MTU and flight academy team up to train airline pilots

Students will start flight training after just one year and be ready to seek work with a commercial airline within three years

Captain Kyle Johnston, AFTA, with Prof Maggie Cusack, president of MTU, in a flight simulator at the launch of the BSc in Global Business and Pilot Studies degree and flight training programme. Picture: Darragh Kane

Munster Technological University (MTU) and the Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA) have launched a degree programme training students for roles as commercial airline pilots.

The first degree of its kind in Europe, participants in the new Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Global Business and Pilot Studies will start flight training after just one year and be ready to seek employment within just three years.