Christopher Allan Email & Phone Number

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

E190 Captain - charter and scheduled air transport.

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

E190 First Officer - charter and scheduled air transport.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Contract pilot - aircraft ferry services - domestic and international.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

B737-800 Captain on domestic scheduled services around Australia. Transferred from the A320 fleet to become a Training Captain on the B737 before the airline was wound up in April 2020.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Airbus A320 Line Captain and then Training Captain operating domestic scheduled flights, also joining the team of Flight Operations Safety Officers in the Safety Department. After accepting the role of Fleet Manager and Alternate Head of Flying Operations (designate) during a period of flight operations restructuring and transition I worked extensively.

Australia

Airbus A320 First Officer on scheduled passenger flights within Australia.

Perth, Western Australia

Dash 8 Fleet Manager and Dash 8 Training Captain. Flew Dash 8 -100 and -300 aircraft on scheduled and charter passenger and freight operations servicing the resource sector and regional Western Australia. As Fleet Manager I was very fortunate to work with a tight-knit group of aviation professionals in this successful and dynamic Western Australian.

Queensland & Victoria, Australia

Carpentry, boat-building and joinery.

New Zealand, Tonga

Operating Dash 8 -100 and -200 on ad-hoc charters in New Zealand, and relief flights for for Air NZ Link's domestic operation.We operated a -200 in Tonga for start-up airline Fly Niu flying between Nuku'alofa, Hapai & Vavau, and by appointment to HRH the King of Tonga.

Moshav Lakish, Israel

Family vineyard producing and exporting table grapes and flowers, operation and maintenance of computerised irrigation & fertilising systems, spraying, harvesting, maintenance and light engineering.

Israel, Greek Islands.

Operating ATR42 on charter & RPT services between Sde Dov, Haifa, Ben Gurion, Elat, Pafos, Larnaca, & Heraklion, and charter flights on contract for El Al.

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Operating Twin Otters and a Dash 8 on RPT and charter flights to 27 destinations on 21 Islands in the Vanuatu archipelago, and Air Vanuatu charters between Port Vila and Noumea. I was also involved with training local staff in ground operations and load control with the introduction of the Dash 8.

Auckland, New Zealand

International flight planning, dispatch, and flight following - competent with Eagle, EDTO, flexi-tracks, North Atlantic operations, fuel tankering, and long-haul range-limited flights for Air NZ and contract carriers. Planned and dispatched most Boeing, Airbus and McDonnell Douglas types, narrow and wide-body.Directly involved with Air New Zealand's.

Auckland, NZ

Teaching flying, writing course material and lecturing from ab-initio up to commercial pilot licence standard, at the Waitemata Aero Club, Tasman Air Services, Hibiscus, and several other smaller organisations and some private owners. Ad-hoc charter.

Mundubbera, QLD, Ausralia

Responsible for operation and maintenance of computerised irrigation and fertilising system, spraying, & harvesting on 120 acre vineyard. General farm maintenance, light engineering.

Rotorua, New Zealand

Volcanic Wunderflites - scenic charter flights around the Bay of Plenty, out to White Island, landing on Mt Tarawera, and ad hoc charter. C172 & C207.

Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

Aerodrome, Approach & Area Controller, Bay of Plenty Sector, including Taupo, Rotorua, Whakatane & Tauranga TMA, Bay of Plenty CTA, and Rotorua Tower.Seated in the Rotorua control tower, we provided Area Control and Flight Information within the Bay of Plenty FIR, procedural Approach Control for Rotorua, Taupo, Whakatane and Tauranga, and Aerodrome Control.

Air Traffic Controller Certificate, Aerodrome, Area, Approach Control

ATC Primary course. Aerodrome, Approach, Area & Oceanic Area Ratings obtained.

English, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, French, University Bursary

Activities and Societies: Cricket and hockey, 1st XI 1973 - 1976. Scuba diving, swimming, athletics. Alliance Française - 1st Prize 1973.