Born and bred in New Zealand, Alistair joined the Royal Navy in 2002 and started flying training in the Fleet Air Arm. After starting his training on Merlin helicopters in 2006 he spent the rest of his career based at RNAS Culdrose, flying from ships and shore bases on deployments around the world.
Alistair left the Navy after 16 years service and joined Specialist Aviation Services as a HEMS touring pilot flying with various charities on HEMS operations throughout the UK. With the arrival of the AW169 and a requirement for two more pilots at Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust, Alistair jumped at the chance to return to working full time at home in Cornwall. He is enjoying his new role and the opportunity to help bring the AW169 into service with Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust.

Originally from West Yorkshire, Richard Joined the Royal Navy in 1996. His early flying career was spent at RNAS Culdrose in Helston, but he was later based in Somerset, Shropshire and Denmark.

He left the Navy in 2015 to start a job flying the Dauphin helicopter at Newquay airport and was very happy to move back to Cornwall. Living in the area and seeing the great work that the Cornwall Air Ambulance does, Richard is thrilled to have been given the opportunity to join the team and is thoroughly enjoying flying the AW169.

Outside work, Richard enjoys running (slowly), surfing (badly) and anything that gets him in the great Cornish outdoors with his family.