Brunei An International Airline Training Centre

Bandar Seri Begawan – The current technology owned by Royal Brunei Airlines has enabled it to offer in-house training to pilots from major international airlines, besides local trained trainees.

Most training were done at the Royal Brunei Technical Centre Berakas.

Trainings to enhance flight skills are done in a simulator.

In procedure, future pilots are required to do field work, which includes visiting aircrafts before moving out to the simulator.

They must then undergo a further 56 hours in full flight training for three to four months but even a certified and experienced pilots must undergo a mandatory refresher course every six months for safety reasons.

The Permanent Secretary of Communications, Dato Paduka Haji Abdullah and some senior officials from the ministry scrutinized this technological achievement of RBA during a visit to the Simulator Section of the Technical Centre.

Here, the Manager Jacob Lim before taken on board to the simulator gave them a briefing.

At present there are pilots from seven European Best Airlines taking refresher courses and flight training at the Technical Centre.

Adapted from Radio Television Brunei