British Airways Speedbird Academy to return this year
BA recruitment team members Lucy Sylvester and Suzy Morgan confirmed the return of the airline’s Speedbird Academy in 2024 in a recent interview with FLYER Livestream. During the interview, which featured insights into Suzy’s career from gliders to captaining the Boeing 777 for British Airways, the pair confirmed the return of the hugely successful Speedbird Academy after it launched in 2023. The 2023 Academy application process saw...
Tomorrow deadline for 2024 flying scholarship applications
The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) will be closing applications for its 2024 gliding scholarship programme on the 6 February at noon. HCAP say that interviews for the popular scholarship will take place on the 17 and 18 April 2024. The gliding scholarships are residential and are offered to people over the age of 16. Successful candidates have the opportunity to fly on a one-week course at a youth approved British Gliding...
2024 PPL scholarships open for applications
The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) has opened applications for a number of PPL Scholarships taking place next summer. Open to all-comers over the age of 17, the scholarships provide funding for a Private Pilot Licence training programme including up to 45 hours of flight training. Scholarships are open to candidates with little or no prior flying experience, individuals who are also part way through their PPL training but are...
