Chris Ingram

Experience

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  Sainsbury's

  Feb 2010 - Sept 2011

  Customer Service Assistant

  - Part-time work during A Level studies. - Worked in various departments with some supervisory responsibility. - Appointed Regional Representative for Young Employees and Public Relations Ambassador. - Received various awards including; Employee of the Month and Young Employee of the Year.

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  Enterprise Rent-A-Car

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2017

  Branch Manager

  - Managed overall branch operation and supervised a wide range of employees. - Responsible for the customer experience of the Branch, implemented plans to exceed customer expectations. - Mentored, trained, coached, evaluated and developed staff. - Conducted and participated in the recruitment, interviewing and hiring of branch employees. - Developed overall sales and marketing strategy for the Branch. - Responsible for creating and maintaining a motivated team who promote teamwork and strive for success. - Maintained and built relationships with high end accounts to ensure superior service and continued business. - Received various awards including; Sales Performance, Branch Excellence, Customer Service. Show less

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  L3Harris Commercial Aviation

  Jul 2017 - Nov 2019

  Trainee Airline Pilot

  - Commercial Pilots License (Attempt 1, Series 1) with Instrument Rating (Attempt 1, Series 1).- ATPL Theoretical Knowledge - 91% Average (Attempt 1, Series 1).- Airline Qualification Course completion B737-300 (CRM/MCC/JOT). - Upset Prevention & Recovery Training (UPRT).

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  Booker Aviation

  Mar 2020 - Aug 2020

  Flight Instructor Course

  - Course completed at Booker Aviation and West London Aero Club.- Extended due to COVID lockdown.

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  Synergy Aviation

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  SEP PPL Flight Instructor

  - Instructed UK CAA PPL syllabus with over 10 students recommended for and passed skills test and over 15 ab initio students trained to first solo.- Designed and implemented a tailor made checklist to create standard operating procedures for the flight centre.

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  L3Harris Commercial Aviation

  Aug 2021 - May 2023

  - One of the key members involved in implementing the UK CAA / EASA integrated and modular training program to the Florida base. - Responsible for trainee progress, performance and wellbeing. - Responsible for future growth planning of UK training from 10 to over 100 trainees.- Worked alongside the FAA training team to optimise a seamless training environment.- Responsible for recruiting, training and managing a team of Flight Instructors.- Designed an ongoing training program to transition US FAA instructors to UK CAA / EASA instructors maintaining high standards throughout. - Running day to day operations of the UK program including; schedule and utilisation management, instructor and trainee point of contact, timeline planning.- Attended career fairs across the USA to attract high quality flight instructors. Show less - Trained cadets at one of the leading Airline Academy’s in the world with Single and Multi Engine CPL / MPL / IR. DA-40, DA-42 and FNPTII simulators. Total 1050 hrs Dual Given.- Mentored, trained, evaluated and developed cadet performance in all phases of training including; first solo, progress tests, CPL and Multi Engine Instrument Rating. - Instructor representative of the Safety Action Group. ATC Liaison Officer. - Responsible for designing and implementing a traffic/airspace awareness plan introducing ADS-B and Electronic Flight Bags to the fleet. Show less

  • Training Manager - UK CAA / EASA

    Jan 2023 - May 2023

  • ME IR CPL MPL Flight Instructor

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
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  British Airways

  May 2023 - now

  First Officer