AIPA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Assistant Secretary
- Captain
I live in the Adelaide Hills with my wife and two children. We moved here after living in Qatar for five years. If I get spare time I like playing golf and basketball, but my favourite pastime is hanging out with my family and watching my kids grow. Hoping to start taking them on some overseas trips again as we gradually return to normal times; they love travel just as much as me. CAREER: I started in Qantas as a SO on the B744. I then moved to the B767 flying mainly domestically. Australian Airlines mark II started in Cairns and I moved up there as a First Officer and three and a half years later got my command. After about eight years in Cairns I moved back to Sydney but it wasn't long before the B767 was retired so with my wife and one-year-old, headed across to Qatar to fly the B777. We ended up being there for just over five years and then a B737 command slot appeared in Adelaide and we all headed back to Australia.
Job Titles:
- Captain
- Vice President Group Airlines
Job Titles:
- Captain
- Vice President "a" Pilots
Redfern in Sydney is my home again, after aviation has led me around Australia for the last 35 years. If you told me when I was growing up that one day, I would be living in Redfern I would have laughed at you but now I really love inner city living. I have two grown up children, a stepdaughter and four grandkids. CAREER: My Dad was an aviation enthusiast who loved building model aircraft. I had hundreds, so it was no surprise that I went out and got my CPL in 1981. After several GA jobs, I was lucky to be employed by Australian Airlines in Cairns as a twin otter Captain flying passengers to the Australian Airlines Resort islands. I moved onto the B737 in 1991 till 2019, and am now very happy to be driving a B787 around the world.
Tony grew up in the southern suburbs of Sydney and was educated at Endeavour High School graduating in 1988. Subsequent to high school Tony was employed at the Regent of Sydney in the security department whilst funding his Unrestricted Private Pilots License through the Scouts Air Activities Centre.
Tony was lucky enough to be selected as a Qantas Flying Training Scheme Level 1 Cadet in 1991 graduating in September 1992 before commencing employment with Qantas Airways as a Second Officer on B747-400 aircraft in January 1995.
In 1997 Tony completed First Officer promotional training on the B767 and then in 2006 completed a type transfer returning to the B747-400 as a First Officer. Tony was a Human Factors facilitator from 2004 to 2006.
In September 2008 Tony completed command training on B767 aircraft and was a Captain on that aircraft until it was retired from Qantas service at the end of 2014. In 2015 Tony spent a short time on the A380 as a First Officer before returning to Command on the A330 in late 2015. Tony completed his Check and Training Captain accreditation on the A330 in October 2016.
In 2004 Tony completed a Bachelor of Aviation, a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, and a Certificate IV in Business (Frontline Management).
A member of the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) since joining Qantas in 1995, for a number of years in Tony coordinated the AIPA/ UNSW Mentoring program for aviation degree students pursuing the flying stream. Tony joined the AIPA Committee of Management in February 2021 and was appointed as AIPA's President in February 2022.
External to Qantas, Tony served as an airman and officer in the Australian Air Force Cadets from 1990-2010 rising from Aircraftsman (AAFC) through to the rank of Wing Commander (AAFC) and holding the role of Officer Commanding Ground Training Wing.
Tony is married to Kayleen and they have three children aged 24 to 15. They attend an Anglican Church in Caringbah and reside in the southern suburbs of Sydney. Tony attends as many Sydney Swans matches as possible.
Tony grew up in the southern suburbs of Sydney and was educated at Endeavour High School graduating in 1988. Subsequent to high school Tony was employed at the Regent of Sydney in the security department whilst funding his Unrestricted Private Pilots License through the Scouts Air Activities Centre.
Tony was lucky enough to be selected as a Qantas Flying Training Scheme Level 1 Cadet in 1991 graduating in September 1992 before commencing employment with Qantas Airways as a Second Officer on B747-400 aircraft in January 1995.
In 1997 Tony completed First Officer promotional training on the B767 and then in 2006 completed a type transfer returning to the B747-400 as a First Officer. Tony was a Human Factors facilitator from 2004 to 2006.
In September 2008 Tony completed command training on B767 aircraft and was a Captain on that aircraft until it was retired from Qantas service at the end of 2014. In 2015 Tony spent a short time on the A380 as a First Officer before returning to Command on the A330 in late 2015. Tony completed his Check and Training Captain accreditation on the A330 in October 2016.
In 2004 Tony completed a Bachelor of Aviation, a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, and a Certificate IV in Business (Frontline Management).
A member of the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) since joining Qantas in 1995, for a number of years in Tony coordinated the AIPA/ UNSW Mentoring program for aviation degree students pursuing the flying stream. Tony joined the AIPA Committee of Management in February 2021 and was appointed as AIPA's President in February 2022.
External to Qantas, Tony served as an airman and officer in the Australian Air Force Cadets from 1990-2010 rising from Aircraftsman (AAFC) through to the rank of Wing Commander (AAFC) and holding the role of Officer Commanding Ground Training Wing.
Tony is married to Kayleen and they have three children aged 24 to 15. They attend an Anglican Church in Caringbah and reside in the southern suburbs of Sydney. Tony attends as many Sydney Swans matches as possible.
Job Titles:
- Media Enquiries - Horton Advisory