Hide/Show Archive Navigation.

All News

July 14, 2022

Airborne-Flight Training 07.14.22: Skyborne Options, ALPA On Warpath, SAS Strike

Also: New Civil Air Patrol Logo, ANG C-130J Training, Turkish Civil Av Authority, Instructor/Student Robbed

Skyborne Airline Academy has announced that it will offer a program by which individuals may learn to fly prior to committing to cockpit careers. The institution also announced it intends to offer a CFI scholarship to program graduates wishing to become flight instructors at Skyborne. The new program comprises a ten-month course that trains applicants through their Private Pilot License (PPL), Instrument Rating, and Commercial Certificate. Applicants may commence training at their discretion, and may choose to add optional supplements. ALPA has f

Of Purviews Exceeded and Freedoms Conceded

The U.S. Department of Transportation has urged airlines to make it easier for families to sit together on commercial aircraft. As incensed Americans simmer across the nation, the U.S. Federal Government has up-prioritized the matter of who sits where on airplanes. The DOT said in a notice to airlines that the carriers should “do everything that they can to ensure the ability of a child 13 or younger to sit next to an older family member.”