No experience required: TUI Airways scouting for new 737 pilots
Jan08

No experience required: TUI Airways scouting for new 737 pilots

TUI Airways kickstart the application process for its 2024 fully funded 737 pilot cadet programme. Today the operator begun the first stage in its search for new pilot hopefuls by opening its multi crew licence (MPL) application process, for the programme first announced in September last year. Importantly, TUI Airways pledge to pay the majority of upfront training costs associated with gaining a MPL and 737 type rating, which...

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2024 PPL scholarships open for applications
Jan08

2024 PPL scholarships open for applications

The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) has opened applications for a number of PPL Scholarships taking place next summer. Open to all-comers over the age of 17, the scholarships provide funding for a Private Pilot Licence training programme including up to 45 hours of flight training. Scholarships are open to candidates with little or no prior flying experience, individuals who are also part way through their PPL training but are...

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Armstrong/Isaacs Bursaries for PPL students opens for 2024
Nov10

Armstrong/Isaacs Bursaries for PPL students opens for 2024

The Armstrong/Isaacs bursaries, run by the UK Light Aircraft Association (LAA), are once again open, with five bursaries of £1,500.00 on offer this year to PPL students currently undergoing flight training. Armstrong/Isaacs bursaries are funded from the Armstrong/Isaacs Fund, which is based on a major donation from David Armstrong, who was a founder member of the original Ultralight Aircraft Association in 1947, a lifelong member of...

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Soaring scholarships
Nov06

Soaring scholarships

The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) launched its 2024 Gliding Scholarships at the Pilot Careers Live event held at Heathrow. The scholarships provide a one-week residential course at an approved British Gliding Association (BGA) training centre with an aim to take the scholar as far as completing their first solo flight. The scholarships are open to people over the age of 16 and are flown at designated Youth Gliding Centres in...

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Air League awards over 100 scholarships
Aug25

Air League awards over 100 scholarships

The Air League has announced that it has awarded over 100 scholarships this year to individuals across the UK, providing flight training courses and engineering placements across the nation. Scholarship courses are taking place at flying and gliding clubs across England, Wales and Scotland, with engineering placements at Marshall Aerospace and Affinity Flying Training Services and Drone Scholarships at Eagle Eye Innovations. This...

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British Women Pilots’ Association announces its 2023 aviation scholarships
Aug19

British Women Pilots’ Association announces its 2023 aviation scholarships

The British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) announces its 2023 aviation scholarships at this year’s Light Aircraft Association (LAA) ‘grass roots’ fly-in at Popham. The BWPA awards scholarships to women in the UK of all ages and backgrounds and helps them achieve their flying dreams. To date the BWPA are awarding 12 scholarships and hopeful candidates can apply from September. Three of the scholarships are in partnership with...

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