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CAA employees threaten strike action from 20 January 2025
Jan08

CAA employees threaten strike action from 20 January 2025

Having averted strike action back in August 2023, the UK Civil Aviation Authority is now facing new action from its employees arising from a pay dispute. According to trade union Prospect, it’s CAA employee members are planning on taking strike action from 20 January 2025 after having rejected a proposed 3-4% pay rise. The industrial action is to take the form of working to rule and an overtime ban. According to Prospect, the extra...

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CAA publishes Strip Flying Safety Sense Leaflet
Jun20

CAA publishes Strip Flying Safety Sense Leaflet

The UK CAA has published a comprehensive guide on flying into and out of unlicensed airstrips. The guide – part of the CAA’s series of Safety Sense Leaflets – contains valuable information on the art of flying into grass strips and how to identify and mitigate potential hazards. The guide commences by advising that most strips will not be licensed or certified to any standard and may have hazardous features such as power lines or...

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CAA publish stall and spin advisory animation
Jun03

CAA publish stall and spin advisory animation

The UK CAA has released a short advisory animation recounting a 2021 incident when a stall/spin training exercise nearly ended in tragedy. The flight was conducted in a T67 Firefly out of Shoreham Airport. The instructor reports that the student had safely conducted a couple of left-hand spins, recovering each time to an altitude of around 5,500ft. The student was then asked to demonstrate the recovery from a right-hand spin entry....

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UK flight training regulatory charges rise by 7.7%
May14

UK flight training regulatory charges rise by 7.7%

The UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) charging scheme for the financial year 2024/2025 came into effect in April. The headline figure for the flight training industry is a 7.7% increase across all CAA safety related charges which includes licensing charges for pilots and flying schools, revised down slightly from the 8.3% increase previously proposed. Details of the revised charges for pilots and flight schools are contained...

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UK Government says flying taxi services will become reality by 2026
Mar19

UK Government says flying taxi services will become reality by 2026

Flying taxis, crime-fighting drones and critical 999 care deliveries could all be a reality by 2030 after the government and industry’s joint Future of Flight action plan is announced by the Department for Transport (DfT).   Setting out a roadmap for drones and novel electric aircraft in the UK, the plan details how technology once confined to the realm of sci-fi could transform our skies, with studies estimating drone technology...

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