John Bent

Planet Earth

John Bent

Planet Earth

My career as a Professional Pilot and Flight Trainer, included:

RAF QualifiedFlight Instructor, Chief Flight Instructor of an RAF Flying Club

Pilot for fourairlines

Founding Chairmanof a multi-cultural International School

Manager of threetraining organisations using flight simulators

Type-rated on 28military and civil aircraft with 13,000 flight hours

Invitedpresentations to 82 international conferences

Since June 2009, co-founding a New Flight Academymodel for the Asia-Pacific region

Board member Provisional Aviation Board ofCertification (PABC)

Consultant to IATA

Chairman of the Training Practices Workstreamof the International pilot Training Consortium (IPTC) comprising ICAO, IATA,IFALPA, ICCAIA, RAeS

Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society