{"id":8046,"date":"2026-01-11T13:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:52:13","slug":"skybornes-matt-cox-wins-prestigious-best-flight-instructor-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/news-events\/skybornes-matt-cox-wins-prestigious-best-flight-instructor-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyborne&#8217;s Matt Cox Wins Prestigious &#8216;Best Flight Instructor&#8217; Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8046\" class=\"elementor elementor-8046\" 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-a4b917a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4b917a\" 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-86e72a8\" data-id=\"86e72a8\" 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-a4b31a6 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4b31a6\" 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 data-start=\"3185\" data-end=\"3368\">Skyborne Airline Academy is proud to announce that Matt Cox has been recognised as Best Flight Instructor at the Pilot Careers Live Professional Flight Training Awards 2025.<\/p><p data-start=\"3370\" data-end=\"3701\">Matt, an expert Multi-Engine and AUPRT (Advanced Upset Recovery Training) instructor, is widely respected both at Skyborne and within the wider aviation community for his knowledge and approachability.<\/p><p data-start=\"3703\" data-end=\"3725\">The judges remarked: \u201cThis worthy winner is widely respected for his role as an AUPRT instructor, where he balances technical precision with an approachable teaching style. Cadets consistently describe his lessons as engaging, informative, and enjoyable. His ability to break down key skills into clear, actionable responses ensures that graduates not only understand what to do but also feel confident applying it in real-world scenarios. His supportive and engaging learning environment has made a lasting impact, with cadets describing him as \u2018not only an outstanding instructor, but also a fantastic human being.\u2019\u201d<\/p><p data-start=\"4328\" data-end=\"4466\">Skyborne celebrates Matt\u2019s recognition and thanks him for his exceptional contribution to shaping the next generation of airline pilots.<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skyborne Airline Academy is proud to announce that Matt Cox has been recognised as Best Flight Instructor at the Pilot Careers Live Professional Flight Training Awards 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":8047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crosspost_to_2":false,"_crosspost_to_4":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"skyborne_region":[19],"skyborne_type":[37],"class_list":["post-8046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academy","skyborne_region-united-kingdom","skyborne_type-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_region?post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_type?post=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}