Flying My First Jet as an Airline Cadet - Emirates Flight Training Academy

I visited Emirates Flight Training Academy in Dubai, which is not a flight school but a dedicated airline academy.
During my visit, I flew their Cirrus SR-22 and Embraer Phenom 100 jet with a professional flight instructor. Check out my takeoff, landing, and the flight. It was my first time flying a jet since I’ve received my Private Pilot License.
After the flight, I visited the entire academy. The classroom with interactive teaching, the test room about all the qualifications, the canteen, and student accommodation.
The entire airline academy program starts from zero to an integrated ATPL in 2 years. The student will build up 250 flying hours include multi-engine jet hours. The first-year program will be theory-based ground school. The entire cost of the program is approximately $180,000 include accommodation and food.

[@dandan8333]

Being an older man at 66... this has the WOW FACTOR! From ATC to flying private in the 70s to 80s its great to see someone had the ability to make this happen! For what you are given for your funds spent I'm not seeing any slacking but, more than enough aid to continue onto your dream of being the best of the best afterwards. Truly unbelievable and amazing! An exciting opportunity and video!

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

Imagine flying in one of these on the short hop from Manchester or Liverpool to Dublin and then flying all over Ireland, especially the beautiful West of Ireland

[@EyesonEnforcement911]

Wow! Sam, this is quite impressive. I've been watching you for years now, and let me tell you that your video production over the years has increased exponentially! The quality you put out for us does not compare to anyone else. Thank you for everything that you do and thank you for the entertainment

[@dashcan8479]

Except Sam does not have $180g fee. I am so so sad. LOL.

[@Shshchahahshah]

What is your name

[@HassanAli-sv9lu]

Sam I'm a subscriber when you started this KZbin channel. And finally you made it. You did it your dream come true. I also wanted to be an airline pilot. INSHA ALLAH I will.

[@mkhan8426]

I wisha you all the very best Dear Hassan Ali... Good wishes and prayers. Aameen

[@lexusbrabus6129]

InShaa Allah.... ✈️😊

[@azyanziyad1291]

Inshaa Allah Hassan You can Fly High at 39.000 Feet 👍😎

[@fatihgunes9088]

İNŞALLAH 😊

[@miguellucido2113]

👍

[@PilotBlogDenys]

Perfect! ❤✈

[@Hayden-uq9lt]

Omg

[@DaftPunkFan123]

Hi

[@la.premiere.roselle]

It's the famous Boeing pilot...I'm sub to you

[@michaela7100]

He's a pretty shit pilot

[@jameswikstrom4174]

Another great video, Sam. You seem to have a natural aptitude for aviation. I think you would make a great commercial airline pilot. Emirates is smart by taking Cadets with no prior experience. This way you are trained to fly the Emirates way with no misconceptions. What a great opportunity for a young person who wants to become a commercial airline pilot. The United States has nothing comparable to the Emirates flight school.

[@etiennebruwer3720]

South African instructors and ATC. Who would have guessed 😂😂😂 we rock. Well done boys and girls keep it up

[@markchan1868]

Awesome video as always Sam. You are always positive and full of energy in your videos. You are definitely doing something you love!

[@glennt1962]

Seen many of your videos over the years but this has topped all. Great photography and fantastic views. Thanks for sharing.

[@MarkRailton]

Great video, made me really miss UAE. Spent 4 years living in Al Ain and went to Dubai quite often. So cool to see if from the air like that.

[@flywithfan]

I’m an Indonesian Commercial Pilot with Instrument Rating, Cessna 172 rated. Compared to my flight academy back in Indonesia, i must say, Emirates’s Flight Academy is an academy made in heaven. God i wished i was born in Dubai..

[@yuganshdhingra7647]

You could have done that even if you weren’t born there. They accept cadets all around the world

[@ulwannaufal9528]

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[@alohatvj]

Sam thanks 😊 🙏 for bringing us along as you fly the aircraft. Pretty impressive views from the cockpit

[@johnsp1221]

Sam what an amazing opportunity to share this wonderful adventure with all of us. Love watching your videos from USA. I hope one day I'll get the opportunity to fly on emirates A380 airlines. Your awesome.

[@crew-dog2668]

One of the best videos about flying, ever! What an impressive organization; and how lucky for you to be able to go into two of their trainers. Also loved seeing Dubai from a low altitude. Count your blessings sir.

[@SamChui]

Thank you for the kind comment.

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

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[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

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[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

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[@President_BarackObama]

@@syamkumarkaturi9761 take a breath man, relax, chill out. And don’t write in capitals.

[@jakgats1411]

19:42 imagine if the captain, said "No" while smiling at Sam. that would be hilarious!

[@tknyazika]

@Sam Chui thank you for the video and showing us a snippet of what goes on in the FEA. I loved the video and watching your flying experience... Keep up the good work...

[@adriancarter4302]

I love how you are living your dream. It’s a pleasure to watch your videos so informative and relaxing. I hope to be a pilot soon

[@zadams0021]

That South African accent with your SR22 instructor ❤️ love from SA

[@lisagravells802]

This video will go on to inspire many to become pilots! The nicest academy I’ve ever seen by far, world class!

[@LauRoot892]

Hi Lisa 💕

[@nithinrajesh8449]

Sam, sam, sam you are just incredible, actually I was waiting for this video from long ago, to know more about EFTA, thankyou sam for presenting such a informative video and for sharing your wonderful experience with EFTA. Thankyou so much

[@eqtydesk3530]

What a flight, what a structure, what a vídeo. Thank you Sam!!! Cheers from Brazil!

[@dashcan8479]

How is the poverty there any better?

[@joelsimplina737]

This video makes me want to strive more to become a pilot. I'm in my late 20's and still dreaming and hopefull. Hopefully this 2022, I can start training for my PPL with my small savings. I may not afford this kind of flying school but I will strive so hard that I can surpass the graduates of EFTA. Cheers!

[@marcbile]

wish u luck, u seem determined. determination is the key bro'

[@Editzontopp]

I hope you're going to have FAA on your airline

[@novus2106]

Good luck

[@dashcan8479]

Joel do you have $180g to get in? (Pipe dreams, eh?)

[@Capt.Ho.Lee.Fuk.]

@@dashcan8479 mediocre people like you are the ones who never achieve anything in their lives.

[@DomDooley_]

What an incredible and insightful video Sam. Absolutely fantastic!

[@cq7415]

Really fun to watch. Flying over Dubai and the beautiful tall towers, man made islands in the ocean. Nice pilot training school. Thanks for sharing.

[@domdom1926]

Wow ! thats probably the best flight academy in the world ! where all the students got to do is to concentrate on theirs courses . the old school like my time starting in little clubs working our ways up is over. its amazing !

[@hampten23]

Your voice on the radio is just awesome. You've got the perfect voice for a pilot 🤩

[@FREDALLEN119]

Your best ever video IMO. Really interesting and incredible access you managed to get there. If only I was 30 years younger, much cleverer and considerably wealthier I’d be there myself

[@LauRoot892]

Fred 🥰👋

[@mogu7624]

You can still do it!

[@tejaskulkarni7302]

Sam your love for aviation is out of this world.

[@midknight1978]

I remember back in 2015 when i flew the the embraer for the first time during my flying school..such a beautiful aircraft to fly and really stable. Kinda want to fly her again

[@shaunakupendradixitshaunak6699]

Do you get job

[@johnnahason4851]

Wow! Not just impressive but what an amazing flying academy! Thanks for bringing this.

[@RealWorldCarReviews]

Very interesting video. Thank you Sam. Well done on the jet flight. Super smooth landing too, well done 😎

[@Veshremy_god]

amazing seeing how far your channel has come and seeing you get your license is so cool!

[@deanmarleyaguiero]

Would love to go there and learn how to fly after I get my aircraft mechanic license. Dreamt of being an aircraft pilot ever since I was a 10 yrs old and I hope to be one someday. Safe skies Sam and thank you for showing this beautiful institution to us avid aviation fans.

[@satos1]

This was great Sam. Wow! What an excellent pilot training facility Emirates have.

[@Clovescp]

Muito bom vídeo parabéns sucesso! Gratidão por nós mostrar a Grandiosidade desta Academia e o Sonho de qualquer futuro Piloto 🛩️✈️🇧🇷

[@evangelstrategies]

Sam, you're such a delight and gentle soul. Love your incredible curiosity!

[@LauRoot892]

Hi Perez ❤️

[@Maddogaaa]

Hi I have been a supporter for all my life *10 years* and I just love your content

[@Adrian-qb1tp]

What an amazing privilege Sam, Emirates EFTA is definitely an amazing company which puts so much into their staff.

[@P_Jag]

You’ve got to be kidding right, they let go a huge portion of their pilots because if the pandemic and now their hiring new cadets in the interest of implementing cheaper contracts. Emirates business practices for their pilots and cabin crew leave a lot to be desired.

[@LauRoot892]

Adrian

[@megawave79]

@@P_Jag every airline let go of most of their pilots due to the pandemic. also, where you getting your info from that they are only hiring new cadets to make cheaper contracts?

[@PilotWanderlust]

Great video, Sam! 👍 All the best to all student pilots out there! Enjoy your flight training and always happy landings! ☘️🙂

[@LauRoot892]

Hi Pilot 👩‍✈️

[@derykbeaudreau7761]

I worked on that Phenom 100 prior to Emirates taking delivery of it. Nice little jets!

[@stefanschneider3681]

Watching this video while being in a beautiful hotel on the palm of dubai adds even more joy! Thanks for this fun!

[@ms-iz9iy]

those Emirates Training aircraft look incredible and really well maintained

[@abbasobaidi2555]

good job sam you did it perfectly hopefully you are a pilot one day if you wish

[@sadia-vlog]

What a view and what an experience. You are flying. Very delighted to watch. Enjoyed a lot

[@awesomeguygaming4702]

So cool to see small planes in Emirates livery. Great video as always!!!

[@peterwaugh9416]

Sam, you add new meaning to the word LUCKY. Flying the SR22 & Phenom jet. Dreams are made of things like this.

[@KosmicKoheiAspiringAstronaut]

I am currently in the process of training to be an astronaut and one of the aspects of my training includes pilot training. Love seeing others do something that brings me so much joy! Keep it up.

[@sancx]

That's so amazing dude, living most peoples dreams. Good luck!

[@dotdankory]

woah

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

Best of luck, hope you make it as an astronaut my Japanese brother. Make our people proud! - a random Japanese pilot :)

[@neerajnongmaithem392]

That's one of the hardest things to aspire for. Wish you all the best.

[@pbyt3869]

Good luck bro I’m on the same journey. :)

[@garycheung9286]

What a great video, Sam! Have fun flying while "you have control!"

[@rezwan9329]

Absolutely 💯 love the video Sam. Hope to see you fly and review different planes one day

[@jameschen9099]

What access Sam !!!! amazing to see EFTA. I am so jealous. I had to train in a 1969 Cessna 150 !! even needed a flash light to read the ASI during Night Rating ! thanks for a great vlog.

[@SamChui]

Technology has made flying much easier these days but the guiding principal remain the same. The tough part for young pilot like me , is to flying a fully gauged 1980s built Cessna now!

[@AbdullahAli-os9tb]

Are you a retired pilot ?

[@jameschen9099]

I wish. Just have a PPL. Need currency as well.

[@dominiqitta]

Emirates to the world. That was an amazing expirience Wow.

[@Sam-ny1ng]

Sam you are the Man taking over Emirates!! Great video !

[@5555S5]

What's the best sam ends up as a pilot in the end, his love for aviation is incredbile to watch

[@ernestbradley4547]

Sam, I would definitely put you in the ' MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD' category!!! Good job 🇧🇿🇧🇿🇧🇿

[@Turboy65]

I wish this had been available 30 years ago. If I could have walked into an airline's flight training academy and been trained from zero hours to full ATP certification, I'd have jumped on it so fast.....

[@FlyingAceAV8B]

Do you understand that you would have been a slave to the airline?

[@Turboy65]

@@FlyingAceAV8B Of course! Bring it on.

[@jamesleaty7308]

Huge pilot shortage right now. This is very smart business. Unlimited supply of women from India, etc. they appreciate the opportunity. The huge number of WW2 pilots, are 100% out of the system now.

[@crare227]

@@jamesleaty7308where ?

[@akemi2929]

​@@jamesleaty7308 Wow. And here I am, a woman from India reading your comment! Hoping to make the transition from Cabin to Cockpit soon 🎉

[@DetailxpertsNet1]

Those views from the top are amazing. Obviously an exhilarating experience for you, Sam.

[@JosephDubois1]

Great & Exciting, Sam! You Are A Champion! Cheers! 🏅🏆

[@anthonyclary1198]

I just found your channel! As a pilot and an air traffic controller, I am very impressed at how in detail you go in each video. Awesome job!

[@LauRoot892]

Hi 👋 Anthony 🥰

[@harmonymoyo2642]

This is absolutely a breathtaking, wawooo thank you sooo much Sam for all hard work and able to share with us your experience and everything. Have been following your most KZbin videos and really enjoy them so much. Haven’t flown out of Africa yet but with this video feels like I have explored the world and seen how beautiful Dubai is from the birds eye view, really amazing.

[@anwerabdallah569]

و احمد الله على العافيه و ما انعم به ربي علي و احمده حمد يوافي نعمه و يكافئ مزيده.

[@EstrayOne]

Sam looks like an absolute boss flying those planes. Confidently relaxed and in control.

[@LauRoot892]

Hey One💕

[@FCKP2023]

This is next level, love it 😊 Air Canada please follow this beautiful academy

[@dashcan8479]

No Canadians do not scam people for $180g. IN North America we charge much less and dont get you to pay for our house, cars, food. Imagine a place where they scam every single day. (ANYWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. SEE HOW THEY CONTROL AND BEAT FOREIGN WORKERS. Hey they are here scamming you out of housing with WEAK laws as housing in North America is just an 'investment." Watch how we kick THEM OUT THIS YEAR.

[@hafnium911]

Awesome to hear that sam got his PPL! Would be cool to see some more general aviation content as well on the sides :)

[@lawdpleasehelpmeno]

This is how all airlines should do it. No airline can fairly complain about a pilot "shortage" if they aren't willing to provide training avenues for new pilots.

[@Captain-Iglo]

Highly motivated and trained people. Emirates Airlines, the best there is !

[@PlanespottingJW]

The Evolution of an Emirates Pilot🤩🤩 fromm a Piper to the A-380😍😍

[@calvindo82]

Man! That’s a flight school in my dream! Impressive

[@clementndiok3083]

i love your channel, amazing stuff. sam you now have a pilot license now wow congrat.

[@j2simpso]

Didn't know BA operated such tiny jets! I guess you learn something new everyday!

[@GenkisTravels]

What an interesting experience. Awesome views of the city :)

[@davidluchsinger7377]

Dude, I didn’t know you were becoming a pilot. That is beyond freaking awesome. Living the dream!

[@stevegrattan8708]

@HQS He already is.

[@LauRoot892]

David 🌝

[@videogameplayer0552]

@HQS Yes he is. He’s a licensed private pilot.

[@RGB06084]

Thanks for the beautiful views Sam!

[@andrewjohnston6841]

Great videos of your first flights Sam. So interesting. Keep up the great work

[@donaldfinch4732]

Fantastic video Sam!! I'd put it at #1. Thank you for all you share.

[@LauRoot892]

Hi 👋 Donald 🙄

[@angelcity8228]

Another piece of great content. With all your hard work you certainly deserve this perc - the wide eyes and big smile say it all. Cheers

[@SamChui]

Thank you. It was a great experience one day in the shoes of future airline pilots.

[@anodebamutya4760]

I’m so happy and excited for you bro. I’m in process as well and can’t wait to run into you one day.

[@femibestleone8904]

The instructor was very nice with Sam.... Emirates is just the best

[@CurtisCT]

Can't believe I just watched Sam Chui realize my childhood dream! This brought back so many memories of me as a 9 year old boy, spending hours playing airliners at home, every room was a separate country with its own airport. There's me piloting a jumbo jet from the living room to my bedroom, communicating with the imaginary tower, disembarking imaginary passengers in the imaginary airport in my bedroom. A little boy's dreams (sigh...).

[@santiminiregio]

Me: how many training planes you want? Emirates: *YES*

[@napkinbob4689]

So cool to see you grow, been here for a while!

[@votemikejones86]

Probably old news, but my first time seeing Sam pilot a plane. Been following the channel since early days, soo awesome to see that dream come to fruition for him!

[@therated661]

Great content Sam! What an experience. It’s actually my dream job to be working with Emirates one day!

[@Chrx_sy]

As an Aussie, I'm going to try and get into the Qantas or Virgin Australia flight academy

[@maxpeck1338]

One of the KEY reasons why this is such a successful airline is due to its constantly evolving state of the art flight training academy, producing quality pilots. I am not sure if any other country can match this type of program/training. -Max

[@dashcan8479]

Max! Stop smoking weed dude. Any other country can match this type of programming. This is simply pushing program buttons. The programming for these jets are pathetic. Most of it is redundancy so that a monkey cannot screw up. The planes fly themselves on autopilot for 80% of flights today. Watch CitationMax or Premier 1 Driver. Get real.

[@NovaScotiaKevin]

So successful an EK crew turned a 777 in to a cruise missile by not lifting the nose at VR. 260 knots on the runway and still didn’t rotate “flight director didn’t tell me to do it yet!”

[@welbyroberto6581]

@@dashcan8479 my friend who used to have his own plane said today's pilots don't have enough hands on experience if the plane's autopilot fails, today's jets are all autopilot

[@ClausThanner]

Nice video! Good on you for getting these experiences along the way of sharing with the community!. Blue side up bro!

[@mrman3938]

I can achieve my dreams. Sam has inspired me the more to go for it.

[@user-qs3ry6ut8w]

A 250 hour pilot flying on the 777 sounds like a great idea!

[@Ferrarilover458]

1250 **

[@travelwell3206]

The look on the instructor's face when Sam landed the jet was priceless.

[@csnakegaming7389]

wow, I had never seen Emirates Private jets and props! Great vid, good luck!

[@dixienormous3262]

Talk about a stellar quality fast track program!

[@Villivakkam]

Wow this is a great initiative by Emirates. Always setting the standards. It would give peace of mind to aspirants to get everything at one stop. Great idea. Well done.

[@NovaScotiaKevin]

Set the standards? The only thing EK knows how to not set is the MCP so the incoming crew can turn a 777 in to a cruise missile, 260 knots and still on the runway because the FD “didn’t tell them” to take off.

[@Jpmrvz]

this is an awful initiative, the academy costs more than 200k the two years for foreign students, an absoute insult to any person looking for legit pilot training, not even a guaranteed job and since it's emirates, chances are you´ll end up without a job at emirates and -200kUSD

[@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692]

@@NovaScotiaKevin Yeah isn't Emirates one of those airlines that insists pilots do nearly everything on autopilot and heavy use of flight director etc? I mean others do it too to some degree, but I heard with them it's excessive, to the point that even if you have thousands of hours you have barely any real flying experience (as in hands on flying).

[@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692]

The only standards these people know how to set is throw a lot of money at shit other people built and designed and they don#t really understand. Which is why 100 years from now they will be exactly the same place they were 100 years ago. In the desert, cutting each other's heads off. The only exception is Kuwait, as they were the only ones who actually diversified HEAVILY from oil and made shit happen.

[@NovaScotiaKevin]

@@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692 it’s an airline that loves Children of the Magenta Line. Many airlines, like you said, promote and encourage following automation as opposed to flying skill based off of marrying stick and rudder with automation.

[@scotdor]

Sam is just living his best life lol

[@peterlloyd6337]

Fascinating and what a great airline company

[@amirsalim3305]

Really nice video SAM, I was actually just looking at the Emirates flight academy just before watching this video

[@CJThePilot]

Thank you for sharing this Sam! I hold a PPL, trained at Bristol in the UK and recorded many of my flights for my KZbin channel. Hopefully I'll be going commercial one day. Thank you for giving us such a great insight into the Emirates academy.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video. ☺ I didn't know that Emirates had a private jet. Gosh they're a rich airline. 😂

[@chrisehlers646]

Wow, what an experience this must have been for you. What a fantastic institution.

[@shefeekn]

Nice video and thank you for showing the world Emirates Flight Training Academy.

[@tefoalphius3725]

This is just wonderful Sam,you never disappoint and I love it

[@fattywithafirearm]

This is an amazing model and more airlines need to adopt this. Since the airlines keep crying there is a pilot shortage.

[@planetravel59]

Very good Philosophy. Ouahhhh. The dream for the student pilot. 👏👏👏

[@neatpaws]

Sam ... I really enjoy all of your vids ... and have done, for some time. Your enthusiasm for aviation shines through. My goodness ... you have even learnt to fly! Impressive. Good travels always. Thank you so much.