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If you want to apply for the British Airways Future Pilot Program (FPP), you’ll have to be quick. Applications close tomorrow. British Airways plans on recruiting at least 800 new pilots by 2016 via three methods: The cadet program, the Future Pilot Program. Recruitment of qualified pilots from other airlines. A joint initiative with the [...]
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority has released a draft Civil Advisory Aviation Publication (CAAP) [5.14-2(0)] for Aeroplane Flight Instructor Training. The CAAP should be of interest to any Australian organisation involved in flight instrutor training; or any pilot undertaking training for the initial issues or upgrade of their flight instructor (fixed-wing) qualifications. According to [...]
This was an early discussion recorded for inclusion on the now (semi-retired) FlyingTraining.net. The flight training site was always intended to be a media resource for student pilots but was ‘consolidated’ into flight.org (along with CrewResourceManagement.com) for no other reason than time management purposes. In this audio file, we chat with Karlene Petitt and Ken [...]
I don’t know what’s more disgraceful: the fact Royal Jordanian have only just launched their Facebook and Twitter presence, or the fact I’ve only just found out about it. On May 14th, the social media company of TheOnlineProject hosted what they initially believed was the world’s first official aircraft tweet-up on board the airline’s newly [...]
Virgin Australia revealed its new airport lounge today at Australia’s Brisbane domestic terminal. Designed by renowned architect Tim Greer from Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, the 200-seat lounge is the ‘next step’ in Virgin Australia’s re-branding and game-change program, and its launch precedes additional plans to revamp all Virgin services at Brisbane Airport. Martin Daley, Virgin Australia’s [...]
This video shows an Auckland SkyCare employee (as a service representative to Jetstar) repeating hitting New Zealand radio personality Iain Stables multiple times in the head after a checkin dispute. Stables claimed that he arrived at the counter three minutes after Jetstar’s three-minute check-in rule. When told he was unable to fly, the employee allegedly [...]
In March of this year, a Southwest pilot inadvertently broadcast a homophobic tirade of foul mouthed litter from the apparent sanctity of a closed cockpit where he criticises the disproportionally large number of homosexuals working for his airline. He also targets overweight and less youthful cabin crew in a rant that seems to be motivated [...]
The industrial unrest within the Qantas group is no secret. The long-haul pilot body, engineers, refuellers and baggage handlers are all looking at their own independent and simultaneous protected industrial action as what can only be considered to be a serious indictment on the current company CEO. While this suggests inevitable grief for the travelling [...]
Virgin Blue re-branded its domestic and narrow-body international operation (excluding the Polynesian Blue operation that consists of just one aircraft) into Virgin Australia. We have lots of information coming – including video of the Sydney press conference with Richard Branson and John Borghetti. In the meantime, here’s a few photos from today’s event. We’ll upload [...]
This morning, Virgin Blue re-brands as Virgin Australia. As an employee of the airline, it’s been a little frustrating that I haven’t been able to share what little information I understood to be true but, thanks to the investigative blogging of our newest Aussie podcast partner, Will Horton, he’s been able to uncover certain clues [...]
The British advertising watchdog (Advertising Standards Authority, or ASA) has banned yet another Ryanair advertising campaign. The print advertisement features a bikini clad model promoting “sunny” destinations – despite average spring temperatures ranging between only 6 and 10 degrees Celsius. Normally, I’d struggle to determine if this was a deliberate attempt to elicit a response [...]
About a month ago, I went on a trip to Vegas and New York with my girlfriend to represent the Australian Podcasters Cooperative in what turned out to be a typically over-the-top US event. Having not actually toured New York before, there wasn’t much we didn’t do or see. However, despite everything we did do, [...]
Nate Bolt, a pilot from Air France, recorded this fascinating time-lapse video constructed from photos taken every 30 seconds to 2 minutes from a vacant row of passenger seats in his Boeing 747-400. The two minute video is a reconstruction of an 11-hour flight. Nate used a Canon 5DMKII with a 16mm-35mm lens. The musical [...]
Legendary Australian pilot Jim Hazelton will partner with Jeremy Rowsell to attempt a trans-Pacific flight in a single-engine Beechcraft 36 in aid of the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS). They are expected to leave the Californian coastline in coming days for Sydney, Australia. Their first leg of the lonely crossing will depart from Hollister, Califonia [...]
