Henry Emery
Managing director
Henry has worked in the field of aviation English language training and testing since 2003. In this time, he has:
Managed the development, launch and administration of the English Test for Aviation, the first language test for flight crew in the world to receive an approval from the UK CAA and an endorsement from ICAO.
Under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation English Association, managed the creation of the ICAO Rated Speech Samples Training Aid, launched in 2012, to promote international aviation language rater standardisation.
Co-authored two of the leading internationally published course books designed to meet the ICAO language proficiency requirements - the British Council award winning Aviation English (Macmillan, 2008) and Check Your Aviation English (Macmillan, 2010).
Along with business development and management responsibilities at Latitude, Henry is an ICAEA board member and is an active instructor trainer, rater trainer and test and materials developer.
Contact: henry@latitude-aes.aero
Captain Dennis Gliddon
Director of training
Dennis has been flying for 35 years, starting with open cockpit gliders, moving onto vintage tailwheel and aerial survey work and ending as a Captain on a glass cockpit airliner. With an intimate experience of the training requirements of airlines and the broader aviation industry, Dennis is well-positioned to ensure the technical and linguistic integrity of training content and syllabi.
Working in a multicultural cockpit for several years has given Dennis an insight and awareness of the role good CRM and effective cockpit communication. As both an instructor and participant in flying training over many years Dennis is committed to developing engaging and relevant training programmes.
Dennis is responsible for planning, project management and human resources at Latitude.
Contact: dennis@latitude-aes.aero
Dr Pete Bradon
Director of Finance
Pete has worked in many areas including finance, engineering, educational testing, statistical analysis and business consulting. He has a Ph.D in the psychology of human reasoning and has lectured in cognitive psychology, critical thinking, reasoning, statistics, experimental design and research methods. Research areas include biases in reasoning in judgements of quality and computer generation and difficulty analysis of analytical reasoning items for the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
In his previous position as Head of Research for Best Companies Ltd., Pete was responsible for surveying and analysing the data for more than 1 million employees from thousands of UK companies to create the annual Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For lists. He has consulted extensively on employee engagement, best practice in leadership, management, team working and well-being in the workplace.
Pete is responsible for financial planning and resources at Latitude.
Contact: pete@latitude-aes.aero
Andrea Howard
Academic manager
A former commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force, Andrea worked as an air traffic controller. Qualifying as a supervisor, Andrea was involved in training ATC personnel in addition to overseeing the daily operations in the tower.
With an honours degree in Law, Andrea lectured in criminal law and worked as a researcher before moving into the area of linguistics. She holds an MA with distinction in language testing and test construction. Research areas include language attrition in non-English native speaking pilots and perceptions of the current language proficiency testing system for aviation English in Europe.
Andrea works as both a language trainer and rater. Accordingly she is dedicated to providing the highest quality of language instruction for aviation professionals.
Andrea is responsible for pedagogy and instructor support at Latitude.
Contact: andrea@latitude-aes.aero