12/08/2021 news VA cadets graduate at Ryanair’s Wings ceremony Ryanair’s latest Wings ceremony – where newly graduated pilots are recognised at the airline’s Dublin HQ – consisted entirely of cadet pil...
12/08/2021 news Lufthansa Aviation Training orders first L3Harris B787 FTD Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is the launch customer for the new Boeing 787 Flight Training Device (FTD) from L3Harris Technologies. LAT has also ...
06/08/2021 news Wizz Air launches drive to recruit 4,600 pilots Wizz Air is on a massive pilot recruitment drive right across its network – the Hungarian airline wants to hire 4,600 new pilots by 2030.
05/08/2021 news Avion Group to open new flight training simulator centre in Greece Flight simulator manufacturer Avion Group has unveiled Athens, Greece as its new location to operate an Avion Flight Training Centre.
05/08/2021 news Cat3C installs 737 avionics trainer at Gloucester Airport Cat3C – now part of the Aeros Group – has installed an RFT (ready for training) 737 cockpit instrument/avionics trainer at its Gloucester Airp...
05/08/2021 news Skyborne’s Vero Beach academy partners with European ATO Hub’air Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach is to work with leading European ATO Hub’air to train up to 40 pilots a year at its base in Florida, United States.
05/08/2021 news Resilient Pilot to host Skills Refresher Days Resilient Pilot, the not-for-profit organisation created to support pilots and cabin crew, is to host regular face-to-face Skills Refresher Days for type-rated pilots.
02/08/2021 how to be a pilot Helicentre offers £250,000 in helicopter pilot scholarships For the past ten years Helicentre Aviation Academy at Leicester Airport has been offering scholarships and bursaries to help pay for pilot training and its latest round of funding is its biggest yet – £250,000.
29/07/2021 how to be a pilot UK pilot licence new issues lowest for a decade Data recently supplied by the UK Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that the number of people who were issued a commercial pilot’s licence in 2020, was 71% lower, just 262, compared with 906 in 2011.
29/07/2021 news CAA approves Skyborne’s cabin crew course Skyborne Airline Academy has received approval from the UK’s CAA for its Cabin Crew Attestation (CCA) training course, with the first intake com...
26/07/2021 news UK govt urged to secure recognition of UK licences by the EU UK pilot licences have been “seriously degraded in value and utility” following Brexit, according to a letter sent by the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps.
21/07/2021 news L3Harris partners with University of Central Lancashire for pilot degree L3Harris is partnering with the University of Central Lancashire to launch a BSc (Hons) degree in aviation that combines academic study with professional pilot training.
