br />

no distractions when you are away – “just” a lot of flying,<br />

classmates and new exciting things to learn.<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


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WHY CHOOSE<br />

GREYBIRD?<br />

You should choose to study at GreyBird because<br />

you want to be one of the best. We certainly strive to<br />

be the best, and to constantly improve our great<br />

product. If your aim is to be among the best pilots<br />

out there, if you want to be coached to be the best<br />

version of yourself, and if you want your pilot<br />

academy to expect great things from you, we are the<br />

right choice of flight training organization for you.<br />

You should choose GreyBird if you care about the<br />

environment. We fly the most environmentally<br />

friendly aircr<strong>af</strong>t available. You should choose<br />

GreyBird if you believe that training, living and<br />

studying in an international multicultural<br />

environment matter and improve your skills and<br />

ability to perform well from day one in your first job.<br />

You should choose GreyBird if being part of a stateof-the-art<br />

organization is important to you, if you<br />

want to train in modern aircr<strong>af</strong>t and simulators, if you<br />

want to fly instrument training with digital glass<br />

cockpits only, and if you want the tools you use to<br />

calculate performance and fuel consumption to be<br />

digital and similar to the tools used in the job you will<br />

get when you graduate.<br />

You should choose GreyBird if you want your time as<br />

a student pilot to be spent on more than just flying<br />

around the local flying club or airport. If you want to<br />

fly in Europe through many countries, if you want to<br />

travel and see other countries and experience the<br />

difference between the Scandinavian and Spanish<br />

weather and terrain, join GreyBird.<br />

You should choose GreyBird if you believe that<br />

the positive training philosophy we have<br />

incorporated in our programme is a fulfilling and<br />

prosperous way of training; if you think that it is<br />

important that you always train in the same type<br />

of aircr<strong>af</strong>t or simulators – not in several different<br />

types chosen at different times by the flight<br />

school, just because they are cheaper for the<br />

school to purchase and operate. If you agree that<br />

training in the exact same aircr<strong>af</strong>t as the aircr<strong>af</strong>t in<br />

which you will pass your flying exams will train<br />

you better than flying many distinct types with<br />

equally many different cockpit layouts.<br />

There are many other reasons why you should<br />

choose GreyBird Pilot Academy. If you are still<br />

undecided, our best advice is to come visit us. See<br />

the facilities, the aircr<strong>af</strong>t fleet and talk to our<br />

skilled instructors and management. We<br />

guarantee that you will find it worth your while<br />

and that you will meet a professional and<br />

welcoming team.<br />

Read more about<br />

GreyBird Pilot Academy<br />

- scan or click here<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


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HOW TO GET STARTED<br />

At GreyBird, we recommend that you arrange a personal meeting with us. At least one person from the<br />

school management will attend. Afterwards, we will show you our school, and perhaps most<br />

importantly, you will get a chance to ask all your questions in a forum of only you and us.<br />

You can start your commercial pilot education at different bases and in different languages. Scan the<br />

QR code for an overview of the events of the year and see when the next programme that suits your<br />

wishes starts.<br />

The Requirements<br />

Free Admission Test<br />

Many people have an incorrect perception of what<br />

it takes to become a commercial pilot. Perhaps you<br />

know some of the requirements from the air force,<br />

or you may have heard urban legends. The<br />

requirements for flying airliners are far from the<br />

same as the requirements in the military.<br />

For instance, it is OK to wear glasses or contact<br />

lenses; there are no special requirements to your<br />

height; and a broken leg or any other broken bones<br />

will not be a hindrance. Your physical and mental<br />

health must be good, which is the case for most<br />

young people. You do not need to have top grades<br />

from school, and there are no requirements for<br />

specific subjects. In fact, you do not need a high<br />

school diploma at all. You must have passed what<br />

corresponds to the ninth-grade final exams of the<br />

primary and lower secondary school, and you must<br />

be at least 18 years old. To enroll at GreyBird, you<br />

also need to pass an admission test and produce a<br />

certificate of clean criminal record.<br />

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The admission test at GreyBird consists of an<br />

interview, written math and physics tests<br />

(corresponding to the exams in the ninth grade<br />

at Danish schools), a personality test and a test<br />

of logical thinking. The admission test at<br />

GreyBird Pilot Academy is free. The last step<br />

before you can start your education is a realistic<br />

financial plan. We offer help and guidance if you<br />

need to take a loan from the bank. In addition,<br />

we have payment plans and budgets which are<br />

a good place to start when you need to<br />

negotiate with the bank.<br />

Ready to get started?<br />

Scan or click this QR code


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THE MEDICAL CHECK<br />

CLASS 1 MEDICAL<br />

When you have applied for enrollment at<br />

GreyBird, you need to visit an aeromedical<br />

center (AMC) to get your Class 1 medical which<br />

is the medical certificate that is required to<br />

become a commercial pilot.<br />

It is OK to wear<br />

glasses or contact<br />

lenses, and there are<br />

no special<br />

requirements to your<br />

height.<br />

We have a list of relevant AMCs and can provide<br />

information on how fast you are likely to get an<br />

appointment as well as the cost at the given AMC.<br />

Contact us, and we will help you.<br />

Learn everything you<br />

need to know about<br />

Class 1 medical here<br />

HQ Aarhus Airport Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

8560 Kolind, Denmark<br />

Phone +45 70 770 110<br />

www.greybird.dk/en


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OUR AIRCRAFT FLEET<br />

We use Tecnam airplanes with a new and unique design. We have bought most of our aircr<strong>af</strong>t directly<br />

from the factory, and we have flown them to our bases from Naples ourselves. The trip from Naples<br />

takes approx. 15 hours if the aircr<strong>af</strong>t is heading for Denmark or Sweden. Europe is small when you’ve got<br />

wings. We use two types of airplanes when educating the pilots of the future: our single-engine planes<br />

type P2002JF and our multi-engine planes type P2006T.<br />

P2002JF is a great training plane<br />

for many reasons. Among other<br />

things, it features:<br />

Fantastic visibility<br />

Very good maneuverability<br />

Aerodynamic characteristics that make ite<br />

easy to handle<br />

Fuel efficiency<br />

Clear and logical instrumentation<br />

P2006T is an impressive high-end<br />

airplane. The most important<br />

advantages are:<br />

Very good aerodynamic characteristics<br />

State-of-the-art glass cockpit with all the<br />

technical features one’s heart desires<br />

Amazing performance with a fantastic range for<br />

long navigation trips<br />

Short take-off and landing distances<br />

Amazing take-off and landing performance


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OUR<br />

SIMULATORS<br />

Most of the flying lessons take place in our airplanes, however, we also have state-of-the-art, hightech<br />

simulators for training specific procedures and for targeting the education at the large and<br />

heavy airplanes.<br />

Tecnam P2006T simulator:<br />

FNPT II MCC-simulator:<br />

Qualifies you before you train in real<br />

airplanes 100% identical to real planes,<br />

which eases transition<br />

Basic understanding of airplanes and<br />

procedures<br />

Allows experimentation with airplane<br />

limitations<br />

Realistic simulation of an A320<br />

airplane<br />

Emphasis on jet and inertia<br />

management<br />

Preparation for the life in an airliner<br />

cockpit<br />

Focus on multi-crew cooperation


HEADQUATERS BASES CONTACT<br />

Aarhus Airport<br />

Info@greybird.dk<br />

Ny Lufthavnsvej 24<br />

Phone +4570 770 110<br />

8560 Kolind<br />

www.greybird.dk/en<br />

Denmark

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