The Professional Flight Training Awards celebrate attainment and dedication across categories covering pilot training organisations, team members, students and instructors.
Best Flight Instructor
- Mark Day, Skyborne Airline Academy
- Lewis Bricknell, Ascent Flight Training
- Lee Eeksteen, Euro Flight Training
- Nick Chapman, Leading Edge Aviation
Best Ground School Instructor
- Dickie Hughes, Leading Edge Aviation
- Mike Upson, Leading Edge Aviation
- Joel Perera, Skyborne Airline Academy
- Jonathan Morris, Skyborne Airline Academy
- Piotr Materka, Bartolini Air
Best Integrated Student
- Iain Rennie, Leading Edge Aviation
- Rubén Álvarez Polo, FTEJerez
- Chris Deans, Leading Edge Aviation
- Ryan Watson, Skyborne Airline Academy
Best Modular ATPL Student
- Maskim Ferguson, Skyborne Airline Academy
- Iretomiwa Banji-Kelan, Leading Edge Aviation
- Billy Burns, Leading Edge Aviation
Best MPL Student
- Mitt Malhorta, TUI Airways
- Talitha Greatorex, TUI Airways
Best Sim Instructor
- Giacomo Roberto Sala, CAE
- Kassandra Stultiens-Zandstra, FTEJerez
- Paul Waterson, Skyborne Airline Academy
- Peter Legg, Oxford Airline Training
- Sam Barker, Ryanair
Rising Industry Star
- Sigourney Ansah, DEA Aviation
- Izabella Rafelsone, FTEJerez
- Wendy Hau, Jet2FlightPath
- Ben Grant and Jack Clutterbuck, Altitude
- Jonathan Morris, Skyborne Airline Academy
Significant Contribution to Professional Flight Training (The lifetime achievement award)
Sponsored by Loganair
- Colin Dobney, Stapleford Flight Centre
- Stephen Rees, Leading Edge Aviation
- Matt Walker, Ascent Flight Training
- Mark Greenfield, Ultimate High
- Anthony Petteford, Oxford Airline Training
The awards ceremony will take place on Friday 6 November 2026, the evening before Pilot Careers Live London.
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