Pilot Careers Live – Dublin 19.10.24
This Saturday, 19 October, Pilot Careers Live is making its annual visit to the Croke Park Conference Centre in Dublin. The event, designed as a one-stop shop for prospective commercial pilots seeking to learn about commercial pilot careers and the various training routes available, will feature a number of Europe’s largest flight training academy’s promoting their training programmes, alongside representatives from...
The heady days of Hamble
We recently came across this short film of one individual’s training journey to become a pilot for BOAC on the Vickers VC10 in the early 1970s. Training at the famous Hamble College of Air Training, established jointly by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA), which later merged to form British Airways, the school was created in the late 1950s to combat a growing shortage of ex...
KLM tops ECA survey list as best airline to work for in 2024
The European Cockpit Association (ECA), representing 40,000 pilots across Europe, has released the second edition of its Social Rating of Airlines survey, with KLM emerging as the top airline to work for, receiving a 97% satisfaction score, surpassing defending champion Air France (94%). Pilots praised KLM for its excellent working conditions and strong labour relations with the Dutch Pilots’ union, VNV. Other highly ranked airlines...
Aerohire expands operations at Halfpenny Green Airport
Aerohire Flight Training has opened a second base at Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport as part of its ongoing expansion plans. The school, which has operated at the West Midlands airport since 2019, has operated out of a portacabin for the last five years, before taking over its second facility last month, providing the school with much needed extra space and room to grow. The new facility comprises briefing rooms, flight planning...
The Air League appoints new CEO
Leading UK aviation charity, The Air League, has appointed Janine Hornsby as its new Chief Executive. Janine Hornsby joins The Air League from Marshall Aerospace, where she led significant Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) engagement programmes aimed at schools and communities across the UK. Her work focused on fostering industry collaboration to address the growing skills gap within the aerospace sector, which has...
