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| Aviation groups displeased with FAA's viewpoint on warbird case |
| AOPA and 10 other aviation groups warned the FAA June 8 that its initial perspective on the recent Warbird Adventures decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has serious, negative implications on the broader flight training community. The groups asked the FAA to revisit this initial view, and to issue a statement that it will not take legal enforcement action related to any proposed new policies until a satisfactory resolution has been reached.
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| California flight school launches merit-based financing program |
| Coast Flight Training in San Diego announced a partnership with Meritize to offer merit-based financing for flight instruction. The program is meant to reward individual borrowers for their past educational and military experience, according to PRNewswire. "Unlike traditional lenders that rely solely on FICO scores and other financial records to determine whether to lend to an individual, Meritize considers the full breadth and depth of an individual’s academic or military achievements to enhance credit evaluation and improve loan options," Meritize said.
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| Advocacy improved pilot records database rule |
| The rule regarding the FAA's new electronic database that many aviation organizations will be required to use to report employment information about their pilots or screen records about potential new hires takes effect August 9 in a multi-year transition from an existing reporting system that dates to 1996. The rule requires air carriers and other operators to report their pilots' employment history, training, and qualifications in the new database, and mandates that operators seeking to hire pilots review applicants’ records in the database.
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| ERAU Prescott Eagles win NIFA safety competition |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott, Arizona, Golden Eagles brought home the team’s thirteenth championship in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (Safecon) during virtual competition among 28 colleges and universities. The coronavirus pandemic prevented in-person competition this year, and message drops, power-off spot landings, and short-field approach and landing events were not on the agenda.
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| Frontier Airlines, Embry-Riddle announce hiring program |
| Frontier Airlines and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are teaming up to provide career opportunities for students at ERAU’s Daytona Beach, Florida, campus. Qualified applicants must be seniors in the aeronautical science program, maintain a specific grade point average, be flight instructors for ERAU, and obtain the Restricted-Airline Transport Pilot certificate.
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