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UKOMA Appointments

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UKOMA are pleased to announce some new appointments to the management structure as agreed upon at the groups’ last meeting. Acting Chairman, Greg Holland has been asked to continue within the role on a permanent basis. Greg, Operations Manager at one of Europe’s leading charter airlines, Titan Airways, has over 15 years of Operations experience spanning 5 different airlines. He is well placed to share his accumulated wealth of knowledge with the current and next generation of Operations staff. Greg himself attended a UKOMA Ops Officer training Course back in 2000 and says that he is “proud to be leading a long standing group that delivers the best training to Operations Staff available”.

 

One of Greg’s predecessor as UKOMA Chairman, Paul Drinkwater, has now been appointed as Course Director. Paul, now working for the Met Office, was previously the Operations Manager at BMI and Chaired UKOMA for many years.  Greg Holland commented “UKOMA are pleased that Paul, who has contributed to the training and development of several generations of Operations Staff, is continuing to contributing to its future development and success”.

 

In addition to the above, Andrew Davey from Thomas Cook and Stephen Smith from Thomson Airways have been appointed as Treasurer and Meetings Secretary respectively.

UKOMA @ The Met Office

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Members of UKOMA were invited to hold their quarterly Managers Meeting at the impressive Met Office Head Office in Exeter. Moving from Bracknell in 2004, the dedicated and state-of-the-art building is home to over 1400 full time staff and is at the cutting edge of weather forecasting and environmental monitoring.

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Gary Holpin from the Met Office Business Development and Innovation Team gave a short demonstration on progress of the Met Office ZEUS research project which is looking at producing and fitting devices to aircraft to alert them to the presence of Volcanic Ash. Further announcements are likely in the future..   

As part of its aviation forecast operation the Met Office operates the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center. This provides forecasts to the aviation industry of volcanic ash clouds that could enter aircraft flight paths and impact aviation safety. The London VAAC, one of nine worldwide, is responsible for the area covering the British Isles, the north east Atlantic and Iceland.

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The members were also privileged to be given a tour of the Met Office Operations Centre. A grand open-plan office at the heart of the building is where most of the forecasting services originate.

During the day, UKOMA voted in a new Chairman to oversee the Associations’ activities, Greg Holland; Operations manager from Titan Airways based at London Stansted airport. Greg expressed thanks the Met Office for their hospitality and welcomed them as an associate member to UKOMA.

The dates for the 2014 Operations Officer Training courses have been penciled in to the diaries. To find out when they are and how to book, visit Future Dates & Fees.

 

Our New Look…

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UKOMA is pleased to announce the launch of it’s refurbished website. Come and take a look around at our new premises www.ukoma.co.uk

Whether you work in an Operations Department, are wanting to try it, or are looking for a job within the Airline industry then look no further. UKOMA.co.uk is brought to you by the UK’s Association of Airline Operations Managers and offers unique and tailored training for Operations staff; the perfect qualification to have listed on your resume if you’re trying to get into Operations Control.

UKOMA currently has 16 UK Airline members including BA Cityflyer, Easyjet and Jet2.com as well as additional associate members such as The Met Office.

Visit the new site to find out what key skills are needed in a busy Ops department, and what UKOMA is doing to raise the standards.

 

If you’re looking for a new or change of Career, have a look around the Job Vacancy section of the site, or even subscribe to new listings so that you don’t miss any.

Follow us..

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You can now keep updated with all UKOMA news via your favorite social media network.

Follow us at either www.facebook.com/ukoma.online or www.twitter.com/ukoma_online

Every time something exciting happens we’ll let you know straight away so that you’re always the first to know. Also, why not tag us in your posts or picture when you’ve got something to share like past course photos and experiences? Use the hash-tag #ukoma_online on twitter and post to our timeline on twitter.

If you don’t have a social media profile, don’t worry; there are more options available to keep you informed. You can subscribe to our news feed with any popular email program, or subscribe to the monthly newsletter (on the homepage) which will alert you via email.

Looking for a new job in the aviation industry? Keep an eye on the Job Vacancy page, or even better add your email to the alert list and you will receive instant email alerts to any news job listings.