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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 />
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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