{"id":6992,"date":"2024-09-03T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/?p=6992"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:06:34","slug":"graduate-feature-dillon-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/news-events\/graduate-feature-dillon-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate feature: Dillon James"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6992\" class=\"elementor elementor-6992\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11d8c35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11d8c35\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52537cc\" data-id=\"52537cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b25a631 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b25a631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dillon James\u2019 journey truly is a \u2018zero to hero\u2019 tale as he decided at the age of seven that this was his career path.<\/p><p>Coming from a humble Welsh background, he clearly remembers a flight to Fuerteventura when his obsession with aviation was ignited. He used to daydream of being a pilot and his school books were filled with stickers and cut-outs of aircraft. As he progressed through education, he was sure to work hard to achieve the necessary grades and embrace every opportunity to develop his non-technical skills, such as leadership and communication.<\/p><p>Going straight into flight training was not an option for Dillon, but this did not stop him pursuing his dream. Dillon worked hard to save funds &#8211; at one point, working seven days a week!<\/p><p>With each challenge he faced whether personal, financial, emotional or professional, he pushed through and never lost sight of his goal.<\/p><p>As he approaches the end of his training, we are delighted to celebrate Dillon\u2019s success in achieving a placement with TUI. All the hard work has been worth it.<\/p><p>Dillon had this to say to help other trainees starting out:<\/p><p>\u201cThe greatest test of all in flight training is ultimately your perseverance, passion and motivation. The licences you earn reflect this.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24e28e7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24e28e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset_mobile&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:100,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset_mobile&quot;:30,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-208e1b1\" data-id=\"208e1b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57084a3 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"57084a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/airline-academy\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Pilot training<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/airline-programmes\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Airline programmes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/contact-skyborne-airline-academy\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dillon James\u2019 journey truly is a \u2018zero to hero\u2019 tale as he decided at the age of seven that this was his career path. Coming from a humble Welsh background, he clearly remembers a flight to Fuerteventura when his obsession with aviation was ignited. He used to daydream of being a pilot and his school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":6993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crosspost_to_2":false,"_crosspost_to_4":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"skyborne_region":[19],"skyborne_type":[36],"class_list":["post-6992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academy","skyborne_region-united-kingdom","skyborne_type-hear-from-our-trainees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6992"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10215,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6992\/revisions\/10215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6992"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_region?post=6992"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_type?post=6992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}