Women in Aviation International's 6th Annual Girls in Aviation Day was celebrated virtually with the launch of the new Aviation for Girls App, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force.
CAE has launched Airside, a new digital platform and online community for pilots. Airside provides career and training tools to support pilots during the Covid-19 pandemic, and throughout their professional career.
Three outstanding students pursuing aviation studies have been awarded Terry Hibler Memorial Scholarships of $4,000 each by the Regional Airline Association Scholarship Foundation.
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams spoke with the ECA’s Capt. Otjan de Bruijn about the uncertain prospects for pilots of European carriers.
Pilots flying for airlines based in European Union countries are perhaps more at risk than their American counterparts for two critical reasons: so-called “self-employment” contracts at low-cost carriers and a smaller pool of senior pilots expected to retire.
Of the 65,000 pilots in the EU (40,000 of them represented by the European Cockpit Association), about 12,000 were hired under what ECA refers to as “atypical” contracts, i.e. self-employed freelancers rather than airline employees in schemes used by such airlines as Norwegian and Ryanair. Capt. Otjan de Bruijn, Vice President of the volunteer-run association and a B777 pilot for KLM, told CAT they conservatively estimate half of such pilots lost their jobs early in the Covid crisis.
In addition, ECA estimates another 9,000 traditional pilot jobs are at risk, or 15,000 total.
Cebu Pacific Air added pilot training for ATR 72-600 to an exclusive 15-year training agreement with its joint venture CAE Clark – Philippine Academy for Aviation Training.