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
08/05/2014 news EASA publishes new proposals for flight recorders and locating devices The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced new proposals for flight recorders and underwater locating devices which aim at facilitating ...
26/03/2014 news World’s first AW189 full-flight simulator ready for training Rotorsim, the joint venture owned equally by CAE and AgustaWestland, has announced that a joint team from ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) ...
26/03/2014 news Florida Tech earns EASA authorisation and pursues Airbus partnership Florida Institute of Technology’s flight training organisation, FIT Aviation, has earned authorisation from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EAS...
13/02/2014 news Florida Tech announces partnership with four European ATOs Florida Institute of Technology Aviation Programmes has joined forces with four European Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) to enhance the univer...
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...
12/09/2013 news MPs express concern over British pilots’ flying hours A report from the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, published on 11 September, has expressed concern about the lack of evidence behind prop...
15/07/2013 news EASA suspends Florida-based flight training school The UK CAA has been informed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that it suspended the pilot training approval of Euro American School of Av...
14/03/2013 news EASA announces new Executive Director The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced the appointment of Patrick Ky as its new Executive Director. Ky is currently Executive Direct...
23/01/2013 news Pilots campaign against EU flight time limitations On 22 January, pilot and cabin-crew organisations staged demonstrations across the European Union calling for better protection against in-flight fati...
