BBGA welcomes new Chair of Operations Working Group

The British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) has announced Paul Cremer as Chair of its Operations Working Group.

This is a supplementary responsibility which complements Cremer’s role as Head of Aviation Delivery at the Gama Aviation Group.

He takes over from Wally Epton, who led the group for the last six years following the leadership of Adrian Whitmarsh, former CEO of Premier Aviation.

Cremer is keen to encourage more business aircraft operators to attend meetings and contribute when it comes to tackling industry-wide challenges. He also wants to bring in more topical issues, such as creating more opportunities for apprenticeships and identifying future skills as the industry evolves.

He also reflected on his 40-year career: “I’ve looked after a wide range of business and general aviation sector activity over the decades – including air charter, aircraft management, air ambulance, ground operations, air traffic, airport management, technology, airworthiness, and the outsourcing work I now deal with, focused on the delivery of advisory, technology and outsource services to aviation customers.

“This covers international trip support, operations control centre services (OCC), Continuing airworthiness management service (CAMO), airworthiness reviews and ARC services, aircraft delivery and redelivery support services, maintenance coordination service including AOG and tech ops (MCC), and myairops software products. As Head of Aviation Delivery, I am responsible for leading the customer-facing delivery of Technology & Outsourcing products and services to the market, so there’s a whole wealth of knowledge in my new role with Gama Aviation Technology & Outsourcing I can call upon too.”

BBGA CEO Marc Bailey concluded: “Being out of the EU and EASA [the European Union Aviation Safety Agency] has made life more complicated for UK operators. We need to collaborate and share information with the CAA [the UK Civil Aviation Authority] and DfT [Department for Transport] to make things happen for the benefit of all our members.

“From all of us at BBGA I’d like to thank Wally Epton for successfully leading the group since 2017 and to Paul for taking this responsibility on.”