OSM Aviation and EPST monitored cadet pilot program launched
OSM Aviation and European Pilot Selection and Training (EPST) are building on their existing relationship by launching a joint ‘Monitored Cadet Pilo’t program. Since 2016, EPST has been OSM Aviation’s partner in providing pilot selection services. OSM Aviation has selected EPST graduates to fly as First Officers for its largest client, Norwegian Airlines, and to date the companies say some 20 EPST graduates have joined Norwegian...
Dundee pilots circumnavigate UK to promote women in aviation
Two Dundee-based pilots have set-out to circumnavigate the UK to promote women in aviation. Ten years after Evie Saunders bestowed a PA28 aircraft to Tayside Aviation, in which over 260 scholarships have now been completed, Rachel Foyle and Claire Birch have embarked on a 10-day trip in Evie’s honour to entice more women into the industry. At present, only 12% of UK pilots are female, with the worldwide figure even lower at around 6%....
Jet2.com launch recruitment drive for up to 180 pilots
Jet2.com, the UK low-cost airline, has launched a major recruitment drive for around 1700 new employees, including 700 ground-based staff, 900 cabin crew and up to 180 pilots. The airline has a fleet of 75 aircraft and is currently taking delivery of 34 new B737-800NG aircraft over a two-year period. Basic entry criteria for pilots are: First Officers Minimum 500 hours Total flying time including Experience on a medium to heavy...
APPG General Aviation spreads its wings
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation was established earlier this year as a special-interest parliamentary organisation established to promote the Government’s stated objective of ‘…making the UK the best country in the world for General Aviation.’, The Chair of the APPG GA – Grant Shapps MP – has now written to Ministers calling for urgent and co-ordinated action to support GA. Shapps, who was instrumental in driving...
‘Hard Copy’ Skyway Code now on sale
The ‘Skyway Code’ is a CAA publication designed to be the General Aviation equivalent of the UK’s ‘Highway Code’, containing essential information on all aspects of VFR flight in the UK including rules and procedures, airspace, RT and ATC procedures, pilot licencing and general safety advice. First published on-line in May, the updated ‘V1.1’ version was launched at the end of August to co-incide with the annual LAA Rally at Sywell....
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