Team: Air Transport

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

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.…

Tom joined NATS in 2010 and went on to validate as an en-route controller at Swanwick on the London West sectors. He has since enjoyed working as an on-the-job-training-instructor, a safety representative liaising between controllers and unit safety, and is also a member of various project teams developing the next generation of controller equipment and…

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…

Captain Si Kovach has been flying professionally since 1997, initially qualifying as a pilot in the RAF and flying Puma, Merlin and Griffin helicopters, before retiring in 2013 when he joined Bristow Helicopters Ltd in Aberdeen. Si has been flying the Sikorsky S92A in the offshore transport role since 2013, gaining his command in 2015…

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…