Successful ICAO classroom training educates new group of course instructors, JAA TO Director co-instructs in company premiere

Thank you. Being at the new JAA TO location is great, the facility provides lots of space and it is a good learning environment for other trainees. While the training itself was demanding, the instructor and we as group of students made the learning a success. Some fellow trainees are already working as professional instructors and learning from their experience was a good opportunity throughout this course.

The competency-based ICAO method is the standard for building training capacity in one’s own aviation system. In Albania, we want to expand resources on training and facilitation because the industry as well as authority needs instructors to ensure safe and secure operations. From discussion and relations with the industry operators, it is understood that having national training organisations in Albania might be useful and interesting. The knowledge and skills gained today can be used to develop our own in house training modules taught in basic courses customised for our specific organisations or industry.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Albanian aviation sector followed recommendations from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and ICAO in relation to health safety and aviation safety. Responsible and compliant operations according to these multilateral recommendations are vital for every state’s recovery of the air transport sector. Albania is a remarkable country in regards to [the] fast recovery of the industry from the pandemic. Tirana International Airport has overcome a 10% (July) and 30% (August) growth of flights compared to the previous best year before the pandemic (2019). The experience of dealing with a high number of foreign airlines during the pandemic is used to accelerate our focus on safe operations in air travel and tourism under the new normal paradigm.