Former check-in worker Ryanair captain
30.08.08
A former check-in worker took his first flight as an airline captain this week, the Daily Record reports. Jonathan McCoy completed the leap when he took command of a Ryanair flight from Prestwick Airport.
Mr McCoy started working with Ryanair at Glasgow Prestwick eight years ago. After a couple of years on the check-in desk, he moved to the aircraft despatch team. Whilst in that role worked overtime to pay for flying lessons and in 2005 he gained the qualifications to became a first officer with the budget airline.
A year later, the 27-year-old, of Troon, Ayrshire, was promoted to senior first officer. And on Monday, he took control as aircraft commander for the first time, on a return flight from Prestwick to Murcia in southern Spain.
Mark Rodwell, chief executive of Prestwick Airport, said: ‘This is a great success story. Jonathan deserves a lot of credit for reaching this level in such a short space of time and at a relatively young age.’
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