‘FING’ flying instructor network launched
The newly-formed “Flying Instructor Network Group” (FING) held its first meeting at Stoke airfield with the aim to provide a support group for instructors. FING also aims to be a platform to all flying instructors to help develop professionally; to run workshops to improve practice standards; to help with practical issues of insurance, and to act as an all important network to discuss various instructional issues in a safe...
2017 BA CityFlyer Mentored Airline Pilot Scheme launched with FTEJerez
BA CityFlyer’s Mentored Scheme has been developed with training partner, FTEJerez, to provide the airline (a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways) with a source of pre-selected pilots to crew their Embraer aircraft. Captain Steve Cook, Head of Flight Operations at BA CityFlyer said that successful candidates will undertake training under the Multi-crew Pilots Licence (MPL) route to the right-hand seat of their aircraft. This...
Awards made at The Air League’s Annual Reception
St James Palace in London was the venue for the Air League’s Annual Reception recently, where a number of individuals and organisations were recognised with a series of awards presented by the Air League’s patron, The Duke of Edinburgh. The Reception was also an occasion where certificates and badges are awarded to Air League scholarship and bursary recipients in the presence of sponsors, family and friends. 2017 also marks a...
Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme open for applications
L3 Airline Academy say that they are now accepting applications for the ‘Generation easyJet’ programs, designed to take the successful applicants to a First Officer position with EasyJet via either a Multi Pilot Licence (MPL) training route, or an Integrated ATPL course. The basic entry criteria are: To be at least 18 years of age to commence training. Have the unrestricted right to live and work in the European Economic Area (EEA) or...
Happy Birthday LCY!
Despite not looking old enough to drink hard liquor, 2017 actually marks the 30th birthday of London City airport (LCY to its friends). Its maybe difficult to imagine now just how radical the original concept was and the amount of ‘blue skies’ thinking involved to propose an airport built on what was then an area of derelict docklands. Imagine too, the first landings (by a Brymon Airways four-engined Dash 7) made on what is now Heron...