Mon, Mar 18, 2024
17-Month Zero to Hero Relationship Continues Between Vero Beach School and Indian Airline
Skyborne has inked a contract extension with Indian carrier IndiGo to keep training their future A320 First Officers. The school doubled down on searching for candidates, sending out notice that they continue accepting applications for those who want to join the IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programme. Seating can be a bit tight at times, since there are only 100 slots per year, offered as an international program between FAA and Indian DGCA dual licensure. The course takes 17 months in total, with students flying out of Skyborne's Vero Beach, Florida home. For the first 12 students go through the Part 141 curriculum, ending with their multiengine instrument ratings. After that they begin their DCGA license conversion to Indian standards, eventually leaving school with a DGCA-approved A320 type rating.
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Sat, Mar 16, 2024
Boeing's Woes Topple Dominoes Downstream
America's own homegrown underperformer Boeing continues to affect the wider airline industry thanks to delivery cancellations and delays, this time pushing Southwest Airlines to trim operations. The carrier said that they originally expected to take delivery of 79 737s this year, a figure that has been further adjusted to 46. The C-suite, however... isn't all too pleased with their forebears' decision to maintain an all-Boeing narrowbody fleet. There isn't much wiggle room when building out their schedules, they either have their particular aircraft, or they don't. And for now, until Boeing really tightens up its delivery schedules, they won't. At best the carrier will see those 46 MAX 8s, and with the last few years, it's hard to assume that's a guarantee.
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