Also: Cal Poly Aviation Club, $$un Country, Arkansas Aviation Academy, Teamsters Local 2118

In response to two recent general aviation accidents that made national headlines, more than 5,000 pilots have joined the “National Pause for General Aviation Safety.” 

This is a six-month campaign launched in April 2025 by the Air Safety Institute. The initiative, backed by the FAA and 22 other aviation organizations, urges GA pilots to slow down, refocus, and maybe—just maybe—stop flying into trouble. Epic Flight Academy and Seminole State College of Florida (SSC) have signed an agreement that enables pilots trained at Epic to transfer certifications as college credit hours toward a degree at SSC. A maximum number of 27 credits can be applied toward an Associate degree. An associate degree at Seminole State College requires 60 credit hours, so a pilot who goes from Private to CFI at Epic can get credit for nearly half that total. ALPA Canada, who have worked alongside the pilot leadership of WestJet and WestJet Encore to hinder WestJet management’s efforts to hire pilots through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), are boasting that WestJet management will no longer pursue the hiring of any pilots through the TFW Program. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

This episode of Airborne-Flight Training 04.24.25 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Thursday, April 24th, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:

• General Aviation Hits the Brakes—on Purpose  
• Seminole State, Epic Enter Credit Transfer Agreement
• WestJet Airlines Halts Plans to Use Temporary Foreign Worker Program 
• Cal Poly Aviation Club Hosting Airport Day
• Sun Country Gets Financing for Continued Operations
• Henderson State Establishes Arkansas Aviation Academy 
• Teamsters Local 2118 Request Release from Mediation

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