Not Just Crew: Inspire - Encourage - Support!

Josh Mojica is from New York and has been a flight attendant for 9 years. Taking full benefits of being able to fly the world, he has been to over 85 countries. One of his proudest moments are when he works with refugees. Seeing a need for more transparency between donors and organizations, he started GoodFavor to encourage more involvement and donations. He talks about his wild experiences and ho...

When NJC and Crew Businesses launched The Crew Christmas market in 2020, never in their wildest dream did they firstly think they would be located in a physical shop in the beautiful market town of Horsham, let alone be featured on the BBC's 'The One Show.  The Crew Christmas market have now evolved into The Crew Market, and stalls have now become stunning Collections. So Join NJC's Trevor Je...

Noel Philips YouTube sensation chats to NJC's Trevor & Simon about his YouTube rise with over 62 million views.  Noel who also works alongside Trevor & Simon at Travel. Radio hosting Flight Plan from 11-12, followed by Simon's & Trevor's Destination Unknown 12-2pm every Sunday.  Join Us! Follow Noel Phillips at Noelphillips.com and on Facebook with 1.5 million followers YouTu...

NJC Chat to Arpad Szakal about the 15 Top transferable skill of Cabin Crew. In this episode  will will be covering in depth  the top fifteen  transferable skill crew have, but dont always know it.  We will list these in detail as a PDF on our Website at www.notjustcrew.com  Arpad Szakal is an Executive Search & Leadership Assessment professional and a former aviation l...

Not Just Crew's Trevor & Simon chat to Luis Cabrera (Former CEO of The Lonely Planet and current CEO of Budget Travel (US) The lonely planet was founded in 1972 by Tony and Maureen Wheeler as they travelled through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was an immediate hit on a 1970s hippy trail and of course backpackers across the globe. It quickly became an iconic brand, and with the coming compute...

Tune in to this Not Just Crew special where Trevor and Simon chat the inspiring Laura Maguire. Laura worked for Virgin for 10+ years and when the pandemic hit it gave her a lot of time to reflect on her life and career goals. She wanted fresh challenges and life on the ground became more attractive as the pandemic rolled on. So, she decided to apply for the fire service, it was something that she'...

NJC's Heidi Cole supports aspiring flight attendants from a holistic perspective.  Starting out as commercial cabin crew, she quickly transitioned to private flight attendant and has built a wealth of experience and developed her unique approach over 22 years.  Experiencing her own difficulties during the pandemic, she sought the support of a mentor that she says was life changing. This...

On the 8/11/21: In celebration of flying to the US British Airways and  virgin Atlantic staged and historic simultaneous take off from London’s  Heathrow to runways this morning. Virgins VS3 was the 1st to land at New  York’s JFK airport touching down at 10:51 am local time while British  Airways BA001 (This flight number use to be reserved for Concord) landed a few minutes lat...

What a podcast we have for you today. This has got be be one of the most interesting episodes ever, and is a real insight into mental health. Intro by Trevor Jenkins then Simon Costello is joined by Steven Davis of Care Skills Pro, as they talk about the issue of mental health. Steven, who is a registered mental health nurse, alerts us to the warning signs, and provides excellent coping strategies...

In this episode, we chat with Nikki Crewe from Sunderland in the UK. Nikki started working in Hays Travel as 16 year old straight from school. She knew from a young age after seeing flight attendants when going on holiday that she wanted to make it a career. She started an apprenticeship with Hays Travel and when she was 18 started applying for jobs as crew. After working for a ground handling age...

In this episode, we chat with Julie Tyrer, a Cabin Crew from 2012 to 2016. Julie had the privilege of being Virgin Atlantic Cabin Crew. It was a dream job which she debated doing since graduating in 2005. She took a sabbatical from Virgin to cover a maternity position teaching Travel and Tourism at Uxbridge College. Her classroom was an aircraft, it was just like being in SEP training. She decided...

It is a apsolute pleasure to introduce Care Skills Pro a company that can make it happen for you! If you're crew wanting to change careers, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. At Not Just Crew we only work with partners we trust, and know will offer crew a genuine career path to move forward. It was a real pleasure to hear of an sector that not only embraces the skills crew alre...

Mood/Vision boards If you think vision boards are bogus, then think again! They work, and there's actually a really simple explanation of why they work so well. In this episode we chat to Jools Tyrer about the power of visions/Mood boards. She creates one most years, or if ever she has a plan to change to life plan. Visualisation is one of the most powerful mind exercises you can do  it bring...

We spoke with our guest Amanda Pitman earlier in the year (2020) about life after redundancy, rebuilding your life, and starting your own business. Towards the end of that interview she mention manifestation, and how it can help change your life. It was a subject I had heard, and read about before, you may know it as the Cosmic ordering service. Manifestation is far more than positive thinking, an...

Today we’ll be speaking to Stephen Elwood, who used to be a long haul cabin crew for a major a carrier. He later went on to to work in air-traffic control at Britain’s first digital Control tower at Cranfield, and if that wasn’t hard enough, he also welcomes private jets their occupants to the UK. That a story in it’s self. I found this story really fascinating,  as of when Stephen left emplo...

Crew Room Live with Trevor, Simon & Alex Joining us on the next episode of Not Just Crew. I was please to talk again to Ally Murphy, this time with my co hosts on Not Just Crew. Alex Chisnell and Simon Costello.  Ally an award  winning voice actor in 2019 Best E-learning performance, and nominated for: Best female TV commercial performance, Best female game performance, and female ar...

Joining us on this episode of Not Just Crew. I was please to talk again to Ally Murphy. This time with my co hosts on Not Just Crew. Alex Chisnell and Simon Costello.  Ally an award  winning voice actor in 2019 Best E-learning performance, and nominated for: Best female TV commercial performance, Best female game performance, and female artist of the year, two years running. She achieved...

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 18-24 May 2020. The theme is kindness. Welcome to a special addition of Not Just crew during this Mental Health week. It was during the last days of this May’s Mental Health Awareness week 2020. I was chatting to my co host on Not Just Crew Simon Costello. He told me of the struggles he has with these issues a few years ago. Myself and fellow...

Joining us on this episode of Not Just Crew. I was please to talk to Ally Murphy. An award  winning voice actor in 2019 Best E-learning performance, and nominated for: Best female TV commercial performance, Best female game performance, and female artist of the year, two years running. She achieved all this in a relatively short period of time after leaving flying.  A career she had enjo...

A truly amazing story on this episode of Not Just Crew. Jen Parker is cabin crew who upon landing usually goes straight to medical school, Here she is also currently training to become a doctor. For me this is a real tale of ambition and tenacity, even for those who consider themselves to be highly ambitious. She tells us how passed failure has not stop her becoming what she want to be, and even b...

Background info:  This was as second retake, as the day before Zoom was over loaded.  This second day, was the day that Virgin Atlantic announced redundancies and the very day we were set to interview Jen Parker, who also happens to be cabin crew for Virgin.  We still managed to record, but we did not want to deflect from Jen's amazing story, and we knew there would be questions fro...

Jen Parker: Cabin Crew & Medical student. A truly amazing story on the next episode of Not Just Crew. Jen Parker is cabin crew who upon landing usually goes straight to medical school, Here she is also currently training to become a doctor. For me this is a real tale of ambition and tenacity, even for those who consider themselves to be highly ambitious.  She tells us how passed failure h...

Joining us on the next episode of Not Just Crew. Where I was please to talk to Ally Murphy. An award  winning voice actor in 2019 Best E-learning performance, and nominated for: Best female TV commercial performance, Best female game performance, and female artist of the year, two years running. She achieved all this in a relatively short period of time after leaving flying.  A career sh...

Trevor, Simon & Alex take on the subject of Airline redundancy and how its not the end, but the beginning. It is a very real fear that happening to cabin crew all over the world. There isn't one part of the globe that hasn't been touched by Covid-19. Even both the North & South poles who have not had one case, still face a travel ban. Travel has been one of the hardest hit both business and leisur...

Trevor, Simon & Alex take on the subject of Airline redundancy and how it's not the end, but the beginning of a new journey, but only if you want it to be.  Redundancy is a very real fear that happening to cabin crew all over the world. This audio production has been produced in association with Airsupport International Airways. www.airsupport.me If you have any stories you’d like to cont...