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I was again successful at interview with DHL Air UK, but after 6 months flying night freight I wanted to return to charter and succeeded in an intensive two day selection process with Britannia Airways initially flying the 757 and 767 on both charter short haul and long haul routes. The opportunity for an early command on the 737 arose and I have not looked back…

Having spent 11 years in The London Regiment of the Territorial Army progressing to a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer rank I gained extensive experience in delivering training courses and instructional techniques.

This, coupled with interview and presentation skills from the IT world and my familiarity and success with various airlines selection procedures has lead me to produce this no nonsense interview techniques course which focuses on getting the most from you, the candidate, to give you the best chance of progressing to job offer.

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History

After 10 years in the IT industry working with mainframe computer systems for British Gas I decided to train for the ATPL. With the financial help and emotional support of my partner Suzie, I funded my training over a period of two and a half years. My first job was air taxi out of Edinburgh, travelling all over northern Europe carrying passengers and freight, including air ambulance flights. After 18 months I was successful at interview with jmc Air Ltd., training to fly their 757s. September 11th 2001 lead to redundancy the following year, before which I spent time on loan to Air2000.

Since my career started at Britannia they have changed their name to ThomsonFly and after just two years as a First Officer I undertook command assessment and went on to successfully complete the command course in August 2005. I now Captain the 737s flying out of Manchester and various other UK bases to many charter and scheduled destinations. The above picture was taken having received my 'Congratulations Captain' handshake on completion of my Command Line Training.

In August 2007 I was promoted to Training Captain.