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07/01/2021 news

Examiners and instructors issue five-point action plan to boost UK pilot training industry

The Independent Flight Examiners’ and Instructors’ Association has called for action to stimulate the UK’s flight training industry following Br...

21/05/2020 news

European agencies issue guidelines for safe air travel

Guidelines for keeping passengers and air crew safe from Coronavirus once airlines resume flights have been issued by the European Union Aviation Safe...

05/10/2018 news

Brexit theory exam issue solution from Bristol GS

What do you do if you’re halfway through the professional pilot theory exams next March and the UK exits the EU without a Brexit deal ...

02/08/2018 news

EASA welcomes new rules on mental fitness of air crew

The European Union has published new safety rules on air operations, including new provisions to better support the mental fitness of air crew. The Re...

31/07/2017 news

Upset Prevention and Recovery Training compulsory from next year

Some good has come out of the 2009 disaster of flight Air France 447, when an Airbus A330 on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went into an aerodyn...

22/02/2017 news

New EU rules failing to stop pilot fatigue

Pilot fatigue rules introduced a year ago by the European Union are being misinterpreted and wrongly applied, according to the European Cockpit Associ...

12/12/2016 news

EASA proposes new mental fitness rules and support structure for pilots

EASA has published a proposal to the European Commission on new operational rules to better support pilot mental fitness

16/08/2016 news

EASA strengthens medical requirements for commercial flight crew

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a set of proposals to the European Commission for an update of the rules concerning the medic...

16/12/2015 news

Why EASA is right to fight the question banks

Graham Cownie, Managing Director, Padpilot, explains why EASA has recently undertaken a major overhaul of its exam question database

02/09/2015 news

EASA to introduce mandatory Upset Prevention and Recovery training to ATPL/MPL

EASA has published a proposal for new rules on pilot training which covers the topic of Loss of Control In-flight

11/10/2013 news

UK CAA welcomes new powers to tackle pilot fatigue

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has welcomed a decision by the European Parliament to support harmonised flight time limits for pilots across Eu...

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