Padpilot has introduced interactive theory books for PPL(H) helicopter training, complete with resources for training providers, and is fully compliant with EASA syllabi.
Guest authors Dr. Sunjoo Advani & Captain Filippos Siakkas provide insights on why the national flag carrier of Kazakhstan has adapted its previous compliance-based UPRT program to one that aims to also enhance pilot manual handling skills far more deeply.
Unfortunately, appropriate actions were not taken during the Covid pandemic to prevent the crisis now in play: grounded airliners due to pilot shortages. Captain John Bent, FRAeS, decries the ‘perfect storm’ in airline pilot training.