An Egypt Air employee was suspended from attending a flight course at Bangkok's Civil Aviation Institute, a privately run flying school shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the institute's director told the Thai Nation daily. The institute did not allow the
Egyptian student, whose name was withheld, to proceed with "field training" after the attacks.
The student, who is in his early twenties, enrolled in the flight course two months ago after receiving sponsorship to study at the Bangkok institute by Egypt Air. Even prior to the attacks, the institute claims it was required to thoroughly examine the records of all its applicants before admitting them.
The Bangkok flying school usually trains approximately 90 pilots each year. Close to 60 of the students each session are employed by Thai Airways International and an average of two or three students are foreigners. The school's training program runs for 11 months and costs Bt1.4 million ($31 thousand), which is lower than the fees at flight schools in the US and Europe. (Mena Report)
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