EASA given new environmental oversight responsibilities
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is to be assigned new responsibilities by EU legislators to expand its environmental remit, charging the Agency with monitoring the aviation industry’s progress toward carbon neutrality by 2050. The European Parliament voted in favour of the ReFuelEU Aviation, a comprehensive regulation in the context of the European Green Deal, on 13 September 2023. This approval follows a provisional...
Rob Wildeboer Scholarship Charity Auction at Goodwood
Goodwood Flying School will host its first auction to raise funds for the 2024 Rob Wildeboer Scholarships at its Chichester base this weekend. The Goodwood aviation community suffered an immeasurable loss with the passing of its Goodwood Flying School Manager, Rob Wildeboer, after a unexpected illness in 2021. To remember and honour Rob in accordance with the wishes of his family, a number of scholarships have now been launched to...
Bristol Groundschool scholarships to launch at PCL London
Bristol Groundschool has announced that it is running a scholarship competition at the Pilot Careers Live event being held on 04 November at Heathrow. On 04 November Bristol Groundschool (BGS) is set to make a significant impact with its scholarship competition that could help kickstart the careers of two aspiring aviators. The competition offers the opportunity for attendees to win a 50% scholarship on the course of their choice with...
Emerald Airlines Pilot Recruitment
Ireland’s newest regional operator Emerald Airlines has opened recruitment for newly qualified pilots to join its team at Dublin Airport. This follows a recent trend by European carriers after both British Airways and TUI launched their own pilot recruitment drives. Commencing operations in February last year, Emerald Airlines operates Aer Lingus’ regional franchise servicing 21 cities in Ireland, France, the Isle of Man, the Channel...
The NATS blame game commences
The UK CAA says that it is launching an investigation into the system failure at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) that resulted in more than 1,500 flight cancellations at the end of August. Meanwhile, airlines are calling for compensation from the UK air traffic service provider after having lost a combined £100m due to cancelled flights and extra costs borne from the outage. The system failure at NATS was apparently caused by the...
