Strategic Partnership

Virtual Aviation Flight Training and AviatonShake announce strategic partnership, offering aspiring pilots a product that will bridge the gap between pilot qualification and employment.

Each month, hundreds of pilots graduate from flight schools across Europe and start on what is possibly the most daunting and nerve-racking element of qualifying as a pilot - landing that first job. Making the transition from paying to fly, to being paid to fly, is often the most difficult hurdle an individual faces in their pathway to a commercial pilot job. The competition is fierce, there can often be hundreds of applicants for every open position - pilots have to constantly look for ways to stand out and get noticed.

With this tough competition in mind, two companies Virtual Aviation and AviationShake are collaborating together and offering new and unmatched services to aspiring pilots so that they can be more AirlineReady(TM). Through Virtual Aviation's industry-leading combined MCC+JOC and AviationShake's premium CV, covering letter and Interview Preparation Services the partnership is set to help candidates harness their full potential.

"This product is ground breaking, providing pilots with the highest quality of training and the comprehensive preparation needed to succeed in their hunt for an airline pilot job" says Naveed, General Manager of Virtual Aviation, "AviationShake can offer our candidates support that no other provider can match - their team of current airline recruiters will mean Virtual Aviation students will be amongst the most employable pilots on the market".

Cambridge based Virtual Aviation have been providing simulator training for over 14 years. Their AirlineReady(TM) MCC+JOC course, undertaken on their advanced Boeing 737-800 simulator with the support of a team of extremely dedicated and experienced current airline instructors has been lauded as some of the best training on the market.

AviationShake, a London-based pilot careers specialist have been making waves with their pilot CV and Covering Letter writing, one-to-one interview coaching with airline recruiters and selection preparation courses. Their team of current airline recruiters, pilots and trainers have recruited and trained over 6000 pilots over the last 20 years for some of the biggest names in worldwide aviation, including British Airways, Jet2.com, easyJet, Monarch, Flybe, Qatar, Thomson and many more - the AviationShake team is perfectly placed to prepare pilots for the daunting selection process.

"Partnering with Virtual Aviation was a natural next step for us" says Jay, AviationShake co-founder and Director of Aviation services, "their drive to provide the best possible quality of training, and sheer dedication to their customers was a perfect match to our culture - we've created a product that will bridge the gap between qualification and employment for our pilot customers"

Indeed, AviationShake and Virtual Aviation each have a history of bringing game-changing ideas to market - Virtual Aviation's modern, technology-driven, training facilities provide a level of feedback, support and analysis that other providers do not, whilst AviationShake boast an unmatchable line up of airline recruiters, pilots and trainers, by providing real insider knowledge of the whole pilot recruitment process, they've quickly established themselves as the provider of choice for pilot recruitment preparation.

Together, the new AirlineReady(TM) MCC+JOC with AviationShake's recruitment preparation services included offers pilots the opportunity to not just complete their licence, but to greatly improve their chances of landing a job with an airline.