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Welcome to SlipStream Aviation Consulting
SlipStream Aviation Consulting was established in November 2001, originally trading as AIATA, to assist in the establishment, administration, approvals, marketing and future progression of pilot training organisations throughout the pacific rim
Executive Management Team
Nathan James - Managing Director - Compliance and Technical Services
Nathan is acknowledged as a visionary in the development of Aviation training in Australia. His experience with airline specific syllabus design, development of new generation training and assessment methodologies and research into future training ideologies, distinguishes him as a leading authority in his field. Nathan holds a Bachelor of Aviation, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Certificate IV in Small Business Management and both Australian and American Airline Transport Pilot Licences. He is a qualified CFI and Approved Testing Officer with over 12 years of experience in General Aviation charter and flight training.
Michael Wood - Business Management and Operations
Michael graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting in 2002 and has since held several management positions in financial services. He has provided business and HR consulting to several blue chip industries including mining, IT, property, construction and Professional Services.
Michael has worked as an advisor to AIATA since 2001 and took control of the company in 2009 adding business expertise to an already strong aviation knowledge base.
LATEST NEWS
The long awaited Senate enquiry into pilot training and airline safety has recommended that an ATPL should be the minimum licence standard for copilots on "high capacity" RPT jet airliners such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
Boeing warns airlines time's running out for training
Airlines are seeing greater numbers of their pilots being poached by competing carriers, a sure sign that the long-expected pilot shortage is kicking in despite continued economic gloom in the US and Europe.
The comments from Boeing Flight Services vice-president Sherry Carbary came at the release the 2011 version of Boeing's annually updated analysis of the airline industry's growing needs for skilled personnel such as pilots and technicians over the next 20 years. In 2010 Boeing's study predicted a need for 446,500 new pilots over the next 20 years, but now Carbary says that has risen to 459,600. Boeing's prediction for the number of fully trained technicians airlines will need has climbed from 596,500 to 650,000.
The average annual training need to meet that demand is 23,000 new pilots and 32,000 new technicians
A new report compiled by the CSIRO and a host of airline and industry groups has deemed 'bio-derived' fuel "economically and environmentally" sustainable, with a number of benefits tipped for both Australian and New Zealand.
The Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation (FPSA) report aims to set out a clear pathway for establishing a bio-fuel industry in the region, with several flow-on effects to be seen over the next 20 years. Included are cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent, generating more than 12,000 jobs and reducing Australia's reliance on fuel imports by $2 billion per annum.
