CAA staff balloted over strike action
Prospect trade union members at the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are to be balloted on industrial action over pay. The call for strike action is a first for the UK’s aviation regulator. Having got its finances into a healthier position post-pandemic, the CAA has offered staff a 5% pay rise, but trade union Prospect is urging its members to reject the offer, stating that it is too little to offset pay cuts imposed during the...
Administrators appointed at Tayside Aviation
Tayside Aviation appointed Interpath Advisory as administrators on 20 April 2023. A statement from the Interpath Advisory said: “Despite the significant efforts of the shareholder and directors who explored various funding and sale options, cashflow pressures have intensified, resulting in the directors having no option but to take the very difficult decision to seek the appointment of the Joint Administrators. The business has...
BWPA launches 2022 pilot scholarships
The British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) has opened its series of 2022 aviation scholarships, provided by the BWPA, SkyDemon, Easy PPL Ground School, 624 Squadron.com, CATS, Bristol Groundschool, Flight Deck Wingman, Wings Alliance, Helicentre Aviation, and the family of Oriana Pepper. The BWPA offers scholarships every year to support women in the UK in achieving their flying dreams, underlying its key aim to promote their...
FTEJerez ATPL scholarship opens
Commercial pilot flight training organisation FTEJerez, based at Jerez de La Frontera in the southwest of Spain, has announced its first fully funded ATPL Scholarship, representing an extremely rare opportunity in the commercial pilot training sector. Through the initiative, the academy will sponsor the full price of an Airline First Officer Programme (FTE’s integrated ATPL course) for two successful candidates, valued at €119,500.00...
Skyborne Aviation Academy open day 24 July 2021
With the first course of British cadets having just arrived at Skyborne’s fair weather training base at Vero Beach in Florida, the flight training academy is now running an open day on 24 July at their UK Gloucestershire Airport HQ to explain what training programmes are on offer at their USA flight school. The open day, which runs from 10am to 2pm, is aimed to provide prospective cadets with details on everything they need to...
