17/10/2016 news Take the first step towards a career in Air Traffic Control With NATS requiring 200 new controllers over the next five years, it’s a great time to find out more about this challenging career – we speak to c...
04/10/2016 news Wings Alliance ready for ‘revolution’ in flight training One year on from Wings Alliance's launch, we catch up with CEO Rod Wren, who explains how the trade association is preparing for a flight training “...
28/09/2016 news Former travel agent is all set to pilot Thomson’s Dreamliner Rachel Barrett, 28 from Liverpool, fell in love with flying at a young age – but never believed it would become her career
26/09/2016 news Meet Kate McWilliams, one of the world’s youngest airline captains Kate McWilliams, one of easyJet’s female pilots, has just passed her command course, which easyJet says makes her one of the youngest Commercial Air...
30/08/2016 news Aviation recruitment expert reports ‘airline funded training’ is answer to pilot shortage A new report, compiled by Aero Professional, claims that the impending pilot skills shortage would best be tackled by reintroducing airline funded tra...
01/08/2016 news Demand for pilots to reach breaking point over the next decade, says aviation recruitment expert Both Boeing and Airbus have recently predicted the need for as many as 617,000 new pilots over the next 20 years – airlines need to act now, says Sa...
28/07/2016 how to be a pilot Preparing for your pilot interview You’ve been through the training, you’ve submitted your applications and you’ve just landed an interview with an airline – here are Pilot Care...
19/07/2016 how to be a pilot What’s the minimum age for a commercial airline pilot? Teenagers Luke Elsworth and Besa Mumba made headlines recently after they both landed airline flying jobs, at just 19 – so how old do you have to be...
28/06/2016 news Where your money goes – the true cost of pilot training In a bid to be transparent about its training costs, FTA has produced a breakdown of where their cadets’ pilot training investment goes, from flight...
21/06/2016 news What could ‘Brexit’ mean for the airline industry? As the people of the UK prepare to vote in a referendum on 23 June, to decide whether to remain a part of the EU or to leave, Pilot Career News takes ...
14/06/2016 news CityJet Captain shares her advice with pilots of the future As Irish airline CityJet announces it will welcome ten new cadets to its Integrated Training Programme in 2016, we spoke to Captain Sheena Anderson, w...
10/06/2016 news Opinion: Why women now hold the key to the aviation sector There has never been a better time to build a career in the aviation industry. Airlines are growing, with more flights and more routes than ever befor...