RAeS Member Spotlight – Alistair Hackshall

In a regular RAeS column feature, the team highlight the life and careers of new RAeS Members and Fellows. This feature focuses on Skyborne ATPL student pilot ALISTAIR HACKSHALL. Find out more about his pilot training journey.
Skyborne trainee Josh looks ahead to his British Airways career

Josh Bates is a cadet pilot at the British Airways Speedbird Pilot Academy with Skyborne which, he says ‘has probably been the best year of my life’. And he adds ‘I wouldn’t change a thing’…
Skyborne adds new Airbus simulator

Skyborne has installed a new UKCAA-approved Airbus A320 Flight Training Device at its Bournemouth Airport facility to enhance training capacity following its APS MCC course.
Skyborne Opens Jet2NextGen Pathway to Self-Funded Pilot Trainees

Skyborne Airline Academy has opened access to Jet2.com’s new Jet2NextGen future pilot talent programme for eligible self-funded trainees. Successful applicants can receive ongoing airline engagement and a conditional employment offer that includes a Jet2-funded Airbus or Boeing type rating, while continuing to finance their remaining ab-initio training independently.
Pilot training academy makes trio of senior appointments

Stepping up at Skyborne Airline Academy are Neill Evans as head of training, Matt Yemm as deputy head of training, and Carrie Stringer as head of customer support.
Skyborne expands Gloucestershire Airport training facility

The airline training academy founded at Gloucestershire Airport, which has gone on to become one of the world’s leading airline pilot training academies, is set to expand.
Skyborne is extending its Gloucestershire Airport (GLO) training facility, significantly increasing the academy’s UK capacity amid growing global demand for airline standard pilots.
Skyborne launches Fly First modular pilot training

Skyborne has launched Fly First, a modular pilot training pathway that begins with practical flight experience starting the first day.
easyJet opens new ATPL training route with Skyborne

easyJet announced at Pilot Careers Live in London today that the the company needs 1,000 new pilots over the next five years.
Skyborne agrees deal to train Ryanair pilots amid continued growth of air travel

Skyborne Airline Academy, the pilot-training company, will take in its first cadets for Ryanair in March under a new deal with the Irish group.
Bournemouth flight school helping tackle national pilot shortage

Skyborne Airline Academy, based in Bournemouth, is working with Ryanair on the Future Flyer Academy, offering a direct pathway to get more pilots into the skies.