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Paul D New

(UK) 07387 963968

Summary

  • Qualified Multi Engine Pilot, with over 25 years of experience in the aviation industry in both the UK and USA
  • Successfully ran a US flight academy, with responsibility for flight students and high net worth clients
  • Experienced Charter Executive
  • Founder and Managing Director of two successful businesses

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Advanced Flight Training

Long Beach
USA
07.2022 - Current
  • US Greencard holder for 20 years, US citizenship granted in January 2022
  • Sold the family business to enable a return to the aviation sector
  • Instrument Written Test
  • IFR Training

Funeral Director

New and Sons Bearers
London
01.2016 - 05.2022
  • Returned from the US to run the family business due to father's illness
  • Supplied funeral bearers to well established Funeral Directors throughout London, a role requiring compassion, empathy and tact

Founder and Managing Director

Taste of Texas
London/Houston
04.2011 - 12.2015
  • Living in Houston, Texas whilst working in aviation, identified a gap in the market in the UK, for a unique hand-made, hand-cut, hand-packaged beef jerky, aimed at the multi million pound UK snack industry
  • Single handedly founded Taste of Texas, creating a small manufacturing plant which supplied a unique product to various shops and high end restaurants in London
  • The business was a success. Sold out in 2015

Executive Director

Sugarland Aviation
Sugarland
03.2006 - 03.2012
  • Right hand man to the President and CEO
  • Oversaw day to day operations of a busy flight school. This included aircraft scheduling, responsibility for 13 flight instructors and 10 aircraft
  • Assisted in the transition to part 141
  • Dealt daily with high net worth clients and VIP's which required a high level of tact, confidentiality and discretion
  • Flight training - hour building

Charter Sales Executive

Sugarland Jet Centre
Sugarland
03.2001 - 02.2006
  • Established and maintained a portfolio of clients, building relationships with high net worth individuals
  • Managed all aspects of charter flights
  • Demonstrated an expert understanding of the charter market, aircrafts and chartering booking service from enquiry to assessing client requirements, to flight completion and post flight
  • Greeting clients and being available to them 24/7
  • Generated strong revenue for the company and generated new business leads
  • Able to liaise with all other areas of the company - from scheduling to flight crew to aircraft management
  • Flight training - hour building

Education

Flight Dispatcher Written Exam

Kings Schools
Online
01-2020

Sugarland Aviation
Sugarland
2000

Airline Training Academy
Orlando
1999

Cabair, College of Air Training
Bedfordshire, UK
1998

Primary Flight Training
Denham Aerodrome, Denham
1994

Skills

  • Ability to get the best from a team
  • Pride in a job well done
  • Nurtures talent
  • Skilled negotiator
  • Ability to mix with high net worth individuals
  • Eye to detail
  • Motivated and a team motivator
  • Works well under pressure
  • Can juggle many balls at once
  • Thinks outside the box
  • Highly discrete
  • Down to earth
  • Empathetic manager of people
  • Dedicated - works until the job is done

Interests

  • Tennis
  • Travel
  • Aviation sector as a whole

Nationality

  • UK/US Dual Nationality

Timeline

Advanced Flight Training

Long Beach
07.2022 - Current

Funeral Director

New and Sons Bearers
01.2016 - 05.2022

Founder and Managing Director

Taste of Texas
04.2011 - 12.2015

Executive Director

Sugarland Aviation
03.2006 - 03.2012

Charter Sales Executive

Sugarland Jet Centre
03.2001 - 02.2006

Flight Dispatcher Written Exam

Kings Schools

Sugarland Aviation

Airline Training Academy

Cabair, College of Air Training

Primary Flight Training

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