Simon Pipping is a licensed engineer and has extensive experience in both General Aviation and for the past 25 years within the public transport airline industry. He has held B1 authorisations on the BAE748, ATP, B767 and B747 for British Airways. During his time at BA he held certifying and managerial positions in both line and heavy maintenance and latterly was base engineering manager for the airline at Birmingham where he introduced 10 Airbus A319 aircraft into the fleet.
Choosing to broaden his career Simon joined Ryanair for a 3 year period managing their extensive European line maintenance operation and started a number of new bases for the airline.
Until his present position with Reliance Aerospace Solutions, Simon has consulted on numerous operational and technical projects worldwide and still retains his IOSA auditors registration covering both maintenance and cargo disciplines.