According to Australian Daily report, the world is in a shortage of pilots, in order to deal with this phenomenon, Qantas (Qantas) chose to open the first pilot training base in Tuvenba (Toowoomba), after completion, The school will train about 250 pilots a year for the aviation industry.
According to the Times, Qantas said on the 27th that it would select Tuvenba, based in Downs (Darling Downs), Queensland, to train the airline's first pilot, base, because of the good environment and infrastructure there. Students and trainers have a strong willingness to study and live here, and Tuamba defeats other candidates.
Joyce (Alan Joyce), chief executive of Qantas, said: "this is the home of Australia's new airport, bathed in the sunshine of Queensland for 300 days a year, and its environment is also a textbook experience for pilot training. What we eventually created was a world-class pilot school for students. "
Qantas said the world would need seven hundred and ninety thousand more pilots over the next 20 years, mainly because of population growth and more people in the emerging middle class flying.
Qantas has had to cut some of its regional flight services this year in response to a shortage of pilots in many airlines. Last year, Australia issued only 1200 new pilot licences, up from 1700 a decade ago.
