Straight and Very Level By Darragh Owens
My student Rick had been looking forward to this long cross-country flight, part of his commercial pilot’s licence (CPL) training. Quite the stickler for detailed planning, all of his paperwork was immaculately prepared, legible, and well organised in the cockpit. His plan called for a cruising altitude of 5,000 feet. We were climbing to that height and he had just checked in with the en-route controller. Mind you, we weren’t...
Stobart Air recruiting
Stobart Air – formerly Aer Arran – are recruiting pilots as part of its ambitious expansion plans. At present Stobart Air provide ‘franchise’ services on UK and Ireland routes including services for Aer Lingus Regional and Flybe, operating ATR72 aircraft. Stobart are now recruiting for Embraer 195 pilots, both type-rated and non type-rated, to be based at ‘London’ Southend and Dublin. These aircraft will be operated as a Flybe...
Cotswold Airport 2017 Aviation Scholarships open for applications
Introduced in 2007, the Cotswold Airport Aviation Scholarship provides young adults from the ages of 14 – 18 years living in the Gloucestershire / Wiltshire / Oxfordshire/ Berkshire area the opportunity to experience career options available within the aviation sector. The ethos is to provide Scholars with that vital initial experience that will put them on the first rung of the ladder to their chosen career path. Funded by Cotswold...
Civil Aviation Authority go on the road
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will be holding a number of roadshows in March and April to discuss recent and forthcoming regulatory changes affecting General Aviation (GA) organisations. The CAA say that the ‘roadshow’ programme will cover: Implementation of Part-DTO (Declared Training Organisation), Update on the efforts to reduce Airspace Infringements Implementation of Part-SPO (Special Operations Implementation of Part-ML...
Piper aircraft sell 50 training aircraft to China
China Air Shuttle, based in Beijing, China, will begin to take delivery of the PA28s in the second quarter of 2017, with 30 aircraft scheduled to be delivered in the first year and the remaining 20 to follow in Q1 and Q2 of 2018. China Air Shuttle also intends to order and stock more trainers to meet what it says is the fast-growing flight training market in China. China Air Shuttle CO., Limited (CAS) was incorporated in 2015,...
