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...
ACT NOW! – CAA advises urgent action on licence applications
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is urging EU-licensed pilots, engineers and aviation businesses operating in the UK to gain dual UK licences as quickly as possible, fearing that some may leave it too late to make an end of year deadline. Currently, the UK CAA is permitting EU licensed pilots to operate UK-registered aircraft (meanwhile the EU has decided not to reciprocate by recognising UK licences). However, this permission...
The PPL exam lottery
A growing number of flying schools, instructors, examiners and student pilots are expressing exasperation over the new UK PPL ground exams, after witnessing unprecedented numbers of students failing their exams in recent months. The problem has become so bad that instructors and students alike are describing some of the exam questions as ‘exotic and unrelated to the course content’, with one well-respected instructor/examiner publicly...
PPL training expected to resume from 12 April
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has today updated its guidance for the General Aviation community, detailing a three-stage phased return to GA flying. The key dates, aligned with wider pandemic lockdown recovery guidance, are 29 March, 12 April and 17 May. 29 March – Solo flying & flying with household/bubble members People will no longer be required to stay at home. This will allow the safe restart of GA flying for...
CAA back down on medical lockdown
The UK CAA has dramatically changed its stance on medical examinations for private pilots, just days after the CAA’s Head of Medical Policy wrote to AeroMedical Examiners (AMEs) to tell them that they should not be conducting medicals for ‘leisure/sport pilots’. The letter went on to warn that the CAA were monitoring AMEs and would: “…be able to identify cases where the applicant appears to have breached the current Government...
