APPG makes progress on airfield protection
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for General Aviation has claimed an early win in its battle to protect GA airfields from housing development, announcing that a safeguarding measure has been included in the latest draft version of the UK Government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). However, while the APGG has welcomed the announcement, chairman Grant Shapps MP has said that the Group still harbours concerns over GA...
General Aviation questions for Parliament
FTN has spoken to a number of prominent General Aviation experts who are inviting the GA community to suggest questions to be asked in Parliament on matters relating to the concerns of GA. These experts believe that asking Parliamentarians to table Written Parliamentary Questions is an important way of raising awareness of issues affecting GA in Parliament and in the Government, as well as getting answers directly from Minsters. Once...
BALPA says gender or finances should not be a barrier to a flying career
The UK pilots’ association has said that the only thing that should matter for wannabe pilots is ability, not gender, background or financial situation. BALPA says that young girls shouldn’t let lack of visible representation put them off dreams of becoming a pilot, nevertheless the UK pilot population is 95% male, with only 608 women in the UK holding a flight crew licence. The pilots’ association said that with increasing training...
SkyDemon Flying Scholarship launched with Air League
The Air League has announce the launch of a 12-hour powered flying scholarship sponsored by SkyDemon. Under The Air League’s powered scholarship programme, this award will enable a young person to reach solo standard and enjoy the responsibility and achievement of solo flight. The scholar will be encouraged to undertake their training on a residential basis over the course of week at one of three approved training providers to ensure...
UK to Australia non-stop
Sleep might be exactly what passengers may be craving even more than normal when the first ever non-stop Europe to Australia scheduled flights commence in late March. Long the ‘holy grail’ of long distance airline travel, the Heathrow to Perth service will be flown by Qantas using B787-9s and will be a flight of approximately 17 hours airborne. That sounds like a lot to most of us (somewhere in the region of 14,500km), though...
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