Meet the team

Our fear of flying courses are now in their 25th year in association with British Airways. Our dedicated team is made up of experienced pilots, cabin crew, psychologists and helpers. Here are some of the staff you’ll meet on the day

  • Peter Hughes

    Founded Flying with Confidence 25 years ago, and since then he’s helped over 45,000 people overcome their fear of flying. He has recently retired from British Airways after 34 years, most recently as a Training Captain on the Jumbo 747-400.

  • Steve Allright - Captain

    Steve has been running courses with Peter for 20 years. He is a British Airways Training Captain on the 747, with over 10,000 flying hours.

  • Gordon Black - Captain

    Gordon has been with British Airways since he left school. He has flown the 737, 757, 767, 747 and Airbus 319/320. He is now a Training Captain on the Boeing 777.

  • Andy Shaw - Captain

    Andy started his career with British Airways over 20 years ago. He has flown many types of aircraft including the 747, 757 and 767. He is now a Captain on the 777.

  • Richard Saunders - Captain

  • Leigh Williams - Senior First Officer

    Leigh has been with British Airways for over 10 years and is currently flying the Boeing 767. He is an experienced presenter on our courses.

     

  • Keith Stoll - Doctor

    Keith has helped on the course for fifteen years and has built an enormous understanding of fears and phobias associated with flying. Keith is a clinical psychologist and practices in Harley Street.

  • Patricia Furness Smith

    Patricia is a psychologist and psychotherapist with over twenty years experience in therapy, lecturing and training.  Patricia has been a member of the Flying with Confidence team for over ten years.

  • Donna Allright

    Donna is our fully qualified Children's Counsellor with over 10 years experience working in secondary schools and on our courses.

  • Caroline Black

    Caroline started her British Airways career in Customer Services. She is now an experienced Safety Instructor, training both Flight Crew and Cabin Crew.

  • Jane O'Leary

    Jane has been flying for a total of 20 years and joined British Airways in 1996 as Cabin Crew.  She has been helping on our courses for the past 12 years.

  • Carol Cornwell

    Carol is a retired member of the British Airways Cabin Crew. For twenty years Carol was a stewardess on Concorde. She has been helping on our courses for a similar number of years.

  • Mary Vass

  • David Metcalf

    David works in British Airways Brands and Marketing and is crucial in bringing awareness of our course to potential customers for British Airways.

  • Tim Lloyd

    Tim attended a course in 1993 to help overcome his fear of flying. In 2000 he gained his Private Pilots Licence and now flies single and twin engine aircraft in his free time.

  • Tony Brown

    Tony has been involved with Air Traffic Control at Manchester for over thirty years. His son is a Captain with British Airways on the Boeing 777.

  • Bob Atkinson

    Bob is a travel industry expert who has a long association with our course.

  • Celestine Allison

    Celestine is the course administrator and deals with all bookings and admin. There are 15 courses a year with nearly 2,000 people attending. She has helped run the course for over 12 years.

  • Wendy Black

    Wendy was a British Airways Flight Crew Duty Scheduling Officer, she has been involved with Flying with Confidence on the day, or on the phone, since 2001.

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I don’t know who’s looking forward most to my twin grandchildren’s birthday – them or me. I’d never flown before and was scared stiff of making the trip to Australia to visit them. So I took myself off on a Flying with Confidence course, and now I have my bag packed already.