30 Sep Living the dream? Post-pandemic pilot market
by Marco Calegari “BM8LT Cleared for Landing rwy 15 !” On 22 February 2020 it was the last time that I heard this sentence. My Name is Marco and I was a...
by Marco Calegari “BM8LT Cleared for Landing rwy 15 !” On 22 February 2020 it was the last time that I heard this sentence. My Name is Marco and I was a...
An industry-wide campaign to recruit more female aviators is under threat, dealing a blow to efforts to overhaul the male-dominated airline sector as the coronavirus crisis transforms a shortage into...
Lufthansa’s in-house flight academy has advised student pilots to consider other careers as the industry will not require them “for a very long time”. Source: FlightGlobal...
Air France has opened its latest window for its cadet pilot programme with the surprising revelation that it will pay for training from ab initio right up to First Officer. This...
Pilot shortage is just around the corner, or at least this is what media headlines say. Take such videos with a pinch of salt. Often aspiring pilots underestimate how volatile the...
Wages, length of training, cost of school among reasons the profession struggles to attract new recruits, writes Kyle Bakx, CBC News. "A pilot's life is not easy. The scheduling is not easy,"...
by Nancy Jackson, BALPA Media and Communications Officer For some time, BALPA has been aware that when it comes to money the image of what a pilot earns may be quite different...
A little over eight years ago, in 2009, I finished my pilot training at a Swedish flight school. As the world was still recovering from a financial crisis there were...
I want to tell you something no-one else will: becoming a pilot is not always a good idea. It sounds provocative, I know. Especially, coming from an airline pilot, who is...