British Airways launches sponsored pilot cadet programme
British Airways announce a new sponsored pilot training programme that funds all pilot training costs for 60 pilots a year. British Airways say that professional flight training costs for aspiring pilots can top £100,000. The major’s latest multi million pound initiative will axe the prohibitively high entry cost that push the profession beyond most peoples reach. “The Speedbird Pilot Academy will make the ambition of becoming...
Emirates Flight Training academy adds DA42 to training fleet
Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA), have taken delivery of a new fleet of Diamond DA42-VI light piston twin-engine aircraft, enabling the academy to commence multi-engine piston (MEP) training, serving as a bridge between training on a single engine and a light jet, and rounding off EFTA’s training fleet to 30 aircraft. With a range of 1,225 nautical miles, the aircraft made their journey from Vienna, Austria to Dubai with EFTA’s...
British Airways to recruit 500 newly qualified pilots
British Airways has launched a Whitetail Recruitment Programme in partnership with five approved training organisations (ATOs) – CAE, FTEJerez, Leading Edge Aviation, L3Harris and Skyborne. The programme was announced at a Pilot Careers Live event held at Manchester Airport in early July and is part of a recruitment drive to place 500 new pilots with the British flag carrier over the next two years. ‘Whitetail’ is the...
Molly Rose PPL Scholarship reopens
The Molly Rose PPL Scholarship is recommencing with applications now being accepted. Created as an initiative to encourage young women to consider a career in aviation, the scholarship is named after Molly Rose, a pioneering aviatrix who inspired the book and feature film ‘Attagirls’, detailing her time in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during World War II. The successful winner of the scholarship will obtain her flying training...
Britten Norman to train Gulf Med pilots in Islander deal
Britten Norman to facilitate the training and development of Gulf Med pilots, maintenance, and ground staff from facilities in Malta as part of a new aircraft deal. The SJC Group headquartered in Malta has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Britten Norman for two factory Islander aircraft, including options for a third. The two aircraft will be part of the first batch of aircraft made at Britten Norman’s UK factories at Bembridge,...
Diamond Aircraft’s new aerobatic trainer makes its debut
Diamond Aircraft’s latest trainer makes its premiere at the 2023 Paris Airshow only a week after its maiden flight in June. The DART-750 tandem seat aerobatic trainer is powered by a Pratt and Whitney PT6A-25C turboprop engine and equipped with next generation avionic technology. Covering all basic flight manoeuvres, performance and handling checks, the first test flight lasted 30 minutes. According to the Austrian aircraft...
