Cadet Pilot Protection Debate Heads to Parliament
The debate over the financial oversight of UK Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) has now made it to Westminster, with Tim Loughton, Member of Parliament for East Worthing & Shoreham, calling on the Department for Transport (DfT) to introduce steps to prevent cadet pilots losing their training investment when an ATO folds. In a presentation made at Westminster Hall on 12 September, Tim Loughton MP gave an impassioned plea for...
Farm Strip Flying in Kent
Farm strip flying to and from Harringe Court Farm and Ripple Farm onboard a 2011 Pipersport, also known as the PS28 or SportCruiser in North America. Both farm strips are located in Kent and the ‘garden of England’ and have tricky yet rewarding approaches. Harringe Court Farm is located near Folkstone, while Ripple Farm is located near Canterbury. ...
Leading Edge Aviation launches ‘Deposit Refund Guarantee’
Leading Edge Aviation Limited (LEAL) has launched a ‘deposit refund guarantee’, allowing cadets to sign up to LEAL training programmes and airline sponsored programmes concurrently, with a guarantee that any deposits made with the ATO will be refunded if a cadet is subsequently accepted to join an airline sponsored programme. According to LEAL the aviation industry has seen a significant surge in applications for airline funded...
Icelandair launches new cadet programme
Icelandair has announced the launch of a new ab-initio pilot cadet training programme in partnership with the Norwegian flight school Pilot Flight Academy. The programme is designed to provide students with priority employment opportunities at Icelandair upon graduation. The training programme includes theoretical training in Sandefjord, Norway, lasting about eight months, followed by practical training in Texas, USA for four months....
My helicopter FI course – Part 2 by Helen Krasner
Previously I described the first two weeks of my helicopter FI course, which I undertook more years ago thank I care to work out. As I explained last month, I found those two weeks really tough. The third week was similar and on top of that I was ill. Here are some extracts from the diary I kept at the time… Wednesday 12 Feb Crap visibility and low cloud, so no flying. Maybe just as well, as I have a bad cold and a pounding...
