14/07/2021 news United takes Heart as it plans to go electric USA airline United is putting its money and faith in an electric aircraft startup called Heart Aerospace. Alongwith Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV)...
14/07/2021 news Ryanair announces 2,000 new pilot jobs Ryanair has launched a recruitment drive for 2,000 new pilots over the next three years as the airline recovers and rebuilds from the Covid-19 pandemic.
12/07/2021 how to be a pilot CAE to work with VoloCopter to develop eVTOL pilot training Pilot training company CAE is to work with Volocopter, one of the world’s leading developers of Urban Air Mobility aircraft, to create a training programme for future pilots of electric Vertical TakeOff and Landing craft.
01/07/2021 how to be a pilot Good Morning Vero Beach!* First trainees arrive at Skyborne’s Florida base The first four trainee pilots have arrived at Skyborne’s new fairweather base in Vero Beach, Florida. The four cadets – three men and one women �...
01/07/2021 news UK govt launches zero emission competition The UK government has launched a £3m Zero Emission Flight Infrastructure (ZEFI) competition to support development of the infrastructure required to ...
01/07/2021 news Back-from-the-dead Flybe airline starts recruiting The resurrected Flybe airline is recruiting – but it has yet to say what jobs will be on offer. The sale of the old Flybe’s assets and business wa...
01/07/2021 news Eurocontrol spots changes in airline fleet mix Eurocontrol has identified changes in the mix of aircraft in the fleets of various airlines, based on flights in its area – larger than just EU states.
30/06/2021 news ATP Flight School gears up for new ATP CTP course In Europe we have the Airline Pilot Standard Multi Crew Cooperation (APS MCC) course and in the US, the same thing (roughly) is known as the Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program (ATP CTP).
18/06/2021 news Airbus and Cathay Pacific cooperating on single-pilot long-haul ops Single-pilot ops have surfaced again in a report by Reuters news agency which says that Airbus and Cathay Pacific are working on introducing ‘reduce...
17/06/2021 how to be a pilot Leading Edge Aviation reveals new student accommodation Leading Edge Aviation is showing off its bespoke new student accommodation ahead of its official opening this summer. The new building has been design...
16/06/2021 news Could Seagliders replace ferry boats? Is it a plane, is it a ship… what is it? It’s not clear yet whether the Regent Craft SeaGlider will be classed as an aeroplane or marine vesse...
16/06/2021 news United goes supersonic with Boom Overture United Airlines is going supersonic! The US airline has ordered a fleet of the supersonic airliners being developed by Denver-based aerospace company ...
