As the Flight Safety Officer at Stella Aviation Academy I try to share some of my experience with students. I want to make sure that they do not leave the training as some kind of operator who can nicely operate the plane. I try to give them more baggage than ... Read more

A Full Flight Simulator at Schiphol is as real as the real plane.

Stella Aviation Academy has three state of the art FNPT II-simulators, in Teuge, Groningen and Maastricht.

Stella Aviation Academy graduates work for respectable airlines such as Ryanair, Transavia, LionAir, Pegasus and SunExpress. Close contacts with airlines, a high acceptance rate and the good DLR- pass rate provide Stella graduates with ample opportunities.

It sounds very cliché but as a little kid I wanted to be a pilot. After a lengthy high school career I studied Mechanical Engineering . Not exactly my dream but I saw it as an alternative. I had always believed the prejudices that surround pilot trainin... Read more

I am just starting lineflying a Boeing 737-900 NG at Lion Air. I have finished the ground school and simulator sessions in preparation for the company check. After this check I was checked out by the local DGCA. Flying for an airline is still 100% like what I ... Read more

Last year I was stationed in Istanbul. Where I flew for Turkish charter airline Pegasus. After my contract ran out Stella helped me with a job at ArkeFly "said Daan van Erp (23) from Andijk. "I joined ArkeFly in March. After the training and the firs... Read more

The nice thing about this job is that I come across students with different backgrounds and characters. Sometimes they are more technically oriented, sometimes very passionate, but almost always with a love for flying. To make good pilots out of all these diff... Read more

"Why did I want to learn to fly? How will I explain that ... I think my passion goes so far that it feels as though I am an airplane myself. Perhaps there is kerosene flowing through my veins! I opted for Stella because of the smooth cooperation with the ... Read more

In recent years Stella graduates have found a job as a professional pilot at various airlines including the following airlines, either on their own or through contacts of Stella aviation academy.

The school utilises Cessna C172, Piper Arrow R 28 turbo, Piper Seminole PA44 and Piper Seneca III. Aircraft that are all known as very pleasant trainingplatforms.

In America Stella flies from our base at New Smyrna Beach Airport. Below you will find an impression of what life is like when training in the States.

This is what you are training for; Boeings, Airbuses and regional aircraft. All these aircraft have one thing in common: A Stella graduate will make a lot of takeoff and landings in them.

Learning to fly is also endless checking and crosschecking. Checks before you go in the air. Below you can find out how it all works.

Because no pilots training organisation, airline or pilot union can predict exactly how many pilots will be required, when and where, it is important to monitor the market outlook for pilots yourselves. You want to know for sure that you take the right decisio... Read more