Jet2.com launches its first fully sponsored pilot programme
At a launch event at the company’s headquarters this morning (13 May 2025), Jet.com‘s CEO Steve Heapy announced the airline’s first ever fully sponsored pilot training programme. Applications are opening today for Jet.com’s multi-million pound training programme named Jet2FlightPath, which will fully sponsor up to 60 cadets. The Jet2FlightPath programme, valued at over £6m, will place cadets with one of three...
Skyborne opens second UK base
Skyborne Airline Academy has announced today (24 February) that it is adding a second training centre in the UK at Bournemouth Airport (BOH), in addition to its current bases at Gloucestershire Airport , as well as Vero Beach, Florida, in the United States. Skyborne says that expansion has been undertaken to enhance the academy’s ability to meet the growing demand for airline pilots in the UK, Europe and beyond. Lee Woodward, CEO,...
Skyborne recruiting FIs
Skyborne Airline Academy is recruiting for Flight Instructors to join its Gloucestershire Airport operation. Skyborne is seeking multi-engine rated FIs, although has indicated that for the right instructor the academy is willing to sponsor upgrade of single-engine rated FIs to multi-engine. FIs will earn a generous basic salary of £60k, with a competitive uncapped bonus scheme in place (subject to realistic and achievable targets)....
Skyborne expands electric future
Skyborne’s US pilot training facility is enhancing its environmentally focussed future with the recent announcement that it has signed a letter of intent with Bye Aerospace for an additional 30 eFlyer all-electric training aircraft.The commitment builds on Skyborne’s 2020 order of 10 eFlyers, bringing the total to 40 electric aircraft now set to join the academy’s US fleet in Vero Beach, Florida.Producing zero CO2 emissions and with...
A new benchmark for flight instructor pay?
Since the recovery began from the pandemic and airlines began recruiting hard to operate their aircraft, a shortage of flight instructors has been a growing concern at both PPL and commercial pilot level in Europe (and pretty much everywhere else it seems). This is hardly a new occurrence, with periodic shortages of flight instructors a perennial thorn in the side of the flight training industry. Now, Gloucester-based Skyborne Airline...
