January 2023: Dates for your Diary
With the New Year almost upon us, it’s time to take our first look at the upcoming aviation events of 2023. Friday 6 January: Wizz Air Cabin Crew recruitment day Courtyard by Marriott, Luton Airport. Interested applicants are advised to bring along an English CV and an ID photo for a process which “might take until late afternoon”. Event scheduled from 09:00. More info here. Saturday 14 January: Skyborne Airline...
World’s only female Spitfire pilot killed in car crash
Former Spitfire pilot Carolyn Grace has passed away aged 70, her family have confirmed. “It is with great sadness that we must announce that Carolyn Grace has been killed in a car accident on Friday December 2 2022,” announced Daisy Grace, Carolyn’s daughter-in-law. Originally from Australia herself, Carolyn was driving in New South Wales where her Suzuki was struck by another vehicle 120 miles south west of Sydney; a fatal accident...
Steve Slater stepping down from LAA
The Chief Executive Officer of the Light Aircraft Association (LAA), Steve Slater, has announced his intention to step down from the role in Spring 2023. This decision follows a period of over seven years in the post, during which Slater has “overseen a period of significant change in both the Association and the sport flying community”; a tenure which has seen him engaging with the organisation’s members, representing the sector at...
FTA Global appoint new strategic adviser
UK-based training provider FTA Global has confirmed the appointment of Anthony Petteford as its new Strategic Adviser; the first step in the school’s plan for “both attracting and making significant future capital investment in UK pilot training”. With 26 years’ experience in the aviation industry, including leading and investing in ab initio brands including Oxford Aviation Academy (now CAE) and L3Harrris (previously CTC Aviation),...
Quality Fly becomes EU’s first carbon-neutral flight school
Earlier this month, Quality Fly flight academy – based at Madrid-Cuatro airport in Spain – became the “first European flight school to achieve carbon neutrality”. Unique among flight schools in Spain, the training provider’s investment in “carbon-neutral integrated and modular commercial pilot programmes” (something it claims “very few in Europe” are doing) have helped it to reach this milestone; moving one step closer to the goal of...
