Steve Slater stepping down from LAA
The Chief Executive Officer of the Light Aircraft Association (LAA), Steve Slater, has announced his intention to step down from the role in Spring 2023. This decision follows a period of over seven years in the post, during which Slater has “overseen a period of significant change in both the Association and the sport flying community”; a tenure which has seen him engaging with the organisation’s members, representing the sector at...
FTA Global appoint new strategic adviser
UK-based training provider FTA Global has confirmed the appointment of Anthony Petteford as its new Strategic Adviser; the first step in the school’s plan for “both attracting and making significant future capital investment in UK pilot training”. With 26 years’ experience in the aviation industry, including leading and investing in ab initio brands including Oxford Aviation Academy (now CAE) and L3Harrris (previously CTC Aviation),...
Quality Fly becomes EU’s first carbon-neutral flight school
Earlier this month, Quality Fly flight academy – based at Madrid-Cuatro airport in Spain – became the “first European flight school to achieve carbon neutrality”. Unique among flight schools in Spain, the training provider’s investment in “carbon-neutral integrated and modular commercial pilot programmes” (something it claims “very few in Europe” are doing) have helped it to reach this milestone; moving one step closer to the goal of...
FTEJerez formally approved by UK CAA
Spanish-based training provider FTEJerez has been formally approved by the UK CAA as an Approved Training Organisation. Following an announcement on 17 November 2022, FTEJerez may continue to provide the “full scope” of Part-FCL training courses, with British students able to work towards both an EASA or a UK CAA licence. Despite basing its current headquarters in southwestern Spain, FTEJerez has its origins in Scotland (as the...
FTEJerez become official ATO of Jazeera Airways
Spanish-based ATO FTEJerez has announced a new partnership with Kuwaiti airline Jazeera Airways. Ahead of an announcement that sees FTEJerez becoming the airline’s exclusive training provider, the Kuwaiti Civil Aviation Authority has already implemented the necessary approval for FTEJerez to operate as a training organisation; a new milestone for the ATO. The first 21 students are expected to arrive at the training provider’s...
