The Silesian University of Technology will educate air traffic controllers

The Silesian University of Technology will educate air traffic services personnel. This is the result of cooperation in this area with the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency.

A letter of intent in this matter was signed in April 2023 by the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk and the president of the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency - Anita Oleksiak. On December 13^th, 2023, an agreement was signed specifying the details of cooperation in the area of educating candidates for air traffic controllers.

– The Silesian University of Technology, with substantive support from PANSA, as part of its activities related to educating students at the Civil Aviation Personnel Education Centre, continues efforts to launch a certified organization training candidates for air traffic controllers within the University's structures. Due to the statutory role of PANSA as an institution established, among others, to provide air navigation services in Polish airspace, as part of the content of the agreement, the Agency expressed its readiness to continue training on operational positions for students who obtain the S-ATCL (Student-Air Traffic Controller License) - said dr hab. Eng. pilot Jarosław Kozuba, prof. of Silesian University of Technology

The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency is actively developing cooperation with national military and civilian universities in the area of training air traffic services personnel.

Photo Polish Air Navigation Services Agency