Team: Cabin Crew

  • John Lobo-Pires

    John Lobo-Pires

    John joined Virgin Atlantic in 2001 as Cabin Crew and worked through the ranks to Flight Service Manager. In 2009 he became a Cabin Safety Training Instructor and since 2023 has been the Manager – Cabin Operations & Training. John is responsible for the Ops Manuals B and D, as well as standard operating and…

  • Jen Clifford

    Jen Clifford

    Jen started her career in aviation in 1999 when she joined Monarch as cabin crew, operating on the B757, A320 and A300. She joined easyJet in 2001 and progressed through various roles including Cabin Crew Line Trainer, Crew Training Instructor and Training Duty Manager before moving into the Cabin Safety Department as a Cabin Safety…

  • Lezio Liotta

    Lezio Liotta

    Lezio started his aviation career in 2005 where he worked for Ryanair for nearly a decade and in a variety of roles including cabin crew, senior cabin crew and SEP Instructor. He then spent a few years working for the startup FlyDubai, the Emirates sister company in the capacity of Cabin Safety Officer where he…

  • Joanne Green
  • Kurt Wilson

    Kurt Wilson

    Kurt started his aviation career with easyJet back in 2003. Starting as cabin crew and then moving on to various other roles over a 17 year career. He was a pre-ops crewing officer in their Operations Control Centre and then became part of the people management team for Cabin Services. Kurt was then offered the…

  • Captain Chris Hanson

    Captain Chris Hanson

    Chris has been flying professionally since 1985 and has worked in a management role in British Airways since 2004.  In the Royal Air Force, he flew, and trained pilots, on the Hawk and Tornado F3.  In British Airways he has gained type ratings on the Boeing 737, 757, 767,777 and 787, he also has instructor ratings and…

  • Air Cdre Dai Whittingham FRAeS

    Air Cdre Dai Whittingham FRAeS

    Dai Whittingham joined the RAF as a pilot in 1974.  He flew Phantoms in the Air Defence fighter role and served as a flying instructor on the Jet Provost.  He has commanded an E-3D AWACS squadron and the main operating base of RAF Waddington. A graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies, he deployed in 2004…

  • Nicola Walker

    Nicola Walker

    I started flying career in MAN for airtours International in 1996-2003, qualified on various aircraft types including A320/321 7A330, B757/B767 and worked on the Air New Zealand damp less aircraft B747-200 for a year. Wanted to be based near to my home town of Leeds , joined Jet2 on the first Cabin Crew course and…

  • Claire Simpson

    Claire Simpson

    Claire has worked within the Aviation Industry for over 25 years. First as Cabin Crew gaining valuable experience in the air before joining Unites predecessor unions. Claire’s work over the years has seen her support cabin crew through the impacts of 9/11 and the recent pandemic as well as lobby for support for the aviation…

  • Adam Rowland

    Adam Rowland

    Adam started his aviation career in 1995 as ‘summer only’ cabin crew with Airtours International on its 757s flying out of Glasgow.   Along with his experience as cabin crew on larger jets he also operated as single crew on turboprops with British Airways franchise cityflyer Express at Gatwick on the ATR42 and 72, progressing to…

  • Helena Roman Echevarria

    Helena Roman Echevarria

    Helena started as Cabin Crew Member in Ryanair DAC in 2009 and became Senior Cabin Crew Member in 2014. In 2016 she became a Safety and Emergency Procedures Instructor, becoming a Safety and Emergency Procedures Examiner within the Company in 2018. At the end of 2019 Helena joined Laudamotion gmbh as Inflight Safety Officer and…

  • Richard Oxbrough

    Richard Oxbrough

    Worked within the aviation industry since 2002, working for Ryanair, Excel Airways, Aer Lingus, Strategic Airlines and now Eastern Airways since 2012. During my career held the roles of Cabin Crew, Purser, Line Trainer, Classroom Trainer and now find myself in the position of Head of Cabin Services & Training. I still maintain my recency…