Flying with Our Chief Pilot

"Did you know that being a Chief Pilot is a pretty big and busy job? "

​Our Chief Pilot, Matthew Collins, oversees our overall operations and is responsible for providing a strategic direction to our business by setting the operational requirements, policies, and processes that supports the safe, efficient and reliable operation of our aircraft. In addition to this, Matthew also manages our flight and ground crews - ensuring their health, welfare and fatigue levels are well within limits by proper rostering and allocating these personnel to tasks.

​Matthew also coordinates our aircraft maintenance, schedules our flights, and is responsible for aircrew training, which in itself is a huge job!

To be a Chief Pilot, you must be able to do everything listed above, plus stay up to date with local and federal flight regulations, as well as stay current with your own flight qualifications.

We are pretty proud of our Chief Pilot here at Black Diamond Aviation!

​Matthew is one of most dedicated pilots in the Northern Territory and is excellent at what he does! 

​Pop in to say “hi” (he loves a chat)!! ​