The IEEAC is the corps of the Ingénieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile (in English Civil Aviation Operations Engineer). It is the sixth corps of the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in terms of numbers with 777 IEEAC out of 13,076 agents on 1 July 2011.
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Application
The application process is by a competitive examination. It is for students of classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles. Also, French air traffic controllers, French Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel and Techniciens supérieurs des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile with more than 10 years professional experience can integrate the corps of IEEAC with another application process.
Career
This corps has five grades (in descending order):
Training
The third-year training of IEEAC is performed at the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) of Toulouse after a competitive examination. They graduation with the Diplôme d'ingénieur ENAC (ENAC engineer degree) recognized by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur before joining Directorate General for Civil Aviation or Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile.
Job
The IEEAC work in many technical and economical like air transport, air navigation, safety of civil aviation ... in Metropolitan France or in overseas department. They perform testing, operating, research, coaching or teaching missions.
Distribution
They work for Directorate General for Civil Aviation as well as for Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile.
Income
IEEAC students have an income of 2,200 euros per month during the third-year training at ENAC. When they start their career, they have an income of 40,000 euros per year.