Patrick Mullan
Patrick Mullan has more than 20 years of flight deck experience across some of the world's most demanding operational environments. He has held positions at major UK and international carriers — including Jet2, Ryanair, Etihad and easyJet — operating narrow-body and wide-body aircraft across passenger and cargo services on routes spanning Europe, the North Atlantic, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia. He has undertaken operations in the full range of advanced oceanic and remote area procedures, including ETOPS, NAT-OTS transatlantic operations, polar airspace and metric airspace operations. This operational background informs every aspect of his employment practice — from understanding the pressures crew face to interpreting the regulatory obligations that govern their working lives.
Patrick also undertakes academic research across a range of aviation-related subjects. His research interests span pilot fatigue and fatigue reporting culture, sickness presenteeism in safety-critical environments, Just Culture and its application in airline disciplinary processes, organisational safety culture, the regulatory interface between CAA medical requirements and employment law, and the behavioural dynamics of fitness-to-fly decision-making. He is a published author in the Journal of Air Transport Management (Elsevier, 2026). This breadth of research activity informs his employment practice directly — bringing an evidence-based understanding of how airlines operate to the support he provides to crew.
He holds a First Class Honours MSc in Aviation Management from Dublin City University, a Bachelor of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering from Queen's University Belfast — where he was awarded the J. Lawrence Horne Prize for excellence in Design across the Aerospace Engineering degree programme — a CMI Level 7 qualification in Strategic Management and Leadership from Queen's University Belfast, and holds executive qualifications from the William J. Clinton Leadership Institute at Queen's University Belfast in Management and Leadership and Business Sustainability.
Patrick is also a qualified CRM Trainer/Instructor (CRMT/CRMI) with several years of active delivery under EASA and CAA frameworks, and holds Distinction status in the IATA Train the Trainer certification. Currently utilising the CILEX Professional Qualification in employment law — the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, recognised by the Legal Services Board.
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