Chief Flight Instructor

• Feb 2023 - Present

FI(A): LAPL, PPL, Night, CPL and SEP CRI• Responsible for delivering LAPL, PPL and night rating training to UK CAA and EASA standards.• Managing the University contract, rewriting the program to maximise fleet usage and business profit, whilst also ensuring regular student progress. Delivering successful outcome early.• Developing and implementing structured lesson briefs and de-briefs, tailored to individual students to maximise progress made and ensuring successful skills test outcomes with a 100% success rate.• Identifying students who are struggling, discussing their progress and structuring lessons using different techniques to support them, regaining their confidence and progress. • Monitoring aircraft usage, ensuring correct maintenance and operation, identifying faults and arranging for their rectification. Restructuring the program to avoid multiple aircraft being offline due to planned actions. Show less

Flight Instructor

• Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

FI(A): LAPL, PPL, Night, CPL and SEP CRI• Responsible for delivering LAPL, PPL and night rating training to UK CAA and EASA standards.• Managing the University contract, rewriting the program to maximise fleet usage and business profit, whilst also ensuring regular student progress. Delivering successful outcome early.• Developing and implementing structured lesson briefs and de-briefs, tailored to individual students to maximise progress made and ensuring successful skills test outcomes with a 100% success rate.• Identifying students who are struggling, discussing their progress and structuring lessons using different techniques to support them, regaining their confidence and progress. • Monitoring aircraft usage, ensuring correct maintenance and operation, identifying faults and arranging for their rectification. Restructuring the program to avoid multiple aircraft being offline due to planned actions. Show less

Pilot

• Feb 2019 - Feb 2021

• Responsible for pre-flight safety briefings and passenger safety before, during and after flights.• Provided technical support and flying advice to new pilots and existing team members.• Liaised with operations, planning to maximise flight time, whilst operating safely and responsibly.• Responsible for planning and delivering experiences in a flight simulator.

Pilot Manager, Corporate Pilot

• Dec 2022 - Present

• Operating aircraft under Part-NCO, planning routes and liaising with Airports, FBOs, Ground Crew and ATC to maintain efficient and smooth operations. • Managing small team of pilots, ensuring correct ratings and medicals are maintained, and guaranteeing availability for all flights. • Established and responsible for safety management system, acting on findings to maintain continuous improvement and safe operation. • Monitoring aircraft usage to guarantee safe and legal operations at all times, maintaining close relationship with CAMO to ensure minimal down time for scheduled maintenance and rapid rectification of identified defects. Show less

Teacher of Physics

• Sep 2014 - Aug 2018

• Track record of delivering results in a highly dynamic environment. • Developed course materials and department SOP’s, lifting Physics department from second lowest to second highest achieving department, increasing student progress by 1.5 levels. • Improved pupil progress through analysing data and deployment of strategic intervention. • Collaborated with parents and internal and external pastoral teams, developed and implemented strategies, reducing behaviour incidents by 50% across four year groups. Show less

Cost Consultant

• Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

• Managed multi-million pound projects, ensuring best value, rather than cheapest cost upfront. • Collaborated with client’s team and contractors to ensure excellent cost management and client expectations were maintained. • Managed multi-million pound projects, ensuring best value, rather than cheapest cost upfront. • Collaborated with client’s team and contractors to ensure excellent cost management and client expectations were maintained.

Deputy Team Lead

• Sep 2010 - Aug 2012

• Led a team of technical agents, analysing performance and providing support, achieving team of the month twice and team of the year.• Mentored new starters and existing team members, improving confidence and productivity, supporting their career development.• Improved follow up campaigns through the overhaul of SOP’s and development of training materials, increasing productivity by 500%, improving relationships with existing clients.• Facilitated business change and improvement group, liaising with other teams and government offices to ensure consistent business development and improvement. Show less

Administrative Officer

• Sep 2006 - Aug 2010