FLY HIGH: A Guide to Pilot and Air Cabin Crew Training

FLY HIGH is a comprehensive student guide to the world of aviation giving insight on the training needed to enter careers either as a pilot or as a cabin crewmember. Whether working in first class at the front of the aircraft, in the cockpit, in the middle or towards the tail of the plane this book is one of a kind giving interested aviation candidates broad information on all the in-flight roles for operation, and the skills and the personality types required for employment. It is a useful pre-training manual sharing the initial steps for pilot applicants and those intending to gain flight attendant work. Rasheed Graham who has been a pilot enthusiast since an early age shares crucial details on how to navigate alternative routes into an exclusive industry and the secrets to short-listing success. Amanda Epe reflects on her cabin crew training memories focusing on the essential lessons learnt; she includes exercise tasks to prepare for assessment day, interview, and the intense training and knowledge needed. Rasheed and Amanda encourage aviation aspirants to follow their dreams, respectively advising that piloting can be for recreation or as a career and that both young and older people can apply to work as cabin crew.

Rasheed Graham holds a PPL and is a Cadet Officer and trainee commercial Aer Lingus Pilot, he was awarded a scholarship for this programme. Rasheed has received the Duke of Edinburgh Award and the Ace Trophy Award as a Reserve Officer at Loughborough University. He is an Arsenal fan.

Amanda Epe works as a teacher and writes in her spare time. Her award-winning debut memoir A Fly Girl listed by The Mirror as one of the best travel memoirs to read is an account of her experience working as a former British Airways cabin crewmember. Her hobbies include being active and she created Fly Girls Wellness to encourage other women to keep active. Fly Girls Wellness project was awarded the Pride of Brent.