Team: Advisory Board

Andy has over thirty years’ experience flying a variety of aircraft types and spent fifteen years in airline management positions. He is now the Interim Flight Operations Manager (Aeroplanes) at the CAA. He was sponsored through university by the Royal Air Force and graduated from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne with a BSc in…

Adam joined NATS as a trainee air traffic controller in 1998, and has worked at Heathrow Tower since qualifying, becoming an instructor, supervisor, and examiner. In 2008, he started in the ATC Operations department at Heathrow Tower, where he works on introducing new procedures and equipment, conducting safety analyses and research and development projects, while…

Jason has been the Ground Safety Inspector at the UK CAA for over 12 years.  He joined the Flight Operations Inspectorate in 2004, after nearly a decade at a UK cargo airline where he worked as a Loadmaster on various Turboprop and Jet aircraft types. His regulatory oversight duties are very much focused on all aspects…

Jonny was appointed Safety Manager/Security Officer for TAG Aviation in October 2016. Jonny joined TAG Aviation in November 2014 as a Crew Training Instructor at TAG Global Training, where he helped to construct and deliver ground school training to TAG Pilots, Cabin Crew and Third-Party Clients. Prior to joining TAG UK, Jonny worked as Cabin…

Tim joined NATS in 1998 and validated as a Luton Tower controller in 2000.  In 2004 he moved to Cardiff and validated in Tower and Radar.  In 2006 he became a Deputy Watch Manager and, in this role, he was heavily involved in safety management work, including ATC procedures safety analysis, incident investigation and lesson learning.…

Jez joined NATS in 1991 working as an area radar Controller and more recently as a Supervisor at London Centre.  He spent a number of years working in NATS’ incident investigation team and then within its corporate safety team. Jez was a member of, and then chair of the Professional and Legal Committee of IFATCA.  He has…

Darren has been an engineer in the aviation industry for over 25 years, the majority of that time spent working for Britannia/Thomson/TUI. After spells in Workshops, Hangar and predominantly the Line Engineering environment Darren now holds the position of Duty Engineer at TUI’s Manchester facility. He has held the position of a TUI internal Human…

Jon gained a PPL at age 17, trained by my grandfather, a retired test pilot. He joined the army with the intent of flying for the Army Air Corps, unfortunately, a failed medical lead to 6 years as an infantry officer mostly spent in Ulster hedgerows and riots around the Divis Flats.  John left the army…

I have over 20 years’ experience in the aviation industry. My career started in 1996 in the RAF as an Aircraft Electrical Technician. In 2005 I elected to change careers to become an Air Traffic Controller. I currently hold the role of ATC Watch Manager at Birmingham Airport but previously I have held a variety…