Inspired by the first moon landing at the age of 10 in 1969, Jeremy Burfoot decided to become a pilot. He joined the RNZAF as a navigator at the age of 18 and was the navigator on the search for the Mt Erebus DC10 crash. He obtained his pilot’s licence privately while still in the RNZAF and then went to Papua New Guinea to fly for Talair PTY for a couple of years.
He joined Qantas as a pilot in 1984 and was promoted to B747 captain at the young age of 31. He took leave from Qantas in the 1990s and flew 747s for Japan Airlines based in Anchorage, Alaska and Honolulu. Returning to Qantas, he flew the B747-400 and then the Airbus A380 before Covid-19 terminated his career in 2020.
He has 23,000 hours of flying experience and currently flies a paraglider to get back in the air when he feels the need. Jeremy has written four books.
