Category Archives: Training and Recruitment

The British Army has lowered the minimum rank to become an Army pilot to Private with a recommendation for promotion to Lance Corporal (LCpl). The Army Air Corps cites this as ‘one of the biggest upheavals in the way the AAC recruits, selects and employs soldier pilots since its formation in 1957.’ The change isRead More

Leading Edge Aviation has announced the launch of the new distance learning program called ‘Vector’, allowing aspirational pilots to complete ground school studies remotely. Leading Edge was the first ATO (Approved Training Organization) to resume training by providing an online option, and the arrival of VECTOR is intended to capitalize on this success. VECTOR aimsRead More

Gulf Air has developed for the first time an in-house type rating course for its pilots who fly Airbus to be qualified to fly its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet. Approved by Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs, the course was fully conducted by Gulf Air’s experienced Bahraini instructors. The first pilots who successfully completed the course wereRead More

Turkish Aerospace and Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL MIAT) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC). The companies will collaborate on delivering aerospace educational, technical training and applied research programs in Malaysia. The agreement, signed in University’s Subang campus, Malaysia, provides a collaborative framework, in which the two organizations will workRead More

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT), the joint venture between Emirates and CAE, announced today at the 2021 Dubai Airshow that it is expanding its pilot training capacity in Dubai. ECFT will deploy a second CAE 7000XR Series Boeing 737 MAX full-flight simulator (FFS) by the end of 2022 to support flydubai’s future fleet growth. “To meetRead More

easyJet has joined Race to Zero, a global UN-backed campaign to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. The airline is committing to set an interim science-based target for 2035 as well as to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, aligning with the criteria and recommendations of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).Read More

Spanish flight school FTEJerez has announced its first ATPL scholarships. The academy will sponsor the full price of an Airline First Officer Program (FTE’s integrated ATPL course) for two successful candidates. FTE’s ATPL Scholarship is open to European and UK nationals who are available to commence ATPL training in 2022. Selection of candidates will followRead More

Saudi Arabian flight school OxfordSaudia Flight Academy has ordered two Level 5 Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTD) from Diamond Aircraft Austria. The two FSTDs will be configured as DA40 NG and DA42-VI aircraft and will be located in the flight academy’s centre at King Fahad International Airport. The new FSTDs will enable OxfordSaudia to meetRead More

FlightSafety International will use actual flight data from GE Digital C-FOQA programs to enhance flight training for business aviation customers in a partnership launched recently at NBAA-BACE. “This has been months in the works,” said FlightSafety president and CEO Brad Thress. The de-identified corporate-flight operations quality assurance (C-FOQA) data will not only benefit pilots whoRead More

Wichita State University (WSU), WSU Tech, and the Werx MRO division of WSU’s National Institute for Aviation Research is launching a program in January that will provide full-time employment for individuals pursuing a certificate as an aviation maintenance technician (AMT). Those selected for the Get to Werx program will receive a competitive wage and benefitsRead More