Dawn of the DTO
Nov12

Dawn of the DTO

After more than five years of debate amongst aviation regulators and uncertainty for Europe’s flying schools and clubs, the EU Parliament will shortly vote on new regulations for PPL flying schools. Although the move to become ‘Declared Training Organisations’ (DTO) will add more complexity to their operations than is currently required, the final rules are expected to be significantly less onerous than many flying school operators...

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APPG GA visits Wycombe
Nov07

APPG GA visits Wycombe

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on General Aviation has visited Wycombe Air Park to talk to businesses and airfield operators about the challenges facing the General Aviation sector, and how they can be overcome. A number of businesses at the Air Park spoke about the highly-skilled jobs they provide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) roles. The APPG also heard about the wide range of employment...

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Jet2 Pilot Apprentice Scheme opens
Nov02

Jet2 Pilot Apprentice Scheme opens

Jet2 has announced that it is currently recruiting for its next intake of Pilot Apprentices. The Jet2.com Pilot Apprenticeship scheme has been running for 5 years with over 140 Pilot Apprentices starting their airline career with Jet2 in this way. Jet2 has recently opened their 8th and 9th UK bases, at Birmingham and London Stansted Airports, and taken delivery of the first 16 of 34 new B737-800NG aircraft. This is not an ab-initio...

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HELICOPTER INSTRUCTOR – PILOT OR SOCIAL WORKER?
Nov01

HELICOPTER INSTRUCTOR – PILOT OR SOCIAL WORKER?

Teaching students to fly any type of aircraft is probably as much about people skills as it is about flying. You have to relate to all types of individual and must often adapt your teaching style to their aptitude, previous life experience, attitude to flying, and so on. Perhaps this applies particularly to helicopter flying, which can be very difficult for many students, at least in the beginning. I’m sure all rotary...

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