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Not Enough Pilots in Panama

Given the lack of trained pilots, the Vocational Training Institute will invest $2 million in funding for training programs abroad.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

In the next year alone the FAA estimates that airlines in the country will need about 360 pilots. Copa Airlines, needs to hire 500 new pilots over the next five years.

"Themistocles Rosas, director of Inadeh said that 40 Panamanians will be trained in the United States, specifically in Houston, Texas. The institution will finance the entire course which costs approximately $30,000. 50% will be via a scholarship and the rest with a loan", reported Prensa.com

Source: Prensa.com

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Temístocles Rosas National Institute of Professional Training for the Human Development (Panama) Copa Airlines

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Panama in Need of Trained Pilots

November 2010

Panamanian airline Copa Airlines needs to hire about 200 pilots per year.

Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines, said there is lack of training in the candidates, which fail to pass the recruitment tests. "There is a great opportunity to be developed in this profession, we are in need of a first class training center in Panama.”

Panama to Host Pilot Training Center

August 2010

From September Global TSC hopes to be operating a pilot training and simulation center.

With an investment of more than $1.5 million, the center seeks to become a focus for pilot training throughout Central America.

The president of Global TSC, Julio Planas Gómez, commented that the training and simulation center will feature state-of-the-art technology and a team of highly specialized personel, reports Prensa.com.

Panama Training Center Tender for $ 7.5 million

April 2011

The second of its kind to be tendered in Panama, the training centre is designed to train technical personnel in various disciplines.

Like the previous centre put out for tender, this centre aims to meet the need for trained staff required by multinationals operating in the Panama Pacific Special Economic Area.

Aero República Could Fly to Central America

November 2009

The Colombian carrier, owned by Copa Holdings S.A., announced its intention to fly to all of Central America.

It currently operates mostly in Colombia, with flights to Venezuela and Panama.

Lupita Arenas Caicedo, regional sales director "announced today in San José [Costa Rica]", "its intention of fly to Costa Rica and the rest of the Central American countries", reported Elfinancierocr.com.

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