AIR Services Flight School (ASFS) is pleased to announce that it will be participating in Guyana’s international trade fair and exposition – GuyExpo 2012 — which kicks off at the Sophia Exhibition Complex in the city on Thursday.

The Flight School will have a booth prominently located immediately opposite the Technology Village, and friendly and professional staff will be on hand to offer prospective applicants advice on making a reality their dream of one day becoming a pilot.
Emphasising their maintenance of the highest standards in flight instruction while meeting the goal of safety and proficiency, ASFS has become the leading aviation (flight) school in the Caribbean region.
The school was opened in 2003 when its parent company, Air Services Limited, embarked on its expansion and decided to produce professionally-trained pilots locally to meet the local and regional need for pilots.
Over the years, ASFS graduates have been absorbed into the company, and are now senior command pilots with solidly established credentials and thousands of hours of experience, making them very attractive to other domestic airlines at Ogle. This is, naturally, making a positive impact on those airlines’ expansion programmes.
ASFS notes with pride that the Chief Pilot of the Guyana Defence Force is a former student of the flight school, as are some of his colleagues. Other graduates have expanded their careers by being employed with regional airlines.
The ASFS is fully certified by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCCA), and is staffed by three highly qualified flight instructors with tens of thousands of hours of instruction time. Moreover, ASFS is equipped with three Cessna 172 aircraft, a flight simulator, and a state-of-the-art classroom with the most modern teaching aids.
The parent company’s other 19 aircraft – consisting of six different types – are also used as a training equipment resource when the students advance to flying multi-engine and other types of aircraft.
Courses offered at ASFS are: the Private Pilots Course, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilots Certificate, and the Multi-Engine Rating. The formal programme runs from 9:00hrs to 15:30 hrs for full-time students; but for the working class students and young adults attending University, the study hours are flexible in order to accommodate them.
Flight training can also be tailored to suit availability of the students, and can be done on weekends as well, ASL’s Executive, Mrs. Annette Arjoon-Martins told the Guyana Chronicle.
Noting that the company’s acquisition of new aircraft has created openings in the crewing area, she assures prospective students: “Becoming a student of Air Services Limited Flight School immediately opens doors for employment as a line pilot, after graduating from your commercial course.” This she attributes to the company’s acquisition of new aircraft, which has created openings in the crewing area.
Mrs Arjoon-Martins added that recent interest from students in the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East has resulted in the company applying for permission to construct a students’ dormitory; which, once permitted, would take the growth of the school to another level.
Meanwhile, persons can also win a chance to go on an aerial tour of Georgetown and to check out the thriving mangrove forest that was recently replanted at BV. Contact Mrs Annette Arjoon-Martins on telephone # 600-7272, or 222-2678 for more information in this respect.