A new £4.5m scheme to support the retention of essential skills during and after the COVID-19 crisis has been launched by the ECITB (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board).
Despite the current pandemic-driven airline slump, there is recognition by many in the industry of the need to plan for an eventual build up in numbers of pilots. Chris Long comments.
Skyborne Airline Academy is giving prospective cadets a ‘Flying Start’, by temporarily waiving selection fees for all EASA/UKCAA Integrated and Combined Modular ATPL applicants.
The COVID-19-triggered deficit in training capacity is temporary. Growth, and the pilot shortage will eventually return. Now is the time to develop the Flight Academy of the Future, suggests Captain John Bent, FRAeS.
As part of the U.S. Air Force's on-going effort to encourage a more diverse pool of applicants to pursue careers in aviation, the minimum height requirement for officer applicants who wish to fly has been removed.
The Air League has been awarded grant funding from the UK Department for Transport to support its flagship Soaring to Success and National Youth Plane Building initiatives.
In the context of an aging workforce and evolving aircraft, the MRO industry needs to be proactive in the implementation of initiatives to support maintenance recruitment, training, and personnel retention. Mario Pierobon examines the issues.
Plans to develop an Aviation Training Hub at Lismore Airport, Australia, has had a major boost with Airways Aviation signing a lease to base a commercial pilot training school at the airport.