Ross Starkey

Commercial 787 Pilot. Entrepreneur. Builder.

Ventures

Building across multiple domains. Aviation, technology, property, and content.

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Commercial Aviation

Boeing 787 Pilot

Flying the Dreamliner on long-haul international routes. Combining technical expertise with operational excellence at 40,000 feet.

RepPilot

Review Management SaaS

Helping businesses manage and respond to online reviews at scale. Built with modern tech stack and AI-powered responses.

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SEO Agency

Digital Growth

Strategic SEO consulting and implementation for businesses looking to dominate their niche and drive organic growth.

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Property Investment

Airbnb & Development

Building wealth through strategic property investments, Airbnb optimization, and garage conversion projects.

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Building with AI

Rapid Development

Leveraging AI tools to build faster and smarter. Creating products, content, and solutions with cutting-edge technology.

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Content Creation

YouTube & Blog

Sharing insights on aviation, entrepreneurship, and building in public. Documenting the journey and lessons learned.

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The Journey

Nearly 30 years from leaving school with a dream to flying the 787 and building businesses worldwide

1997

The Aviation Bug

Knew aviation had given me the bug, left school to pursue a flying career by working at the airport whilst I figured out where to start.

1999

First Steps to Flying

Saved and started building towards a private pilots license.

2001

PPL Complete

PPL in the bag, now on to the serious matter of Airline Transport Pilot Licence (Commercial).

2004

Life & Property Journey Begins

Meet my beautiful wife (to be!) and our property journey started in parallel.

2006

ATPL Achieved

Year after year of studying, delays so I could save, finally got the ATPL, but no jobs on the horizon!

2007

First Commercial Airline Job

After 10 grueling years of hard graft and basically no life, manage to land my first commercial airline job, Airbus A320 out of Heathrow.

2008

Saved by Another Airline

First airline didn't last but another airline came and saved us!

2012

Saved Again

Second airline didn't last, but another came and saved us, AGAIN!

2015

Upgrade to Long-Haul

Went from the A320 shorthaul to B777 longhaul.

2016

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Sidestep on to the B787.

2018

Filling Downroute Time

With a couple of years in longhaul, now looking to fill my spare time downroute.

2019

Marketing & Website Building

Started to learn marketing and stumbled on website building.

2020

First Paying Client

Website building lead to ranking websites and my very first paying client.

2023

RepPilot Launch

Built RepPilot as seen a need for small business owners that needed help with their online reputation.

2025

AI Revolution

AI has now arrived and learning what it can do to help me and my business.

2026

Building in Public

Started YouTube channel and utilising X to create a branded social platform that will show me learning in public.

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Sharing insights on aviation, entrepreneurship, and building with AI

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Latest Posts

Insights on aviation, entrepreneurship, and building

Modern CSS Techniques

Discover the latest CSS features and how to use them effectively in your projects. Grid, Flexbox, and custom properties explained.

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