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At the close of 2006, the MFTS contract was awarded to the Ascent consortium which included VT Group and Lockheed Martin. The 25-year PFI contract, to outsource training of military pilots and air crew of all three UK armed forces to the private sector, was valued at £6 billion. The system was expected to be fully operational by 2012. [16]
UK Part-FCL Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (LAPL) UK Part-FCL Private Pilot Licence (PPL) UK Part-FCL Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) UK Part-FCL Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) The licence held by a pilot confers privileges on the sort of flying they may carry out—broadly, whether or not they may receive remuneration for doing so—and ...
The UK-specific National Private Pilot Licence (NPPL) is administered by the National Pilots Licensing Group Ltd., supported by the LAA, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association UK, the British Gliding Association, and the British Microlight Aircraft Association. [82] Separate from these devolved groups, gliding in the UK is self-regulated.
The origins of the Association can be traced to the early 1990s when a self-help group was organised at the Gatwick Airport job centre for pilots out of work following the collapse of Air Europe in 1991. [6] By the spring of 1992 most of the pilots were back in jobs, many with a new airline Excalibur Airways.
National Test Pilot School, Mojave, California (founded 1981) International Test Pilots School, London International Airport, London, Ontario (founded 1986 in Cranfield, UK) [4] [5] [6] Test Flying Academy of South Africa, Oudtshoorn (founded 1998 as National Test Pilot School of South Africa - NTPS SA) [7] Neo Energy Aviation Academy [8] Euro ...
During the war, the RNZAF contributed 2,743 fully trained pilots to serve with the RAF in Europe, the Middle East, and Far East. Another 1,521 pilots who completed their training in New Zealand were retained in country; either as instructors, staff pilots, or manning operational squadrons formed during the latter half of the war.
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"A pilot may be eligible if he or she was a military-trained pilot; a graduate of a four-year bachelor degree program with an aviation major; a graduate of a two-year associate degree program with an aviation major; or has 1,500 hours total time as a pilot". [39] No FAA regulations explicitly ban pay-to-fly.