Professional pilot training is a minefield – where do I complete my APS MCC? What will give the best chances of employment? Is it more cost-effective to go abroad for MCC JOC? In this post, I’ll share how best to prepare for your MCC course.
I did my APS MCC with VA airline training.
I saw a post from someone asking how they best prepare for their APS MCC course and wanted to share my preparation.
In case you missed it, did a chapter on MCC courses and choosing the right MCC course in my Pilot Training Guide that goes into more details about which course to pick etc.
Please leave a comment in the section below with any questions you have on MCC – I will do my best to reply as soon as possible!
Kudzi Chikohora is a B737 Captain and Line Training Captain (LTC) with over 5,000 hours of flying in Europe. He is also a qualified Type Rating Instructor (TRI). He holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, is a chartered engineer, and is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Kudzi completed his pilot training via the self-funded modular route and created kcthepilot.com to share honest, experience-based guidance on pilot training and aviation.
What is your view on splitting an MCC in to let’s say 2 different sessions, you do 10 days then another 10 days?
Getting the time off work is the struggle, do the MCC Providers facilitate anything like this? or it just a no go !
Hi Rory- thanks for your comment! It is a great point you make – I struggled with the same issue. Getting time off work. I had to take 3 weeks of for the APS MCC and that was a challenge. As you say, it would be so helpful if the MCC could be slit but I guess the training would suffer if with a pause in the MCC training?
Hi,
First of all thank you for this post, it is not that easy to find concrete info about the APS MCC!
You say that you spent 45min a day for month studying the theory before the MCC, do you have a recommandation on courses to look at to be well prepared ? Thank you !