Core Values
Collaboration
Connecting passionate people across the industry, united in delivering sustainable change
Leadership
Helping to shape current and future leaders at all organisational levels to put wellbeing best practice into action
Integrity
Trust, honesty, compassion, responsibility and respect at the core of all that we do
We strongly and sincerely believe that people must be at the very centre of consideration if businesses are to succeed. When employees are valued; when they are respected and supported; when genuine, practical steps are made to secure their mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing; then workforces, businesses and the industry as a whole will flourish.
Our organisation, created by – and for – aviation professionals, unites volunteers from diverse roles across aviation; people who do the jobs and live the life, and understand the specific challenges the sector brings. Whilst unified around the common goal of achieving measurable and sustainable improvements in this safety-critical industry, the aim is to tailor solutions and provide tangible returns to support the employees whose performance delivers the results.
Aviation specialists with a desire for positive change
All the volunteer members of the committee are active in various professions within the dynamic and highly specialised aviation industry. They understand the realities of its lifestyle and the particular impacts it has and the demands it makes
Valentina Fitzpatrick
Founder, Head of Industry Engagement
Ramp Operation Team Leader Dublin Airport
John FitzPatrick
Company Secretary & Legal Advisor
TCO Ground Handling Dublin Airport
Ross Argue
Education & Training Development Team Leader
Head of Training & Development SHP|Dublin Airport
Helene Mamen
Head of Cabin Crew Wellbeing Strategies
Ground & Line Instructor at Cityjet
Peer Support Coordinator
Owen Sims
Pilot, Lead Aviation Writer & Researcher |Public Speaker
Academic Lecturer in Aviation
Tom Harris
Head of ATC Wellbeing Strategies
Air Traffic Control Watch| Director & Owner at Global Aviation Specialists LTD
Elena Bolla
Head of Italian Operation Wellbeing Strategies
TCO & Ground Handling Instructor at Milano Malpensa
Per Munk
Head of Pilot Wellbeing Strategies
First Officer at Cityjet
Pilot Peer Support
Killian Hanratty
Head of Regulatory Wellbeing Liaison
Sales Manager & Channel Partner at Simtech Aviation
Christo Hudson
Mental Health & Wellbeing Advisor
Pilot| Mental Health First Aider & Suicide Awareness Training
Rowena Dolan
Former Flight Attendant Manager |
Aer Lingus &
Ground Handling Operation London
Director of Welfare & Aviation Community