featured story news Flight training debated in UK House of Commons Tim Loughton MP, whose constituency of East Worthing and Shoreham was home to FTA Global, raised a debate in the Ho...
featured story news UK Government Announces £750,000 Investment for Future Aviators A brighter future is set to take flight as the UK government boosts the next generation of aviators with a signific...
featured story news Pilots demand Government protects students from flight school collapses In the wake of three UK flight school closures, representatives from the aviation industry have joined forces to de...
14/09/2023 news Flight training debated in UK House of Commons Tim Loughton MP, whose constituency of East Worthing and Shoreham was home to FTA Global, raised a debate in the House of Commons concerning the pligh...
26/06/2023 news UK Government Announces £750,000 Investment for Future Aviators A brighter future is set to take flight as the UK government boosts the next generation of aviators with a significant £750,000 investment. The addit...
22/06/2023 news Pilots demand Government protects students from flight school collapses In the wake of three UK flight school closures, representatives from the aviation industry have joined forces to demand stricter financial regulations...
15/10/2015 news Unmanned aircraft flies in UK civil airspace for the first time Air traffic controllers at NATS have managed the first flight by an unmanned aircraft in controlled and unsegregated airspace, in a major milestone fo...
14/10/2015 news BALPA pilots call for clarity on no-fly zones In response to the full report into the shooting down of MH17, BALPA pilots are calling for accurate information about where is safe to fly
16/09/2015 news Pilots prepare to take part in noise reduction trial Heathrow Airport will from 16 September allow certain aircraft to increase the angle they fly as they approach the runway
25/08/2015 news FAA ‘remains years away’ from creating pilot records database The FAA has not created a database to track poor-performing airline pilots, five years after Congress mandated it, a government report has stated.
21/07/2015 news BALPA members encourage the sharing of information in the wake of MH17 One thing became clear to BALPA members in the aftermath of the shooting down of MH17: all countries and all airlines need to be working from the same...
05/03/2015 news BALPA welcomes call for commercial drone debate BALPA (British Airline Pilots’ Association) has given a cautious welcome to the House of Lords European Union Committee report on civilian use o...
15/12/2014 news Are the pilots of Instagram violating rules of the air? The pilots of Instagram are internet famous. Their stunning photos of the skies, captured from their unusual perspective inside the cockpit, ga...
08/10/2014 news ProPilot’s new Competency-based IR theory course ProPilot has announced its full Competency Based Instrument Rating theoretical knowledge course has just been approved by the CAA and is one of the fi...
09/05/2014 news BALPA to reward outstanding airmanship This year the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has announced will be recognising the outstanding flying of its pilot members. At BALP...
