A new 10-part BBC series is to feature Glasgow-based Loganair staff - offering a behind-the-scenes look at the UK’s largest regional airline.
Sky High Club, which starts next week, will delve into the lives of the younger members of the team at Loganair, giving an insight into what really happens in an airline beyond take-offs and landings.
The stories from Glasgow include the UK’s first commercial pilot living with HIV attempting to update aviation legislation to achieve his dream and an engineer who faces her biggest challenge yet as she converts a plane into an air ambulance in time for a patient to be transported the following morning.
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Jonathan Hinkles, CEO of Loganair, said: “We are all incredibly proud of those who participated in Sky High Club and everyone in the wider team who made it possible.”
“During a busy summer, when the entire aviation industry was faced with changing covid restrictions and huge challenges, it was a daunting prospect to invite a TV crew behind the scenes of our airline. For this to work in the best possible way, we gave the camera crews full access to behind-the-scenes life at Loganair, and I’m truly grateful to the stars of the show for volunteering to share their personal and truly inspiring stories as part of the journey.
“It is our hope that it provides fantastic encouragement and insight for those contemplating a career in aviation – whether in the air or on the ground – and that we are able to continue welcoming a diverse range of new recruits into the Loganair family.”
Loganair provided all-areas access to camera crews from Mentorn Scotland over several months – filming from as far afield as Shetland and the Outer Hebrides to London Heathrow, as 11 of the airline’s team, ranging from Captain to Aircraft Engineer, balanced their personal lives with the busiest summer at work they’ve faced to date.
The first episode of Sky High Club airs on BBC Scotland at 10pm on Monday August 15, with a second instalment on Thursday, August 18. BBC Three launches the series nationally from 20:00 on Thursday 18 August with two back-to-back episodes.
A 'series drop' of the entire ten episodes will be available through the BBC iPlayer from Monday, August 15.
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