Alex Ridge
Pilot Manager (Flight Operations)
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Ridge is an aviation safety and operations leader with nine years' experience translating frontline flying knowledge into robust safety systems and people management at major carriers including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Jet2. Now a Pilot Manager, he combines hands-on operational roles (dispatcher, coordinator, FDM oversight) with deep investigative expertise—leading safety investigations, risk registers and SMS development. He also brings a creative technical edge through aviation and flight-sim related web and ecommerce projects, reflecting an ability to bridge operational needs with practical digital tools. Based in Stony Stratford, Alex is known for turning complex incident data into actionable change and for applying a communicator’s sensibility (rooted in a music degree) to stakeholder engagement and training.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Music, Upper Second Class Honours (2:1), Bachelor's degree, Music, Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) at University of LeedsQueen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Swedish
Github Skills (5)
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steam9
steamworks9
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Flight-Gear-UK/Tornado-GR4
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
Flight-Gear-UK/FGUK-Hangar
May 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 2 years
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