BradAir Aviation Consultancy Ltd
18 North Road 
Ruddington 
Nottingham
NG11 16AD

Aviation Training Consultancy – to Airline Standards. Pre Command Training including Failure Management Training and Command Assessments

Specialised advice on the procurement, design, evaluation, acceptance certification procedures and use, of both civil and military aircraft simulators. Qualified JAA & CAA Simulator Evaluator.

Specification, design, testing and implementation of PC-based utility programs/databases, Specialising in Takeoff and Landing Performance software.

Computerisation in Airline Operational Departments – advice on research, selection and implementation of computerised systems, including Crewing, Operations Control and Support.

Airline Emergency Response Procedures – Design, set-up and testing of tailor-made individual airline HQ and associated airport’s internal Emergency Response Procedures  

Assistance and guidance to airlines and third party flight training companies on all aspects of simulator procurement and training requirements

Assessment of simulator acceptance, and acceptance procedures.

Type Rating Instructor B737, Type Rating Examiner B737

Airline Operations consultant in Crew Scheduling and Operations Control automation.  Also consultant on and programming for PC-based solutions for airline operations.
 
Designer of computerised ground-training systems for aircrew conversion course examinations.

Design individual Airline Emergency Response testing packages

PPL 1978. graduated 1980 from Queen's University. Belfast with BSc(Aero).1st Class Honours. 

Joined Singer Link Miles as simulator test engineer in 1980. Reached position of Senior Systems Analyst (Flight Systems). having been involved in 10 different simulator acceptances (civil & military).  

PPL flying instructor / Ground examiner / Chief Flying Instructor. 

Joined British Island Airways as first Officer MD-83 in 1987. 

Formed BradAir Aviation Consultancy in 1988 as an independent consultancy to the airline industry. 

Joined British Midland (BM) as First Officer B737-300-400-500 in 1990. 

Consultant and acceptance pilot on BM's B737 full flight simulator. 

Promoted to Captain B737 in 1992. 

Appointed Operations Project Manager at BM (1993 -1997) with responsibilities for BM's Operations Departments  R&D Section. Headed BM's upgrade of its HQ and associated airfield Emergency Response Procedures. 

Elected Fellow of the RAES in 1998. 

Expanded BradAir Aviation Consultancy into a Limited Company in May 1999

Converted to Fokker 100 1998-2002 

2002 Transferred within BMI group to bmibaby B737 as Training Captain (Line Training, TRI(A) , TRE, CRMI) based at East Midland airport with independent consultancy role outside flying duties.

2006 Produce and conduct specialised training course for pre- command training including Failure Management Training and conducting simulator Command Assessments.