BIO

Motivational Speaker and ex Red Arrows pilot, Andy Wyatt, champions the world of aviation.  Andy has given motivational and keynote speeches and insight lectures to businesses and organisations across the globe. Andy talks about effective leadership, teamwork and the importance of planning and preparation – skills that have been essential to his successful career as a Red Arrows pilot.

Andy joined the RAF aged 18 and after completion of flying training was selected to fly the iconic English Electric Lightning where his duties included intercepting Russian aircraft during the height of the Cold War. Following a tour of duty as a Qualified Flying Instructor, including a season as the solo Hawk Display Pilot in 1988, he was selected to join the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows.

The Red Arrows is made up of exceptionally talented, dedicated and motivated pilots, engineers and support staff.  It exists to showcase, both in the UK and overseas, the values and excellence of Royal Air Force personnel and equipment and to promote the interests of British industry.  The Red Arrows have represented the Royal Air Force and the United Kingdom since 1965 and have flown in the region of 4,500 displays in 54 countries worldwide.

Andy completed over 300 displays during his 3 years with the Team and was a member of the elite synchro pair. He was awarded the Queens Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air in 1992 and was promoted to Squadron Leader before taking command of No 92 Squadron at RAF Chivenor where he continued to fly the Hawk as a Qualified Weapons Instructor.

Andy has flown numerous types of aircraft and has a wealth of experience in military, general and commercial aviation. He has being flying commercially as a long-haul airline pilot with British Airways since he left the RAF in 1998 and until recently was Chief Pilot for Longtail Aviation, a cargo airline based in Bermuda, where he flew the Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet'.

Testimonials

“I would like to thank Andy Wyatt at Plane Speaking Ltd.  We recently had the pleasure of hosting Andy at my company, GSK.  He delivered a most engaging session, full of content that was directly applicable to any team working in any area.  The feedback from my colleagues has been hugely positive and we all loved it!!  Andy's talk was inspiring, very interesting and there is much we can learn and apply to our everyday way of working, but most of all we loved his stories and the way they were presented.  I would recommend Andy and Plane Speaking to motivate, improve work ethics and lift the spirits of any team!

Cons:  Some of us are now seriously thinking about career choices and looking into pilot training!

Capability Manager, GSK

“Andy - a huge thank you for coming to talk to our team of executives last night, we really got a buzz from hearing about your anecdotes and career. Truly fantastic! I look forward to working with you in the future.” 

Vice President Enterprise Systems, BP Group

“Andy Wyatt was the keynote speaker at our product launch for the imagePRESS V1350 Series.  Andy completely understood the event theme / brief and structured his presentation around precision and attention to detail. Without question, the presentation was inspiring and thought-provoking.  Andy spoke candidly about his experience as a Red Arrows pilot, highlighting the value of teamwork precision and how to get the very best out of people. The session was designed to spark new ideas and to have practical techniques for attendees to take back with them and apply them to their own businesses.  Since the event, we have received glowing reviews from our attendees and I have no hesitation in highly recommending Andy to any organisation.”

Production Print Customer Marketing Specialist, Canon UK

“Andy – very many thanks for your insight lectures on your recent voyage and well done for scoring so highly, you are going to be in great demand!”

Director, The P&R Agency

“Thank you for your absolutely brilliant presentation on The Red Arrows, it was one of the most enjoyable evenings we have had in a long time – and we have had some very good speakers!  Your success was demonstrated by the lengthy question session at the end.”

Round Table

“Andy, thank you for being our speaker on Wednesday evening - we have had lots of plaudits from Club members and would be grateful if you could return to do another talk for us in the New Year.”

Club Secretary, Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club

“Andy, your talks were a fire risk.  We rarely have people standing at the back of the theatre and sitting on the stairs unable to get a seat!  Well done for filling us to capacity.”

Theatre manager, Queen Mary 2

“Andy gave us a fabulous motivational talk on team skills.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and he linked it to our team working theme perfectly.”

Director of Property Services, Orbit Group

“I thought that the dinner with Andy Wyatt was a great success.  He was a wonderful speaker and had excellent photos and other imagery'.

'I thought that Sqn Ldr Andy Wyatt was quite the best after-dinner speaker I had heard on such an occasion.  Let's have some more like him.....! Especially speakers who know how to use a 'mike'!'

'Please thank Andy Wyatt for a really memorable evening.  Compliments have been flooding into me all day from my eight guests'.”

Events and Digital Marketing Executive, RAF Club

“Andy gave us a presentation at our Club. It was an absolutely brilliant night, we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. He is a fascinating speaker and his stories of his time with the Red Arrows kept us on the edge of our seats and made us feel that we were in the cockpit with him! I've had great feedback from the rest of the Club, everyone thought that it was one of the highlights of the year and is still being talked about.”

Chairman, Wiltshire Flyers

“Andy has a really excellent set of talks and managed to fill our 500 seat theatre on every occasion.”

Entertainments Director, Queen Mary 2

“Recently, Gloucestershire Constabulary had the pleasure of welcoming Andy to a meeting of our senior leadership team. For some time now, the Constabulary has been developing our Supportive Leadership and Wellbeing initiatives amongst our senior leaders and Andy's input on high performing teams and conflict management in The Red Arrows was both thought provoking and informative.”

Gloucestershire Constabulary

Andy has a very engaging style of delivery - aided by his unique insight into the life of a Red Arrows pilot. We thoroughly enjoyed his informative input.”

Chief of Staff, Gloucestershire Constabulary

“Thanks again for a really fantastic talk today.  Andy attended our company kick-off day, and completely enthralled the room. Accompanied with terrific video and visual aids, his talk was fascinating and inspiring, powerfully told, and extremely insightful. We were looking to learn about teamship and specifically the importance of debriefing, and Andy could not have delivered more or responded better to our brief.

He spoke with clarity and also with humour, and provided a detailed insight into the debriefing and team selection process, and left us with a lot of lessons that we can directly apply to what we do. He also responded very attentively to the vast array of questions from our audience afterwards.

Feedback from attendees has been fantastic - thank you Andy for a really uplifting end to a very busy day. I would have no hesitation in recommending Andy to anyone looking for an inspiring speaker, or to learn about teamship - you will not be disappointed!”

Director of UX and Innovation, Doctors.net.uk

“Andy spoke at the Britain's Energy Coast Business Cluster Nuclear Energy Business Opportunities Conference (NEBOC '15), to an audience of 250 Nuclear professionals.  To a person they were captivated by his experiences, easy manner of presenting and the synergies to both human performance and safety, although some of use felt that 500mph at 250ft above the ground whilst banking and pulling 5g would be unlikely to be accepted by the Nuclear regulators! An amazing presentation by a fabulous presenter.”

Projects Director – Aecom, Nuclear & Environment International, Management Services Group

“Andy - we would like to thank you for attending the n-eboc 15 dinner and for delivering your excellent after dinner talk. We have received really positive feedback about your appearance which everyone found very interesting.....though some felt a little queasy just watching the low level flying! n-eboc 15 has been hailed as a huge success, with very positive feedback, and it raised awareness of the opportunities in the nuclear sector for the future with the supply chain.  We are grateful for your support, which helped us deliver such a high-level event in West Cumbria.  We hope to see you at the BECBC again in the future.”

Bendalls Engineering

“Andy gave a great after-dinner speech to our Annual Awards Dinner at the Revolution Gallery in Manchester.  In addition to a fascinating and entertaining half hour, he kept the audience of around 150 guests listening in total silence throughout.  Not only that, he included a customised section to link his talk to some of the key priorities of our industry, and indeed to the categories of our awards.

Feedback from everyone I spoke to was that he was an excellent choice of speaker for the event.  He was also very helpful and flexible in the run-up to the dinner - a real pleasure to work with.  Highly recommended.”

Director of External Relations, National Nuclear Laboratory

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