For over a decade there has been an almost complete stop in airline pilot recruitment amongst the major players of the global aviation industry. Although there has been an increasing demand for experienced flight crew, the airlines have been taking almost no low-time pilots onboard. This is about to change, airline pilot recruitment is [...]
August 16 ,2011 The transition from a light single-engine training aircraft, or light twin aircraft for that matter, to the cockpit of a large commercial jet aircraft is an overwhelming challenge for any inexperienced pilot. The procedures and culture of a commercial multi-crew cockpit is completely different and new; the feel of the controls, interfacing with [...]
7.31.11 An article in the June issue of Flight International Magazine entitled “Industry sounds warnings on airline pilot skills”, reported that an ‘FAA study into pilot’s relationship with airliner flight decks is expected to argue that flight crew are not properly trained for modern cockpits’. Their concerns range from a decline in line pilot’s basic [...]
