Ultimate High UPRT Academy - Management Team

 

​The real strength in the Ultimate High UPRT programme is the quality of the instructors. All of our UPRT FIs are massively experienced pilots and instructors and care passionately about helping other pilots increase their confidence and competence to avoid, recognise and recover from Flight Upsets.

Nearly all of the FIs are former military fast jet pilots with subsequent airline experience, and many still fly part-time for major airlines as captains and training captains, ensuring that we keep right up to date with how airlines operate today. We have been at the forefront of developing UPRT instructional techniques, and are the only training organisation in the UK that also deliver ‘Train the trainer’ instructional courses for both on-aircraft and FSTD (TRI) instructors.

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CEO - Mark Greenfield

• After flying with the RAF, Mark worked as a Risk Manager with two leading US Investment Banks. An experienced civilian flight safety instructor, Mark returned to the military environment by running the world famous Empire Test Pilot School for QinetiQ at Boscombe Down.

• Bringing cutting edge risk management expertise to the flight safety environment, Mark is increasingly recognised as an expert in UPRT delivery and development. 

• He represented the UK on the EASA Rule Making Group that developed the new mandatory UPRT requirements for commercial pilots, and is regularly invited to present on UPRT at leading Flight Safety events, including the prestigious International Flight Crew Training conference at the RAeS, the EASA Flight Safety Conference in Luxembourg, the GAPAN Technical and Air Safety Committee, the FLYER Professional Flight Training Exhibition, the European ATO Symposium and European Airline Training Symposium in Berlin. 

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Head of Training - Steve Johnson

• As a former Training Captain and a recent Captain on the A330/340, Steve (Jos) brings a wealth of knowledge to the Head of Training position, including a number of the lessons on management of stress and pilot workload issues that were learnt during his time in the military (where he flew the Harrier and was Red Arrows Synchro Pair Lead).

• He has been heavily involved in the development and implementation of UPRT and is one of the most experienced UPRT instructors in the UK, and, along with Chris Kingswood, has developed our Industry leading "Train the UPRT Trainer" programmes.

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Head of Safety - Rob Curry

• Rob flew the Tornado GR1, GR4 and F3 and taught Navigators on the Hawk.  He is a full-time freelance flying instructor, and also works for the CAA in a safety analysis role and with the Air Prox Board.

 

Director of Operations - Jo Greenfield

• Jo has had a variety of project management and systems analyst roles across a range of industries and was Chief Administrative Officer for the Executive Office at a major US Investment Bank before she helped establish Ultimate High in 2001.  She now manages all of Ultimate High's operational and financial areas. 

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Your UPRT Instructors

 

Neil Jones

• Neil is a former Fleet Air Arm Sea King and Sea Harrier pilot who now flies the Airbus A330/340.  Massively experienced, until recentlyl he flew as a Training Captain and TRI/TRE for a major global airline.

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Rich Esau

• Rich was a first tour 'creamie' QFI on the Hawk at RAF Valley and then flew the Jaguar in reconnaissance and attack roles. He flew operationally over Bosnia and Northern Iraq.  Rich has flown both Airbus and Boeing aircraft commercially and has contributed materially to the implementation of our on-aircraft UPRT programmes.

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​James Gosling

• Jim was an RAF Jaguar pilot and Hawk Weapons instructor and now flies the Airbus 320 and 330. He is passionate about helping organisations improve their safety culture and for pilots to improve their handling skills throughout the flight envelope.

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Chris Kingswood

• Chris has variously held the Flight Operations Manager, Operational & Training Standards post, and Chief Training Pilot for Europe's largest airline.  His previous military experience includes being Chief Standards Officer for the Canadian Armed Forces and a Staff Instructor at the RAF's Central Flying School. 

• Chris is a very experienced military C-130 operator and flying instructor, having qualified for the coveted and very rare A1 QFI rating. He has been instrumental in helping to implement both our On-Aircraft and FSTD Train the UPRT Trainer programmes.

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Stuart Rawlinson

• Stuart spent several years as Chief Pilot and trainer for an ILS calibrator, flying and certifying en-route and landing navigational equipment on behalf of the CAA and ICAO before moving to the airlines.  He’s flown Airbus 320/21, Boeing 747, 747 Freighters and is currently on the Boeing 787 dreamliner with Virgin Atlantic.

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Paddy Bolton

• Paddy is an experienced Airbus A320 operator and works as a training captain at a major European airline.  As a TRI/TRE he specialises in delivering and helping to design FSTD UPRT programmes.

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