| East Africa has Soroti in Uganda as one of the | | | | 32,000/- whereas Kenyans will pay kshs 16,000/-. |
| latest and old pilot training schools followed by East | | | | While we have these variations, Kenya Civil Aviation |
| Africa School of Aviation based in Kenya for ,Air | | | | Authority is supposed to be reminded that ICAO |
| Controllers course, Flight Dispatch and operations | | | | regulations states that all aviation fees and charges |
| course, Engineering ,Management courses in aviation. | | | | must be the same for everybody, foreign or |
| Kenya has emerged as one of the fastest pilot training | | | | indigenous. |
| area with Wilson Airport leading with over 5 flying | | | | There are consultants who can organize for ground |
| schools and with the launching of Orly Airpark recently | | | | classes for Engineers, Pilots for those who want to |
| which will mainly provide private aircraft parking and | | | | convert their licenses before they sit for the exams |
| training to decongest the Wilson Airport. | | | | and it normally takes 4 weeks for South Africa & |
| For your pilot training course you are advised to | | | | American trained students and for British 1month and 2 |
| engage a consultant in aviation. There are many | | | | weeks in class to be able to pass the exams. |
| schools in Kenya but some do not advice | | | | 2. Uganda CAA Scuttles Student Training. |
| professionally but they are only after money and it | | | | The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority has now instructed |
| might take you over 3 years to complete your flying | | | | all the flying schools that no hours flown will be logged |
| hence need to engage a consultant who has the | | | | before having obtained the Student Pilots License. In |
| knowledge and experience which school provides | | | | Uganda the issuance of the Students Pilot License |
| quality, effective and efficient service. The consultant | | | | takes weeks and month with the loss of applications, |
| will also assist you on a daily basis and engage the | | | | the need for a separate "security" check and the |
| school on why they are not following the syllabus or | | | | obvious miscommunication and loss of documents |
| taking too long for a certain course and this will put | | | | possibilities between CAA and security body. |
| them on their toes to improve in there area of | | | | The new Uganda Civil Aviation Regulations apparently |
| weakness. As a student is you complain there will be | | | | require this and the CAA is now enforcing it and |
| bad blood even lead to suspension and thus affecting | | | | disallowing any flight time done by students during their |
| you mentality which will ruin your career. | | | | interminable wait for the SPL.This means that before a |
| 1. Examination Fees and Other Charges hiked by | | | | school can start flying with a student, if he wants to log |
| Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. | | | | that time, then there will be a delay of unknown |
| The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority propose to | | | | duration while the application is processed. This |
| introduce a new "flight safety charge" of usd 2 per | | | | basically kills off flight training in Uganda for all but the |
| passenger on internal flights and kshs 50 on domestic | | | | very patient. |
| flights. Stakeholders have warned repeatedly that it is | | | | Instructors feel that it certainly takes away any |
| better to collect one ‘commuted' annual fee per | | | | attraction of a trial lesson in that the student can no |
| aircraft rather than a little fee for each service. The | | | | longer log this 30 minutes. And when all fired up and |
| annual fee for licenses are being virtually doubled, such | | | | excited from the trial lesson they will now have to wait |
| as, Students Pilot License will go up from kshs 500 to | | | | weeks or months to begin training .This will effectively |
| kshs 1, 000, a CPL from kshs 2,700 to kshs 4,500, and | | | | reduce the number of people wanting to start training. |
| a Type Rating from 900 to 2,000. | | | | Flight schools are now struggling for survival in Uganda, |
| Costs of sitting examinations are being tripled. In the | | | | despite the fact that there is a good demand and the |
| PPL, Air law will increase from 500/- to 1,500/- , | | | | airlines are crying out for new Ugandan pilots. |
| Navigation from 500/- to 1,500/- , etc. All CPL Subjects | | | | Though costs are being hiked for pilot training, it is also |
| are proposed to go up from 1,100/- to 3,000/- each. | | | | based on the value of the earnings after completion of |
| Ethnic discrimination still remains a feature in conversion | | | | the course. The highly paid pilot in general aviation first |
| of CPLs "foreigners" will pay kshs 16,000/- for writing | | | | officer kshs,120,000=00 and airlines pay lowest |
| a conversion paper of their foreign CPL, while | | | | kshs 300,000=00 and thus no need of alarm when the |
| "Kenyans" pay only kshs 10,000/-. | | | | costs rises. |
| ATPL conversion exams will cost foreigners kshs | | | | |