Government and Union Call for Greater Pilot Equality
The Aviation Minister Liz Sugg has written to the aviation sector, calling on them to pledge action to overcome the gender gap in aviation. Women account for nearly half (47%) of the national workforce, but only around six per cent of airline pilots worldwide are women. Liz Sugg, said: “For every hundred airline pilots, ninety-four are male. With a shortage of pilots in the future, the aviation industry needs to be making the best use...
Professional Pilot Flight Training – what does the future hold?
Peter Moxham, one of the most influential figures in UK flight training, takes a look at the challenges currently facing the UK professional pilot training industry and what can be done about them. I am unable to recall any time when so many issues face the UK Professional Pilot flight training world – we live in a time of great technological change with new requirements hitting the street every week and a more unstable political...
First Officer Pilot Apprenticeships Given Clearance
The Aviation Industry Skills Board (AISB) has launched the UK’s first ever industry-led First Officer pilot apprenticeships scheme, providing aspiring pilots with a financially supported route to a First Officer position with a UK airline. The AISB sub-group which developed the apprenticeship framework was made up of UK airline representatives from British Airways, Flybe, easyJet, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and TUI UK, which chaired the...
Anthony Petteford Joins VA
Cambridge-based simulator operator VA (formerly Virtual Aviation) has announced that Anthony Petteford is joining the company as an investor shareholder and will take up the role of Executive Director. Anthony is well-known within the European flight training industry having held senior positions at major flight training operations including as Managing Director of Oxford Aviation Academy for 15 years (acquired by CAE in 2012) and for...
L3 announces Female Scholarship Programme
L3 Commercial Aviation have announced the launch of their ‘L3 Pilot Pathways Female Scholarship programme’, which will provide 10 scholarships to female candidates applying for its Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) training program. L3 say that during 2019, the programme will award 10 female candidates a £25,000/€29,000 sponsorship towards the cost of their training. “We are passionate about encouraging more diversity...
