CAA Payment Plan Helps GA Cope With COVID-19
The CAA’s Head of General Aviation, Rachel Gardner-Poole, has written a letter to industry representatives in response to requests for financial assistance for the sector, as it attempts to recover…
Aerodromes Update: Airfields Could Be Even More Vulnerable Now
Please click HERE to read the latest update on UK Aerodromes compiled by GAAC and AOPA board member, John Walker. Please note this relates to planning and other issues and…
Radio Documentary Highlights Threats to Airfields
Please CLICK HERE to listen to this new radio documentary outlining threats to airfields, ranging from housing pressures to Coronavirus-related economic problems. GAAC made itself available early on to help…
CAA Prepares GA Pilots for Return To Flying
The UK CAA has issued CAP1925: COVID 19 – Preparing to Return to Normal Flying Operations for General Aviation Private Pilots. It supplements information already published (CAP1919). Note the latest…
GA Flights Can Resume But Not Non-Commercial Training
The Department for Transport (DfT) issued updated guidance on recreational flying on 15th May 2020. GA flying (not training) "is now allowed": • From English airfields• If social distancing measures…
US Flight Schools Start Training Again…
As flying schools in the UK prepare for a date when they can resume training safely, and guidelines which the DfT and CAA are preparing, this is an example of…
CAA Prepares Ground For Return to Flying
The CAA has issued Safety advice and tips for pilots returning to GA flying post-COVID-19. It states: For many pilots when they return it may be their longest break from…
Former RAF Boss Sir Stephen Hillier to Chair CAA
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that Sir Stephen Hillier is the preferred candidate to replace Dame Deirdre Hutton as Chair of the UK Civil Aviation Authority on 1st August…
EASA Guidance on Aerodromes Resuming Operations
Please click HERE to view the latest EASA Safety Information Bulletin.
MPs Call on Chancellor to Support Aviation
Please click HERE to view the letter sent by the APPG-GA to the Chancellor on 20th April. Signed by APPG Co-Chair Lord Davies, the letter stresses the critical situation now…