Mr Marco Chan

Marco's teaching draws on nine years as an airline pilot, bringing real flight-deck decision-making and crew resource management into the classroom. He teaches Kingston's commercial pilot training programme, covering aviation operations, flight planning, and the human factors behind every checklist.

He also brings his crisis communication and management expertise into his teaching, running a crisis communications exercise in which students act as an airline's press office responding to a simulated air crash within the first 24 hours. His Airbus experience on A320 and A330 brings the students directly to Kingston's state-of-the-art A320 simulator as part of their programme.

He supervises research on aviation policy, AI in flight operations, and pilot mental health, and has consistently earned strong student feedback for a teaching style that pairs technical rigour with genuine engagement.

Qualifications

• Air Transport Pilot Licence
• A320/1, A330 Type Rating
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (City University of Hong Kong)
• Master of Business Administration (Imperial College London)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Courses taught

• Aviation Operations with Commercial Pilot Training BSc (Hons)

Marco's research centres on aviation policy, pilot training, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in flight operations. His writing includes journal articles and book chapters examining how training curricula, regulation, and industry practice are adapting to automation and AI-assisted decision-making in the cockpit.

He supervises PhD researchers across these areas, with particular interest in pilot mental health, human factors in automated flight decks, and the policy frameworks needed to keep pace with AI adoption in aviation.

Scholarly affiliations

• Member of Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS)