L3 CTS chosen by Wizz Air for additional pilot recruits
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has announced that graduates from its Airline Pilot career programme, an Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) course, have been selected to fly Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe. The successful graduates will complete the Wizz Air A320 type rating at L3 CTS’s Southampton Training Center before starting their professional flying career, commuting...
Dawn of the DTO
After more than five years of debate amongst aviation regulators and uncertainty for Europe’s flying schools and clubs, the EU Parliament will shortly vote on new regulations for PPL flying schools. Although the move to become ‘Declared Training Organisations’ (DTO) will add more complexity to their operations than is currently required, the final rules are expected to be significantly less onerous than many flying school operators...
APPG GA visits Wycombe
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on General Aviation has visited Wycombe Air Park to talk to businesses and airfield operators about the challenges facing the General Aviation sector, and how they can be overcome. A number of businesses at the Air Park spoke about the highly-skilled jobs they provide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) roles. The APPG also heard about the wide range of employment...
Jet2 Pilot Apprentice Scheme opens
Jet2 has announced that it is currently recruiting for its next intake of Pilot Apprentices. The Jet2.com Pilot Apprenticeship scheme has been running for 5 years with over 140 Pilot Apprentices starting their airline career with Jet2 in this way. Jet2 has recently opened their 8th and 9th UK bases, at Birmingham and London Stansted Airports, and taken delivery of the first 16 of 34 new B737-800NG aircraft. This is not an ab-initio...
easyJet signs agreement with Air Berlin
Meantime Luton-based easyJet have signed an agreement with Air Berlin to acquire part of its operations at Berlin Tegel Airport for a purchase consideration of €40 million. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in December 2017. The acquisition will result in easyJet entering into leases for up to 25 A320 aircraft, offering employment to Air Berlin crews and taking over other assets including...
Monarch pilots in demand
UK airlines have reacted quickly to the collapse of Monarch airlines which left around 400 ex-Monarch pilots looking for new positions. A number of airlines set-up Monarch-specific recruitment web pages within hours of the news that Monarch had ceased flying, with major airlines including Virgin Atlantic, EasyJet, Flybe, Thompson and BA City Flyer all offering a ‘fast track’ applications process for ex-Monarch crew. It is understood...
