Rhian’s day to day duties at the Training Centre are quite varied; in addition to being the main point of contact for our various Airline, Corporate and individual Customers she is also responsible for the ongoing maintenance of our documentation suite, sales and marketing, web site and social media and the administration requirements of the business as a whole. Rhian has also shown interest in, and aptitude for, getting involved in with operation of the simulators and often performs the daily start-up and pre-flight checks for both our B747-400 simulator and BIH’s S61N simulator; this has proved very useful when longer training days are scheduled.
Gary has worked with us since May 2015 in the role of Simulator Technician looking after our B747 Simulator as well as the S61N Simulator operated by CATL on behalf of British International Helicopters. Gary is also taking the lead on the Commissioning and Qualification of our second B747 Simulator.
Gary’s day-to-day duties are primarily associated with the Hardware / Software Integration and Commissioning of our second B747 Simulator, but he also contributes to the operation and maintenance of our in-service devices when necessary, particularly when there is an unusual or complicated fault to investigate.
Ian’s career to date has been a game of two halves. From 1986 to 1999 Ian pursued a career in engineering, initially as a RF design engineer, progressing through a period as an on-site service engineer overseeing the commissioning of industrial machinery, and culminating in a management role, responsible for worldwide customer support. In 1999 Ian left engineering to realise a childhood ambition to become a pilot. He began his flying career as an instructor right here at Cardiff Airport, followed by a period as CFI and manager of a flying school at Kemble Aerodrome. In 2002 Ian joined easyJet on the B737, and is currently an A320 captain based in Bristol. Ian is also a fully qualified A320 TRI.
Dave was Commissioned into the RAF in 1984 and had, by the time he left in April 2008, held a wide variety of Air Defence, OPEVAL and Flight Test roles in the U.K. and overseas, covering Tucano, Hawk, Phantom and Tornado aircraft, and including over 2000 hours flight time as an RAF Instructor. During his time in the RAF Dave served in the Gulf, Bosnia and Kosovo, completing his service commanding the Falkland Island Tornado Flight. Since leaving the RAF Dave has flown commercial aircraft as a First Officer, Senior First Officer and Line Captain, and flown ATR, Fokker 100 and B747-400 airframes; Dave is also a fully qualified B747-400 Type Rating Instructor.