Funding Opportunity For KLM Flight Academy Students - Join KLM Flight Academy to become a KLM Pilot Later !

How about Becoming a Pilot without Much Financial Burden ??

Yes , that's true ! KLM want you in it's Cockpits ! That is to without burdening you in the training years with large bank loans and repayment woes !!

• If you have not been offered a job in the cockpit at KLM within 5 years, the obligation to enter into service with KLM will lapse.
• The total training costs amount to € 122,000 , but costs for you as a student amount to € 101,500 , that can be paid on employment with KLM.
• Dutch nationality or the nationality of an EU member state can join the Program.

KLM is offering prospective pilots who are going to study at the KLM Flight Academy (KFA) a new opportunity to finance the training costs. This means that a graduated pilot only has to repay the training costs when he or she starts working for KLM.

But, to get inside the KFA, candidates must first go through a strict selection. If this is successful, the student and KLM agree before the start that the student will enter into service as a pilot within a maximum of five years after completing the training.

The costs of the training are advanced and partly paid by KLM. At the start of the programme, there are therefore no costs for the student, and even in the period between graduation and employment, the loan does not have to be repaid.

Also, no interest is charged. Only when employment starts, the loan arises that will be repaid by the pilot to KLM in the following years.

Bart de Vries, Managing Director KLM Flight Academy:

'This approach of KLM enables our students to finance their training in a good way, ensures that it is accessible to everyone and ensures that we can continue to train KLM pilots at a high level and as sustainably as possible.'

Vincent van Hooff, Executive Vice President Flight Operations KLM: 

'It is of great value for the future of KLM that the most suitable and motivated young people at the Flight Academy can continue to be trained as KLM pilots, and they can continue to provide us with this.'

The new financing option is necessary because it is increasingly difficult for banks to provide large financing to students without a permanent employment contract. This approach does, however, entail a higher complexity for KLM. That is why we continue to look for improvements that guarantee broad accessibility for students.

The Financing Arrangement ! 

The total training costs amount to € 122,000. KLM makes a financial contribution to these costs, which means that the total training costs for you as a student amount to € 101,500. It is possible to finance these costs from KLM.

If you are allowed to start the training after successfully completing the selection, you can take out a conditional loan with KLM with the aim of joining KLM as an airline pilot after successfully completing the training to become an airline pilot at the KLM Flight Academy.

No Financial Risk ! 

The loan becomes unconditional from the moment you actually start working for KLM as an airline pilot. Only from that moment you start repaying your debt.

During your time at the KLM Flight Academy and any waiting time from the moment of graduation from the KLM Flight Academy and joining KLM, you have no debt, you do not pay interest and you therefore have no payment obligation.

If you are relieved of the training or you become medically unfit before you start working for KLM, the conditional loan will lapse. So there is no question of a debt. This allows you as a student to follow the course financially risk-free.

Pay the Due amount on Joining KLM ! 

From the moment you start working for KLM as an airline pilot, you start repaying the debt. Your loan then becomes a so-called 'employer credit'.

You then repay your debt, including interest, to KLM in equal monthly instalments over 15 years. If you have not been offered a job in the cockpit at KLM within 5 years, the obligation to enter into service with KLM will lapse.

Financing Training of your Own ! 

You can finance the training costs from your own resources, you pay this in 3 installments while following the training at the KLM Flight Academy.

If you pay for the training from your own resources, the guarantee fund applies to you; if you are relieved of the training, you become medically unfit or you have not been offered a job in the cockpit within 5 years after completing the training, the guarantee fund will refund the instalments of training costs paid by you.

This way you can follow the training at the KLM Flight Academy without any financial risk.

Admission Requirements !

► Age and Nationality

• At least eighteen years at the start of the training;
• Very good command of the Dutch language;
• Dutch nationality or the nationality of an EU member state.

► Medical  And  Physical

• Body length: minimum 157.5 cm and maximum 203 cm;
• Eyes: glasses or lenses are allowed, but your eye defect must not exceed -6 and +5 (an additional examination will show how your eye defect may develop in the future). In case of a deviation greater than -6, participation in the training is possible, please contact us for this;
• Color blindness is not allowed;
• Admission after laser treatment is possible under certain conditions (for more information about laser treatments, please contact KLM Health Services).

Prerequisite 

• Havo diploma with at least mathematics B, physics, English and Dutch. In addition, an additional physics course must be obtained at the Boswell or Wismon Institute (if you have obtained your physics before 2010, you do not have to follow this additional physics course). After obtaining your HAVO diploma, you can take the additional physics course and then you can apply for the selection procedure.
• VWO diploma or proof of transition to the final exam year with the right curriculum at least: mathematics A or B, physics, English and Dutch.
• International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma with at least standard level mathematics, physics, English and Dutch;
• Aso/tso diploma (Belgium) with at least mathematics (three hours per week), physics (two hours per week), English and Dutch (final year, third degree). Start with the selection procedure in your final exam year.

Selection Phases 

• Phase 1: Basic research capacities
• Phase 2: Sensorimotor examination
• Phase 3: Competence research
• Phase 4: TC/COVA interview

The Aviation Medical Center conducts the first three phases of the selection study. It takes three non-consecutive days. After each phase, it is determined whether you will continue to the next phase, before getting inside the KFA (KLM Flight Academy) .

Source : KLM Flight Academy.