New careers at Cardiff

CARDIFF Academy of Aviation has recently joined forces with LOOP to further the GA cause. It’s been an interesting few months for the Academy with three new instructors and an application to the CAA for FTO status to start commercial training.

Mark Harris, 37, used to be a software developer working in Birmingham, but he switched careers two years ago and is now a Flight Instructor. He completed his PPL while still working in IT and left his job in September 2004 to complete 16 months of modular training at Gloucester-based Aeros.

They’re organised and professional but the social side is good too”. Also making a career switch is 28- year-old Fabio Briano, who worked for five years as a business analyst before completing his commercial training. “I’d always planned to train as a pilot but had to raise the cash first,” he explains.

Richard Kidd is the youngest of the new intake. He’s just 23 but has flown more than 1000 hours with Cabair at Biggin Hill, Triple A in Humberside, and Pilot Training College at Waterford, Ireland. A job as a Senior FI at Dublin’s Weston Airport followed, where he flew 500 hours in 18 months.

Richard Kidd is the youngest of the new intake. He’s just 23 but has fl own more than 1000 hours with Cabair at Biggin Hill, Triple A in Humberside, and Pilot Training College at Waterford, Ireland. A job as a Senior FI at Dublin’s Weston Airport followed, where he flew 500 hours in 18 months.