Boeing pauses production to focus on safety, quality and training
Since January, more than 70,000 Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) employees across the company have paused production and delivery activities for a day to focus on ways to improve safety and quality. “When we find issues, we go as far as standing down a team to make sure that everybody on the team or everybody in the area is aware of the issue. It’s not meant to be punitive, and we share the information across the programs, from...
Volocopter receives ATO approval for pilot training
Urban air mobility (UAM) specialist company Volocopter is given Approved Training Organisation (ATO) status in order to commence training pilots to fly its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxis. The approval came from the German aviation regulator (Luftfarhrtbundesamt) after a year of rigorous checks and the company says it is currently finalising the training programme for pilots to fly its VoloCity eVTOL,...
Britten Norman to train Gulf Med pilots in Islander deal
Britten Norman to facilitate the training and development of Gulf Med pilots, maintenance, and ground staff from facilities in Malta as part of a new aircraft deal. The SJC Group headquartered in Malta has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Britten Norman for two factory Islander aircraft, including options for a third. The two aircraft will be part of the first batch of aircraft made at Britten Norman’s UK factories at Bembridge,...
FTA-Global collapses
UK flight training academy FTA-Global has entered administration, becoming the second UK Approved Training Organisation (ATO) to fold this year, following the demise of Tayside Aviation last month. FTA, based at Brighton City Airport, is an ATO specialising in commercial flight training programmes, both integrated and modular and was the only integrated academy providing all of its training in the UK. Due to its location on the UK’s...
Cotswold Airport Aviation Scholarship
Running since 2007, the annual Cotswold Airport Aviation Scholarship is designed to introduce the younger generation to the various career opportunities available within the aviation industry through a mixture of on-site and off-site visits involving industry expert talks, engineering facility tours, and hands-on flying experiences. As with previous scholarships, the programme is open to people who reside in Gloucestershire,...
