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Team Development

bespoke and exacting

Team Development


The challenge for most businesses is how to unleash the power, energy and talents of their employees. Putting a group of people into a notional team does not mean that they will perform as a team.

Team Development Devon

Our team development events are totally different to classroom based teaching courses. Nor will you be building rafts! The aviation industry has been at the forefront of team development for many years, because the safety of passengers relies on the ability of pilots and aircrew to perform consistently well as a team, under pressure and under stress.

Building on the exacting nature of the aviation industry, we deliver bespoke team development events that are designed to bring out successes and failures in communication, decision making and teamwork.

simulator preparation course

Training is rooted in the experiences of the aviation industry, where the concept of learning from mistakes is a cultural given.


– Captain Andy Wilkins

COURSE DETAILS

Core Development Programme


The core programme will be tailored to specific requirements. It usually takes one day and begins with a team briefing followed by a series of activities, assignments and challenges using our 737-800 flight simulator and our PC-based simulator training suite. All activities are followed by analysis, feedback, discussion and debriefing to allow team members to gain insights into the behaviours and skills of not just themselves, but also of the group.

Prices start from
£250+VAT per person
Price based on a group of 8 people, teams can consist of up to 12 delegates.

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Our Training Team


Pilot / Lead Trainer - Captain Andy Wilkins

Founder and Lead Trainer

Captain Andy Wilkins


With his passion for aviation training, Captain Andy Wilkins set up the Virtual Jet Centre in order to share his love of flying a large aircraft with a wider audience. With his infectious enthusiasm, Andy is the perfect role model to inspire others to follow a similar career path. He gained his extensive experience working for Thomson Airways for nearly 20 years, having flown both Airbus and Boeing Aircraft, and his flying career spans over 30 years. He started out as a Private Pilot instructor, followed by training commercial airline pilots, and latterly teaching Multi-crew training on a full motion Boeing 747-400. He is also an Examiner, and an MCCI.

Pilot / Instructor - Captain Simon Wheeler

Instructor

Captain Simon Wheeler


Simon Wheeler is a retired airline captain, with 45 years in the aviation industry and approximately 24,000 hours of flying experience. Having started his career in 1961 with six years in the RAF as an aircraft engineer, Simon went on to enjoy a civil flying career, during which he covered photography, air taxi and airline operations.From 1976 to 1987 Simon worked on a Fokker Friendship turbo-prop aircraft, followed by progression through the Boeing 737/100 and 300 series, B757, B767, DC8, and finally ended his airline career on the Classic B747 100/200/300 carrying out world-wide passenger and cargo operations initially with Cathay Pacific. He then spent 13 years on the Classic 747 as a training and checking captain with Air Atlanta Icelandic. Simon holds the qualification of HNC in Mechanical Engineering and has always had an interest in computer-based flight simulators, whether on personal PCs or the full action simulators such as operated by the Virtual Jet Centre.

Martin

Instructor

Captain Martin Holland


I learnt to fly at the famous Battle of Britain airfield, Biggin Hill, gaining the basic PPL (Private Pilot’s Licence) at the age of 20. Over the next few years I acquired more advanced flying qualifications including QFI (Flying Instructor) and CPL (Commercial). These qualifications allowed me to Instruct and fly on a freelance basis including working for several small Air Taxi and Charter firms flying a multitude of single and twin engine light aircraft (the single crew Charter flying probably being the most challenging commercial flying of all).

My Airline career started with British Island Airways in 1986 flying firstly BAC 1-11’s then MD-80 series aircraft. In 1990 I joined the recently formed Virgin Atlantic flying the B747 until the offer to participate in another new ‘start up’ venture (Airtours International) came in 1991 flying the MD-80 once again. This Company eventually merged with Thomas Cook and during the 18 years I worked there I also flew the B757/767 and finally the A320/330.

In 1996 I was granted an Authorised Examiner rating (TRE/IRE) by the CAA and in 2003 an Authorised Examiner’s Examiner rating (RETRE). I retired from Airline flying in 2008 having flown approximately 14500 hours and having trained / examined pilots for over 15 years.

Pilot / Instructor - Captain Alan Stoneham

Instructor

Captain Alan Stoneham


I graduated in 1976 from the British Airways College of Air Training, Hamble and as there were no flying positions available in BA I joined Dan Air in Aberdeen on the Hawker Siddeley 748 until the British Airways takeover in 1992.

Subsequently I flew the BAC 1-11, Boeing 727 and 737 aircraft, commencing my training career in 1988 on the B727. Within BA I attained the position of Training Standardisation Captain, in addition to carrying out normal line flying. Latterly I became one of the first BA Type Rating Examiner Revalidation Examiners and CRM Instructor Examiners. During my last years at BA I was also involved in Type Rating Examiner/Type Rating Instructor training for the next generation of training Captains in BA. I have accumulated over 16000 flying hours with a further 6000+ hours training in simulators the bulk of which was on the 737.

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The Virtual Jet Centre - Devon flight simulator
The Virtual Jet Centre - Devon flight simulator
The Virtual Jet Centre - Devon flight simulator
The Virtual Jet Centre - Devon flight simulator

Planning A Team Development Event?

We can help plan your event and tailor it to your requirements. Please feel free to come along and talk to us, and see what facilities and team building packages we can offer your company.

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Virtual Jet Centre

Email: admin@virtualjetcentre.co.uk
Phone: 07850 969915

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Exeter, EX5 2LJ

About Us

At Virtual Jet Centre our Aerobatic Experiences, Aerial Photography, Fear of Flying , Group Events, Training, Assessment & Development and Human Factors courses have been created by professionals who have extensive experience in training pilots for leading airlines such as British Airways and Thomson.

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