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International Women's Day - Tuesday 8th March 2022

Josiah Kirpalani08 Mar 2022

International Women's Day is a global day which celebrates the social, cultural, economic, and political achievements of women. As well as being a day for celebration, a significant part of the day is also making a call to action for accelerating women's equality. 

Aviation is an industry where both of these elements of International Women’s Day can be seen. Great strides have been taken and achieved for female pilots, however, indisputably, more can and needs to be done to ensure that there is true equality in the aviation industry. - Only 5.8% of the world’s airline pilots are female (The International Society of Women Airline Pilots (ISA+21).

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Posted in: pilot training, FTA, pilot, Pilot jobs, become a pilot, be a pilot, women in aviation, female pilots, cadet, careers, easyjet, commercial pilot, airline pilot, pilot interview, cadet stories, Channel 5, #BreakTheBias, British Women Pilots’ Association, International Women's Day, Women in Aviation International

FTA CELEBRATES THE SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR OF THEIR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR COURSES

Josiah Kirpalani12 Jan 2022

2021 saw FTA run its first series of their Flight Instructor Course (FIC). 7 students undertook the course to become a UK Flight Instructor (FI), FI(A).

‘I believe FTA offers one of the best courses in the country’. David Hoy, FIC Instructor. 

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Posted in: instructor courses, flight instructor training, pilot training, pilot, Pilot jobs, instructor, pilot trainnig, flight instructor, flight instructor rating, careers, flight training, flight training uk

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR COURSE (FIC) STUDENT, TED

Josiah Kirpalani12 Jan 2022

We caught up with Ted, a recent FIC student at FTA to hear about his time on the FIC, his background, and his honest advice to those considering FTA’s FIC.

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Posted in: instructor courses, pilot training, FTA, pilot, Pilot jobs, instructor, flight instructor, flight instructor rating, careers, pilot interview, flight training

Pilot training cheat sheet

Alexandra O'Loughlin28 Mar 2021
Our aim is to help you to make the most informed choice for your pilot training. 
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Posted in: pilot training, how to become a pilot, pilot, be a pilot, atpl, frozen atpl, aviation courses

Post-Brexit Medical Certification Information

Dr Chris King05 Mar 2021

We are very pleased to share with you an article written by Dr Chris King, EU and UK approved AME and Medical Director and Head of AeMC Centreline London and Gatwick UK.

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Posted in: pilot training, integrated pilot training, medical

20 reasons to train as a pilot in 2020

Charlotte Berrystone24 Sep 2020

Why should you start your pilot training at FTA Global this year?

With just one final opportunity to enrol in 2020, here we give you 20 reasons why we think you should take the next step...

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Posted in: pilot training, how to become a pilot, why be a pilot, commercial pilot, airline pilot

Joe explains how becoming an airline pilot is all he's ever wanted

George Jarvis21 Jul 2020

 

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Posted in: pilot training, learning to fly, integrated pilot training, INTEGRATED COURSE, cadet, why be a pilot, fatpl

Lewis shares how he has found his flight training so far, including his experience of ATPL Theory during the lockdown

George Jarvis29 Jun 2020

We spoke with Integrated student Lewis, who has just finished his time in Ground School. He spoke to us about his experience with learning remotely during quarantine and his motivation for becoming a pilot.

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Posted in: pilot training, learning to fly, integrated pilot training, INTEGRATED COURSE, cadet, why be a pilot, fatpl

Becoming a pilot was a childhood dream for Hannah

George Jarvis03 Mar 2020

Hannah has recently become a pilot for Lauda. Hannah completed her training by  what's called as the 'modular route' complete each flight phase it its entirety, back to back. We were fortunate to get to know Hannah when she enrolled on our MEP, ME IR ME CPL course package (advanced flight training).

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Posted in: pilot training, FTA, pilot, Cadet Story, flybe, flybe pilot, youhaveit

Liam offers advice to those embarking on their pilot training

George Jarvis28 Aug 2019

 

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Posted in: pilot training, learning to fly, integrated pilot training, INTEGRATED COURSE, cadet, why be a pilot, fatpl

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