Leading 4 Life "Stories‪"‬ Bob Judson

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageBack in Episode 33 I started giving a full description of some of the aspects of military flying that dominated the flying part of my RAF career. As I got into the episode I realised that I had rather more to say about this than I originally thought and so I didn't get through all the things that I originally planned to cover. This episode is consequently the next chapter of very flying specific personal stories, and I ...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageTrigger Warning! Whilst it doesn't go into detail, this episodes touches on the death of work colleagues and family members including children.With this, my first thematic episode in a while, I address the difficult topic of "Dealing with Adversity!" Whether personal or professional, really challenging situations, especially those involving the injury or death of family members or work colleagues, can be extremely hard ...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is Mary Walter, a TV and radio broadcast personality, and a podcast host, based in New Jersey, USA. Mary and I have known each other for many years and I was really keen to tap into her Talk Radio experience to get some new perspectives not only on her own career and journey, but also on the US more generally. As I anticipated, this is an episode with plenty of laughs but also a wide range of serious ...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageIn some respects ground tours or "flying a desk" are the things that aircrew are conditioned to dislike the most; however, as you will hear in this episode, that wasn't really the case for me and, although I always loved flying, I also thoroughly enjoyed my time on the ground.This episode covers my ground tours as a squadron leader, starting with my first tour in the UK Ministry of Defence, then on to the Joint Service Defence Coll...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageI am delighted to be joined this week by Juliet Kennedy. Juliet very recently completed more than 8 years as the Operations Director at National Air Traffic Services, the capstone of an entire 43 year career within the world of Air Traffic Control.Juliet speaks very candidly about her love of a job that many would consider extraordinarily stressful but which she simply thrived on. She is very clear that it is the outsta...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is Nick Anderson. Nick is one of my original flying instructors from my own time in the Royal Air Force's flying training system, and spent his whole working life in the world of aviation. He spent 19 years in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot and advanced flying instructor, followed by an outstanding and longer 25 year career in Virgin Atlantic, eventually becoming one of Virgin's most sen...