Skyborne Airline Academy Launches at Gloucestershire
Three well-known figures in aviation training have announced the launch of Skyborne, a new airline training academy based at Gloucestershire Airport in the UK. The new academy will welcome its first intake of cadets in October 2018, following the completion of a purpose built, state-of-the-art training facility at Gloucestershire Airport and will initially offer full-time frozen Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) training. Lee...
New “Declared Training Orgaisation” Regulations Get EASA Go Ahead
UK CAA announces all Registered Training Facilities, RTF, to convert to Declared Training Organisations, DTO, status by the Spring 2019, in a move to cut down ‘planned’ operational requirements for flying schools offering private flying qualifications. The welcome decision will require all private pilot flying schools that are classed as Registered Training Facilities to convert to the new simpler Declared Training Organisations...
CAE Growing Pilot Intake
CAE has announced that it is growing its cadet intake at its CAE Madrid training centre. In May 2017, CAE announced the expansion of its cadet training network to Spain with its Madrid-based integrated ATPL programme, followed with the launch of a new cadet training programme in partnership with European low-cost carrier Volotea in August 2017. A total of 17 cadets have started at CAE Madrid to date, with the first 6 recently...
