Flight hours remain one of aviation’s most common measures of pilot experience and can reflect valuable exposure, practice and safety experience. However, total time alone does not show what a pilot has actually flown, learned, or handled during those hours. Modern competency-based training places greater emphasis on decision-making, situational awareness, communication, monitoring and response to unexpected situations. The strongest assessment therefore combines flight time

An EASA / RCAA-approved Approved Training Organisation (ATO) is being offered for acquisition, providing aviation investors and operators with an opportunity to establish or expand a presence within the European aviation training market. The transaction includes existing regulatory approvals covering multiple aircraft types, creating a potential pathway to market entry without the time and investment required to obtain new approvals from scratch. With approvals covering Airb

Henderson Field on Midway Atoll has no scheduled passenger service, yet it remains an important ETOPS diversion airport for long-range flights crossing the central Pacific. Its remote location gives airlines an emergency landing option in a region where suitable alternate airports are exceptionally scarce. Keeping the airport operational could require more than $100 million in rehabilitation, despite it receiving very few diversions. For airlines and dispatchers, however, it

Career changes often involve stepping into unfamiliar territory, learning new skills and adapting to different industries. For Mark Ward, moving from hospitality and contract catering into aviation recruitment and business development has provided an opportunity to apply his people-focused experience within a highly international and regulated sector. Since joining Brookfield Aviation, Mark has supported recruitment projects involving pilots and aircraft engineers while also

Artificial intelligence is arriving in aviation at the same time as the industry continues to compete for experienced pilots, engineers, technicians, operations specialists, planners and other qualified professionals. That combination matters because AI should not be viewed simply as another technology programme running alongside the workforce challenge. It is beginning to change the work people perform, the experience through which they become competent, the skills employers

Aviation leadership is often discussed in terms of personality. The industry celebrates decisive CEOs, experienced operators, strong cultures and executives who remain composed during disruption, yet some of the most consequential decisions in an airline are not difficult because nobody knows what to do. They are difficult because several intelligent people can recommend entirely different actions and each can be right from the perspective of the function they lead. Finance