Management Team
Starspeed has a highly experienced and skilled management team (Richard Evans, Ian Field, Gary Butcher) under the chairmanship of David Voy, universally recognised as one of the UK helicopter industry’s guiding lights. This team brings together expertise in worldwide operations, regulation and aviation law, managing partnerships and alliances, and combines it with a committed pride in Starspeed’s reputation for service and individual attention. Their established relationships with industry partners also means that Starspeed can access advantages of scale and scope, such as industry beating rates on insurance.
David Voy
Chairman - Starspeed Ltd
British Army Trained
Total helicopter Hours in Excess of 10,000
CAA & FAA Airline Transport Licence with instrument and night ratings
CAA Type Rating and Instrument examiner
Council member of British Helicopter Advisory Board (BHAB)
Awarded the BHAB ‘Eric Brown Award’ for service to the industry, 1999.
Co-headed the organisation of helicopter services to the Athens Olympic Games, 2004 and the Doha Games, 2006
Captain Richard Evans
Managing Director
Royal Navy trained
Total helicopter Hours in Excess of 7,000
CAA ATLP/H with night and instrument ratings
American FAA CPL & instructor rating
Captain Ian Field
Chief Pilot
Royal Navy trained
Total helicopter Hours in Excess of 8,000
CAA Airline Transport Licence with instrument and night ratings
CAA Type Rating and Instrument examiner
Professional Pilot Since 1979
Captain Gary Butcher
Director
Commercially trained in the U.K.
Total helicopter Hours in Excess of 4,500
CAA Airline Transport Licence with instrument and night ratings
CAA Flight Instructor Rating. American FAA CPL
Professional Pilot Since 1989