Team: Advisory Board

  • Dr. Simon Gill

    Dr. Simon Gill

    Simon has been involved in human factors, risk and safety management in the aviation industry for over two decades. After obtaining his first degree in Integrated Engineering Simon started his career at Airbus. Identifying the need to address maintenance human factors and the unique role played by the manufacturer, Simon undertook a secondment in BAE…

  • Captain Terry Eglinton

    Captain Terry Eglinton

    Terry started his aviation career started with the Royal Air Force as an engineer and worked in engineering for 17 years, ending as Director of Maintenance for two companies in the United States, before flying full time.  He was a line pilot with the Chiltern Air Support Unit based at Luton International Airport and RAF…

  • Robert Edson

    Robert Edson

    Robert started his aviation career Lufthansa Cargo based at East Midlands Airport.  He is currently employed as Nominated Post-Holder Ground Operations with an Airline.  Robert joined the company in 2005 and was initially based in Italy before returning to the UK in 2010.

  • Terry Dudley IAME MBA

    Terry Dudley IAME MBA

    I work for Panasonic Avionics in the Panasonic Technical Services branch (PTS). And have been with them for 5 years this year. I am the Regional Manager covering the UK and Europe and a Form 4 post holder working with the IAA and the UKCAA.  I oversee Line Maintenance operations for Panasonic systems fitted on…

  • William Dean

    William Dean

    Bill spent the majority of his childhood in Africa and USA before a family move back to the UK aged 17.  He went on to study Pure Mathematics at London School of Economics and Political Science before joining the Royal Navy as a pilot in 1984.    He flew a variety of operational roles in the RN,…

  • Jane Hannick
  • Scott Hadden

    Scott Hadden

    Scott was born in Fife, Scotland in 1973 and from a very early age wanted to become a commercial pilot.  However, after years of commitment to that path (he started flying at the age of 12), Scott made the difficult decision in 2001 not to pursue a flying career due to the post 9/11 employment landscape…

  • Captain George Capon

    Captain George Capon

    George started his flying career in 1976, joining the Air Training Corps and Commanding a VGS for 12 years, initially learning to fly at Southend, he obtained his ATPL ,latterly flying as a Captain on the A340 and A330. Never forgetting the grass roots of aviation he has continuously held  CAA and FAA instructor single…

  • Air Cdre Dai Whittingham FRAeS, ATAB Vice-Chair

    Air Cdre Dai Whittingham FRAeS, ATAB Vice-Chair

    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…