Flying Officer - 10 Air Experience Flight

• Oct 2022 - Present

Pilot Officer - 10 Air Experience Flight

• Feb 2020 - Oct 2022

Maintenance Check Flight Captain / Instructor

• Nov 2019 - Present

Development of the Airbus Check Flight Procedures / In Service Aircraft Technical Flight Manual (ISATFM)Airbus Trained - Technical Flight Captain (TFF)Check Flight Instructor / TRIAirbus delivery and Entry in Service experience from two fleet renewals.

Fleet Technical Manager - Airbus

• Nov 2019 - Present

Liaison with all relevant departments to ensure all technical matters affecting the fleet are managed with relevant input from Flight Operations.Providing effective communication of technical matters affecting all the fleets to all Stakeholders and the Flight Operations Management team.Manage the Maintenance Check Flight procedure to ensure robust procedures are in place to support any engineering and operational requirements.Recruit, train and manage the Fleets Technical Pilots and Check Flight Pilot Teams.Manage and maintain all Ground and Check Flight Schedules with regard to industry best practise.Support the Flight Operations on all aspects related to the acquisition of new and/or mid-life aircraft to support the fleet.Manage the MEL, ORH, Technical Manual and AFM’s in conjunction with the Fleet Technical Pilots and the Technical Publications Manager.Technical Liaison with Engineerinh, Operations and Powerplant departments. Simulator quality audits and technical guidance.Recent experience includes the introduction of Airbus SOPs, flight documentation and provision of relevant operational experience to a operator new to type. Show less

Type Rating Instructor ZFT/LIFUS (A320 Family)

• Nov 2019 - Present

Type Rating Instructor (ZFT/LIFUS) / Captain - Airbus A320/A321/A330

• Feb 1998 - Sep 2019

11,500 Hours Total9,300 Hours - Airbus A320/A321/A3301200 Hours - BAe Jetstream 41500 Hours - Various singles and twins < 5,700kg

Fleet Technical Manager (Airbus A320/A330)

• Jan 2002 - Feb 2019

Flight Operations Management, Airbus Technical Experience, Airbus Liaison, Lease Handback/Acceptance Flights, Flight Operations Documentation, Minimum Equipment Lists, Post-engineering Flight Test, Fleet Renewal, Flight Operations support and Flight Simulator Evaluation.Fleet Technical ManagerThe Fleet Technical Manager appointment required liaison between internal departments and external agencies on technical issues affecting fleet operations. In addition, the post required :- o Managing revisions to Ops Manual Part B manuals and Aircraft Flight Manuals through Vistair.o Managing and maintaining the Minimum Equipment List through Vistair.o Production of General and Technical Flight Crew Notices.o Production of fleet technical newsletters.o Representation at Standard Operating Procedures Working Group meetings.o Delivery of new aircraft from the manufacturer and from the lease companies.o Acceptance and return of aircraft from/to leasing companies. o Post Maintenance Check Flights and conduct of training of such flights.o Primary Flight Operations contact for Airbus and Thomas Cook Aircraft Engineering.o Ensuring all Fleet Safety issues are corrected in a timely manner.o Reviewing fleet Air Safety Reports in conjunction with the Head of Safety as required.o Provision of technical feedback to Company pilots regarding issues affecting the fleet.o Attendance of manufacturer symposiums.o Recurrent training for Operations staff in Flight Operations, ETOPS, Performance and RNP.Duty Flight Operations ManagerThe Duty Flight Operations Manager (DFOM) roster gave 7-day, 24-hour cover to operational incidents and provided round the clock pilot management access for Flight Crew. The DFOM role was the first point of contact for Operations Control in the event of any accident, incident, security threat or issue that might attract unwanted publicity. Show less

Special Assistance Team (SAT)

• Jan 2005 - Jan 2019

The Special Assistance Team is a team of people either in resort or flown out from the airline who deal with major incidents. Each member provides and facilitates the initial and ongoing humanitarian, emotional, informational, financial, logistical and other types of direct and / or indirect support - to surviving victims (including ‘ground victims’ - if any) of a catastrophic aircraft accident or similar impact crisis. A SAT member also supports the associated (non-flying) family, relatives & friends of all such accident / crisis victims regardless of whether or not the latter survived the accident.Initial and Recurrent Training was conducted by the Centre for Crisis Psychology. Show less

Flight Safety Officer / Flight Data Monitoring Officer

• Mar 2001 - Jul 2002

Conduct Flight Safety Investigations, Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) analysis, Air Safety Reports.• Promoting the flight safety awareness programme within the Company and disseminating flight safety policies determined at the Safety Review Board and Safety Action Groups.• Ensuring all Company Air Safety Reports are assessed, recorded and distributed and, where appropriate, forwarding as Mandatory Occurrence Reports to the CAA.• To ensure investigations are conducted into, and reporting on any accident, incident or occurrence involving a Company aircraft and/ or crew in accordance with procedures defined in Chapter 11 and the Company Emergency Manual and taking necessary action to protect evidence and to avoid delay in the preparation of an accurate report.• Co-opting personnel to participate in an investigation as and when necessary.• Build open and honest relationships with the AAIB and the CAA establishing trust.• Collecting and collating flight safety information and ensuring the dissemination within the Company of that which is relevant to Company operations.• Liaising with the CAA and Engineering Quality Manager (when applicable) on the submission of MORs and making recommendations for closure of reports.• Management of FDM monitoring and the implementation of the FDM reporting system whilst ensuring the confidentiality of the received data and pilot involvement.• Facilitate the safety risk management and hazard identification process.• Monitor corrective actions to ensure they are accomplished in a timely manner.• Provide reports on safety performance and maintain safety documentation.• Collate, understand and disseminate information from other organisations. Show less

Crew Resource Management / Human Factors Instructor

• Jun 2000 - Jan 2002

Assisted in the production and development of Airtours International Airways Human Factors and Crew Resource Management (CRM) course.CRM / HF instructor on Initial and Recurrent Courses.

Research Scientist

• Aug 1995 - Jan 1997

Flight Simulator Trials on various research projects ranging from Flight Control to Simulator Motion Cue effectiveness. Flight Simulator Trials on various research projects ranging from Flight Control to Simulator Motion Cue effectiveness.