Damien Rakotondrainy

Having chosen the Management and Industrial Logistics (MLI) course at IPSA to get away from the purely technical aspect of engineering and acquire a double hat, I wanted to do my end-of-studies internship at Airbus to work on cost management, particularly for the avionics part of the A350.

On site, Jérôme and I both took advantage of the Airbus works council to start our pilot training at a local flying club at reduced cost.

Following my internship and this first experience, I decided to go straight on to theoretical pilot training at the Institut Mermoz. Seeing that I could also do other things on the side, I took on a number of missions as a self-employed contractor, often associated with the world of aeronautics.

L’ATPL in theory, I continued my practical training in England with Jérôme until I qualified on the A320. I eventually became a pilot with Air France.