James Sheldrick

Experience

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  James Sheldrick Heating

  Mar 2004 - Feb 2012

  Proprietor

  As proprietor of a Professional Gas and Plumbing company I was responsible for all elements of the business which included engineering whilst leading a team. This required exceptional Communication and delegating skills. I also dealt with the financial aspects of the business for example accounts, budgeting and payroll. High standards and exceptional customer service was a key focus which I achieved by ensuring all jobs were exacting and completed within strict timescales. With continuity of work being a main focus for the business a good working rapport with clients was paramount. As part of my role I would negotiate works contracts by tender Show less

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  CAE Oxford Aviation Academy

  Feb 2012 - Oct 2013

  Graduate Pilot - Frozen ATPL (A)

  14 Ground school theory examsFirst time pass ME CPLFirst time pass ME IRSEP ratingUpset Recovery TrainingMCC & JOC (Boeing 737 - 400)“He was able to consistently provide good support and give sound inputs when necessary, monitoring satisfactorily and keeping ahead of the aircraft. His flight deck management benefited from good planning and he was suitably assertive with developing leadership skills. James was assessed as fleet standard overall and is now ready for type training. He has the potential to be a successful professional pilot”. Simon Hamilton, Deputy Manager Multi-Pilot Training (MCC & JOC) Show less

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  Kura Aviation Ltd

  Feb 2015 - Sept 2015

  BESTPILOT graduate

  Completion of BESTPILOT, including: AJFC (MCC & JOC) studied at EPST in Utrecht comprising of a 6 week course flying the 737-800 gaining approximately 60 hours FNPT2. BESTPILOT ground school comprising of two weeks of ground based training looking into non technical skills, TEM (threat and error management), CRM (crew resource management), airline economics, HF (human factors), decision making and problem solving and advanced interview preparation Upset recoveryALART at ULTIMATE HIGH - Goodwood. Exploring the edges of the normal flight envelope and how to recover from a variety of upsets and unusual attitudes flying the extra 300, firefly, bulldog, c172. Show less

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  Ultimate High

  Apr 2015 - Apr 2015

  ALART UPRT Graduate Student

  THEORY BASED TRAINING - - aerodynamics with focus on AOA- contributing factors of upsets - review of accidents relating to aeroplane upsets- G awareness and human factors- energy management - flight path management - Recognition of potential upset- upset proven ruin and recovery tech- system and instrument malfunction - high altitude operational factors ON AIRCRAFT TRAINING - - steep and max rate turns - slow flight vs1g manoeuvres - stalling (clean, power on and off, accelerated)- upset recovery, high bank, over bank, ballistic, trim runaways. - spin, incipient and spiral dive- control restrictions - wake turbulence - human factors; situational awareness, startle and stress response, threat and error management, crew resource management. Show less

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  Flybe

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2018

  Airline Pilot

  First Officer - Dash8 Q400Gained in excess of 2000 flight hours, hundreds of takeoffs and landings, with between 2 and as many as 6 sectors in a day, operating in very busy airspace in the worst of the North European weather. Operating into both small regional airports such as Inverness and La Rochelle, to the worlds largest international airports such as London Heathrow and Schiphol LCY trained RNAV trained CATII trained

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  SAS - Scandinavian Airlines

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Airline Pilot

  Wet lease summer contract from Flybe operating the Dash8 Q400

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  Jet2.com and Jet2holidays

  Dec 2018 - now

  Airline Pilot & Pilot Liaison Operations Group (PLOG) rep

  Senior First Officer 737-800 NG. Trained official Pilot Mentor & Mental Health First aider. Currently enjoying flying our customers from the UK to destinations all over Europe for sun, ski and city breaks