CAA publishes Declared Training Organisation (DTO) Guidance
The UK CAA’s General Aviation unit has published a guidance document for those seeking to register a Declared Training Organisation (DTOs). Within the UK alone there are about 400 flying schools and clubs operating as Registered Training Facilities which will have to convert to DTOs by April 2019, or become more complex Approved Training Organisations (ATOs). Although the European rules on DTOs have not yet entered law, it is believed...
Tayside Aviation celebrates 50 years in business
Having flown an estimated 33 million miles since its launch in 1968, the equivalent of 70 trips to the moon and back. Tayside Aviation has trained over 5,000 commercial airline pilots since its inception, as well as 6,000 RAF cadets and flown 1,500 flying scholarships, including 300 from as far away as Hong Kong. Significant milestones in Tayside’s 50 year history have included: 1975 Former Lightning and Red Arrows pilot Ted...
L3 CTS launches new European airline academy
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has announced the introduction of its new European Academy into the company’s cadet pilot training offering. The L3 European Airline Academy facility, based at Ponte de Sor Airport, Portugal, has the capacity to provide training for up to 500 cadets a year. The new European Academy has been established following L3’s acquisition of the G Air Training Centre in October 2017. This location will...
Piper lands biggest ever trainer aircraft order
Piper Aircraft Inc. has received its largest single trainer order in company history – an order for 152 aircraft from Fanmei Aviation Technologies, Piper Aircraft’s exclusive dealer in China. Fanmei Aviation Technologies is a subsidiary of Sichuan Fanmei Education Group co. Ltd which is a major provider of aviation education in China. The seven-year purchase agreement includes 100 Archer TX single engine trainers, 50 multi...
Government General Aviation champion Byron Davies to report on value of GA
The Aviation Minister, Baroness Sugg, confirmed the appointment of Byron Davies as its first ever General Aviation Champion to help identify a network of UK aerodromes that are most important for non-scheduled flying to flourish. She made the announcement while visiting Elstree Aerodrome to discuss the importance of private flying to the economy with representatives of the General Aviation community. Byron Davies will lead the...
The Flight Instructor Conundrum
A poll conducted by FTN has revealed that nearly half of the UK’s flight training schools are actively recruiting flight instructors, supporting the anecdotal evidence of an instructor shortage. Meantime, schools providing flight instructor training courses have reported a marked downturn in demand from potential instructors, some have seen virtually no new intakes in the last six months. It would seem that the professional pilot...
