CEO
Pilot training is a dream that countless people have from a young age but due to an overall lack of readily available industry information and financial support, that dream fades away for the majority. While struggling to complete my own flight training, I was forced to ask a difficult question: was I the problem, or was the industry the problem?
The challenge was never a lack of effort, ability, or research; it was the inconsistency of training, the complexities of financing and the inability to plan ahead for what I simply didn’t understand yet.
Pilot Path was created to solve these problems. Our mission is to remove the historical barriers, confusion, and costly mistakes that have long been associated with flight training. By providing clear guidance, trusted information, and a structured pathway, we help aspiring pilots avoid the pitfalls many encounter and give them the confidence to pursue their aviation careers from the first flight to their first flight deck role.
Previously Head of Department at Ryanair Group, Craig brings extensive experience in commercial aviation operations, safety oversight, and people management across Europe and North Africa.
Headquartered in Dublin City Centre in the world class ecosystem of the Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), Pilot Path was founded in 2020 during the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, Pilot Path brings together various EASA and CAA approved pilot schools, centres and academies to deliver all aspects of the training a student pilot needs. We offer an alternative route through the coordination of structured modular flight training programs. All Pilot Path partner flight schools have reputations for their high-quality pilot training and proven track records for deliverance of student pilots to airline.
Our management team consists of aviation experts with proven experience in European airlines and a financial team specialising in credit control within the UK and Europe. This, together with a young, vibrant and dynamic team, complimented perfectly by our renowned partner pilot training schools mean you will be in the best possible hands as you embark on your exciting new journey.
Why us
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For too long, aviation and pilot training has had the feel of being a closed industry available mostly to individuals from affluent backgrounds. Our goal at Pilot Path has always been to change that narrative and open the doors of aviation and acceptance to flying schools in the UK to anybody regardless of income, experience, age, background or nationality. Pilot Path helps each student firstly in finding and securing their place in the perfect flight school, then creates an affordable monthly payment schedule to go alongside a tailored training plan meaning you can stay in full-time employment, not fall behind on family commitments or shell out large sums of money at once to begin chasing your dream.
We recognise that for newcomers, flight training can be a complex and difficult venture to understand. Our role within your pilot training is to coordinate every aspect of your journey, breaking down barriers, removing isolation, explaining the process and helping your past the bumps often associated with modular flight training. Through dynamic partnerships in locations that work for you, our partner flight schools will deliver world class training at each stage of your pilot licence coupling nicely with our new guided approach to your investment in your flying career.
To date, Pilot Path have enrolled student pilots on a part-time basis from over 15 different countries, who continue to work in diverse industries such as mechanics, engineering, IT development, electronics, security, retail and many more. We are committed to accepting student pilots both young and old, with or without experience, and regardless of occupation, nationality or educational standards.
Our mission in Pilot Path is to give our students the highest quality flight training options through a system of modular pilot licence coordination, support, guidance and transparency in each pilot’s journey to a new career path.
