Australian Aviation

RAAF Flight Lieutenant Jake Dell-O’Sullivan was one of 16 drone pilots who competed to qualify for the Australian Drone Racing Nationals later this year.

The initiative means every seat on the aircraft, including business and first-class, can be booked via stockpiled loyalty points, as well as by cash.

The two unnamed clients picked up the helicopters from the manufacturer’s facility in Mirabel, Canada, with the first delivered in May and the second in June.

Barry Abrams will be replaced in the role by Stephen Pearse, a former managing director of CAPA and vice president of Emirates.

A new category within the instructor course allowed the P-8A to be integrated into the event, which traditionally features more attack-minded aircraft.

The division was launched on Monday as the result of a months-long planned merger of the TWU and VIPA, first mooted in November 2020, and finally rubber-stamped by the Fair Work Commission earlier this year.