Team: Air Transport

Simon Oldfield is the current Director of the UK Airprox Board. He caught ‘the aviation bug’ at an early age and first learned to fly as a glider pilot with the then Air Cadets (now RAF Air Cadets). After a brief period in the insurance broking industry, he joined the Royal Air Force in November…

Jerry was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1982 as a general duties officer. He was a pilot flying the Canberra, Hawk, Phantom and Tornado F3 aircraft. While serving he received 2 Green Endorsements. In 2000, having qualified for his ATPL, he ‘retired’ from active service and joined Airtours as a first officer. In…

Having flown commercially for 12 years, Will is currently a 737 Captain based at BHX with Jet2.com. He is also an Army Reservist and in that role has worked in Flight Safety and Human Factors training. 

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As a career change and following some travelling, in the early 2000s I threw myself and all the resources I had into retraining as a Helicopter Pilot. I was lucky enough to get an Instructor job straight away and have been busy ever since working on-shore. I now hold CPL, FI, FE on Robinsons, Bell…

Dr Michael Trudgill MSc MB BCh MFOM MRCGP DAvMed DipIMC RCS(Ed) FAsMA FRAeS Michael is the Civil Aviation Authority Chief Medical Officer and joined the organisation in 2017. He previously held senior positions as an MOD Civil servant at the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine prior to which he was a British Senior Medical Officer…

College of Air Training 1974-1976 British Caledonian Airways 1976-1988 – flying BAC 1-11, B707, DC10 British Airways 1988-current – flying B747-400, B777, B787 TRE/TRI since 1992 BALPA Study Rep 2010- current

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.…