Commercial Pilot Career Opportunities

So you’ve had your head down, bum up for what seems like forever, and now you’ve FINALLY achieved the golden ticket of Aviation – your… Commercial Pilot Licence! After many hoorahs it actually starts to sink it, you are now qualified to get paid to do what you love…fly. But why haven’t you received a bazillion phone calls with job […]

8 Top Tips for Acing your PPL Flight Test

Nerves are great before the flight test, but uncertainty isn’t. Remember, your instructor would not have scheduled you and let you go unless he or she was damned sure that you had a high probability of passing. Your flight test will typically take half a day to complete. You will initially spend some time on ground going through the KDRs […]

What do you mean by Airmanship?

For many years, a fundamental element of air safety has been described as “airmanship”. Some examples are, “Maintaining a good lookout is good airmanship”, “Maintaining a safe speed near the ground is good airmanship” “Deciding not to fly because you are not current is good airmanship”. What is airmanship ? There have been many attempts to define this in other […]

Choosing the right flying school for your flight training

This is the best guide you can get when you are out trying to find the right school for your flight training, and eventually venture on that prestigious career. The Best Way to Determine Your Training Needs and Wants By the time you decide to venture into aviation, you already have an idea of what it entails. This will form […]

What happens after your first solo flight?

What happens after your first solo flight? Your first solo flight is an exhilarating, exciting, nerve racking and just downright amazing experience from which you walk away feeling accomplished and awesome. But now there is that somewhat awkward period between having flown solo and being able to competently handle an aircraft, and having your Pilot Licence. You’re obviously able to […]