Baz Hughes - CHIRP

Baz has been flying professionally for 12 years all of which has been accomplished operating the Airbus A320 series of aircraft within the low cost environment around Europe. Born in Plymouth and after spending most of his youth in the Air Training Corps he read Physics
at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester and graduated achieving a BSc(Hons) degree in 2000. Following on from here Baz joined the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and embarked on a career within the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA.) Here he developed niche and specialist skills within the RADAR department developing radio frequency (RF) antennas for a wide and diverse mix of military systems. Baz has a keen interest in promoting flight safety especially regarding both aircraft and human performance. In pursuit of this he has instructed multi crew cooperation courses (MCC) as a synthetic flight instructor (SFI) using a full flight Boeing 747-400 simulator. He is also a Pilot Officer RAFVR(T) and a member of 1 Air Experience Flight (1 AEF). Away from flying Baz enjoys yacht sailing and restoring old cars.