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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.
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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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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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