Team: Advisory Board
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Peter Boston
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Growing up within a few miles of Biggin Hill Airfield, it was probably inevitable that I would spend much of my early teens as a cadet in the Air Training Corps. I was fortunate to gain my fixed wing PPL with the help of an RAF flying scholarship at Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lydd. However,…
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Captain David Balmer
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David is an A380 line Captain with nearly 20,000 hours in his logbook, gained on A319/A320, A380, BAC1-11, DC-10, B737-200, B747-100/200, B757, B767 and B777-200/300 based at BHX, LGW and LHR. After a RAF flying scholarship and university, he switched careers and left chartered accountancy at Coopers & Lybrand (PWC nowadays) to join British Airways…
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Nick Wall
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Nick Wall is an aviation journalist focusing mainly on safety issues. A former Editor of a wide range of GA aviation magazines, he is, and has been, both a GA and glider pilot for many years.
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Rob Taylor
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Rob Taylor has been an SEP (A) PPL holder since August 2004 and has logged just under 900 hours total time in fixed wing aircraft. He currently holds a class rating instructor rating, night rating, and plans to add an IR(R) rating when time allows. His passion for aviation started when he was at primary…
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Kris Major
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Kris has been flying as cabin crew for over 20 years and a workplace rep for over 16 years. He started at bmi and progressed to Cabin Service Manager and was also a Cabin Safety Trainer. Kris is currently a Cabin Service Director at British Airways. He has a seat on the Cabin Crew Advisory Group and…
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Mike Stanway
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Mike started his flying as a Staff Cadet at No 12 AEF at Turnhouse (Edinburgh) and also obtained his PPL via a Flying Scholarship during this time. He joined the RAF from school and flew assorted types almost all of which are now in museums! His RAF flying included 10 years on Tornado GR1/1a and 5 years…
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Dale Hyde-Douglas
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Dale has been working in the aviation industry since 2003, most of which has been spent at Jet2. Dale has worked as Cabin Crew, progressing through to being Senior Cabin Crew and Cabin Safety Trainer, he also spent time at British Airways as Customer Service Manager and has operated on a variety of long and…
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Richard Eynon
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After graduating with a bsc Biomedical Science degree from the University of Wales, Cardiff, Richard followed his ambition to become cabin crew and joined Emirates Airline in 2006. At Emirates, Richard was based in Dubai for nearly five years. The ambition was to fly for a maximum of three years, but the industry addiction led…
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Meghan Doyle
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Meghan started her aviation career in 2009 with Ryanair. Starting as a junior cabin crew and working her way up to Senior Cabin Crew, Meghan successfully progressed to Safety and Emergency Procedures Instructor in 2014. She then moved into the Inflight Safety Office as a Safety Administrator in 2017 and is currently the Inflight Safety…
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Steve Slater
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Stephen Slater, became Chief Executive officer of the Light Aircraft Association on 1st September 2015, working on behalf of around 7,500 members who operate over 4,000 sport aircraft and retired from the role in 2023. Stephen joined the Association from a successful career in PR and marketing communications where he ran a leading agency working…
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Dorothy Saul-Pooley
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Dorothy Saul-Pooley originally qualified as a Solicitor and worked in the City for several years before learning to fly. She left the law in the early 1990s to gain a CPL (A) and Instructor Rating and worked as an instructor full-time for several years. She then continued to instruct part-time whilst working as an Aviation…
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