James Harding has been a First Officer on the Airbus A350 with British Airways since 2023.
He flew Airbus A320 family aircraft at London Heathrow and Gatwick from 2016 to 2023.
He entered British Airways through a cadet scheme in 2014 and completed his Integrated ATPL at FTEJerez in Spain.
He began his flying career in Canada, earning a Glider Pilot License, Instructor Rating, and Private Pilot License via Canadian Air Cadet scholarships.
He tracks all flights digitally using LogTen Pro, querying his logbook with SQL and presenting the data as infographics.
He developed 3D globe visualizations to display his flight history by country and airport.
He created a flight calendar graph that shows daily flight hours and highlights events such as COVID-19 and the shift from short-haul to long-haul flying.
He provides a destination matrix showing flights between countries, including positioning and diversion sectors.
He breaks down annual and cumulative flight hours by role (P1, P2, Heavy) and by aircraft type, following British Airways procedures.
He analyzes flight time versus great-circle distance to show how prevailing winds affect outbound and inbound flight durations.
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