Former Head of GA at the CAA passes away
Former Head of GA at the CAA, Mr Rufus Heald MBE, has passed away at the age of 97. “It is with considerable sadness I write to inform you that my father Rufus passed away last Thursday afternoon” announced Nigel, Rufus’ son, a sentiment many who knew him shared. Echoed across the Flyer and PPrune forums, well-wishers gathered to offer recollections, anecdotes and messages of remembrance for “a long life well lived” – and an...
LEAL launches fully-sponsored LEAP/FI cadet programme
Commercial pilot aspirants have until 04 December 2022 to apply for what is currently the UK’s only fully-funded flight training programe, generously offered by Leading Edge Aviation (LEAL), headquartered at London Oxford Airport. LEAL’s standard fATPL training programme, ‘LEAP’, has been adjusted to include a Flight Instructor (FI) rating for this fully-sponsored package. Successful applicants to the programme...
Final call for Pilot Careers Live, LHR, 05 November 2022
Pilot Careers Live is taking place this Saturday (05 November) at the Sofitel, Heathrow T5. The event provides an opportunity for aspiring commercial pilots to meet the industry’s leaading training organisations, airlines and much more. A main exhibition hall is where leading flight training schools from across the world will convene to offer attendees to chance to learn about what is involved in training to become a commercial...
Air League’s ‘Generation Aviation Week’ underway
Generation Aviation Week, a five-day outreach initiative supported by the Department for Transport (DfT), is underway in the UK. Aiming to inspire the next generation of industry professionals, a week-long “sector-wide campaign” has started with a launch event at the Heathrow Employment and Skills Academy. The DfT’s May 2022 ‘Flightpath to the future’ stressed that “unleashing the potential of the next generation of aviation...
Mermaids frying bacon
When they designed the Airbus, the head of the company was quoted as saying that they were building an aeroplane so simple “even my concierge” at his apartment building would be able to operate it. As we know, commercial aviation is not quite as simple as that, but many of us appreciated Airbus’s attempts to relieve the pilot workload. In doing so however they introduced other potential errors which need to be trapped. I am talking...
