On 13 October 1959, the first major partner of the university was officially recognised. This allowed the recruitment of novice pilots with no previous flight experience. Previously, in 1958, the university only held training sessions on a purely experimental basis, and was responsible for the Airline Transport Pilot License theory. Regarding practical training in flight, it is performed at the SEFA center of Saint-Yan, created in 1949, until the commercial pilot licence, and at the Air France school for the advanced training. ENAC, in addition to its official duty related to the preparation of the Airline Transport Pilot Licence theory, has some tasks of theoretical training for pilots of various airlines. The question of the financial aspect of the training for airline pilots in private airlines arises. This training, whose cost is not paid by the French state, is too expensive for airlines and students, due to the flight training costs in particular. Private airlines decided to pay the cost, which made the free education for pilot cadets possible.