*photo courtesy of APFT
27th of December 2011 marks the first step for me and my 11 colleagues in realising our dreams of becoming an aviator as we make our way to Asia Pacific Flight Training (APFT) in Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan. For some of my colleagues, they're 800 kilometers away from home, but for me, just a 10 minute drive to the crew residence... Haha.. Pengkalan Chepa is like my backyard. My high school is in Pengkalan Chepa (MRSM Pengkalan Chepa), my driving school is in Pengkalan Chepa (Institut Memandu Kotaraya), and now my flying school is in Pengkalan Chepa! How cool is that? LOLOL...
We've registered at the ground school at Sultan Ismail Petra Airport and were handled by Kolonel (B) Dahalan who were in charge of the Air Asia cadets. After a quick tour around the school, we were brought to the Crew Residence in Panji. It was a very nice place indeed. It was more of like a resort rather than a hostel. The place has everything - gym, laundry, cafe, lounge, basketball court, futsal court, badminton court. Surau is also available in the Kompleks Islam Jubli Perak Sultan Ismail Petra opposite the Crew Residence.
*photo courtesy of Jessica Lee
We were then brought to our respective villas (as we called it) which were named after airports in Malaysia and Singapore. Some of my colleagues had to stay with the seniors, but lucky for me, I got to stay with the rest of my colleagues. I was placed in villa Lahad Datu (LHD). I was stunned with the villa. It has a common area outside for us to study. There were pantry, table, air cond and even a fridge! The villa has six rooms (one for each cadet), 2 toilets and 2 bathrooms. There were nothing more that I could wish for.
From the look of it, I'm sure I'll be having a nice stay here throughout my 2 years of training. One small step into aviation...
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