IFEA meets
The Independent Flight Examiners Association (IFEA) has held its third meeting since its inception last December, the meeting was attended by some twenty examiners from all over the country. IFEA aims to represent the interest of all CAA Authorised examiners, Flight and Ground examiners as well as SFE and RTF examiners and membership is open to any UK flight examiner who holds, or has held, an examiner certificate. IFEA says its main...
IASA Makes Progress
Since FTN reported the creation of the Irish Aviation Students Association (IASA) two years ago, the organisation has been working to provide platforms for secondary, third level and postgraduate students, and young professionals, to network and learn about the aviation industry. In the last 12 months IASA has hosted events targeting students and young professionals across Ireland through initiatives it calls Career Slingshots and...
Pilots? Who needs pilots?
In mid-September, rumours began to circulate that Europe’s largest airline was having to cancel flights due to a lack of flight crew. Just a few days later, Ryanair announced the cancellation of thousands of flights over a six-week week period, in order, the airline said, to “Improve its system-wide punctuality which has fallen below 80 per cent in the first two weeks of September”. The airline largely blamed a combination of European...
Piper Aircraft sales and deliveries up in first half of 2017
Piper Aircraft Inc. have announced that its aircraft sales and delivery results for the second quarter of 2017, ending June 30. The company continued to grow its new aircraft deliveries and revenue, with Piper trainer sales growth being led by the PA28 ‘Archer’ platform with sales backlog into Q3 2018. The company posted quarterly revenue of $52.1M and deliveries of 32 aircraft. Compared to the company performance in 2016 through Q2,...
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...
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...
