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Fourteen years.Nine thousand hours.One clean logbook.

Wide-body captain with a training instructor's patience and an auditor's discipline. I fly long-haul B787 sectors across four continents — and I hold the left seat to the same standard on hour 9,000 as on hour one.

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9,400+Flight hours

4Type ratings

3,900Sectors flown

98.6%On-time record

ALT38,000

HDG094°

MACH0.85

Elias Navarro — Commercial Airline Pilot · B787 Captain
Dubai, UAE — OMDB

02 · Experience

Pilot flight log

2021 — NOWKhaleej AirB787-9Long-haul command across GCC–Europe–Asia network. Line training captain since 2024.Captain2,940

2017 — 2021Khaleej AirA330-300ETOPS 180 operations, polar route qualification, CRM facilitator.Senior First Officer3,160

2014 — 2017Gulf ConnectA320High-frequency regional sectors. CAT IIIB low-visibility operations.First Officer2,410

2012 — 2014Meridian Flight AcademyDA42 / C172Ab-initio and instrument-rating instruction. 60+ students soloed.Flight Instructor890

Total time carried forward9,400 HRS

03 · Career route

Enroute chart, 2012 — today

Every command starts somewhere. Five waypoints that shaped the way I fly.

PHX2012
Phoenix, USA
Ab-initio training — CPL/IR in the Arizona desert
DXB2014
Dubai, UAE
First airline seat — A320 right seat at Gulf Connect
SIN2017
Singapore
Long-haul transition — A330 ETOPS across the equator
DXB2021
Dubai, UAE
Fourth stripe — B787-9 command upgrade
LHR2024
London, UK
Line training captain — mentoring the next crew

04 · Credentials

Licences & ratings

ATPL VALID

Airline Transport Pilot Licence

GCAA · ICAO Annex 1 · Issued 2016

Unrestricted ATPL(A) with English language proficiency Level 6.

B787 CURRENT

Boeing 787 Type Rating

GCAA / Boeing FTC · Issued 2021

PIC privileges. Recurrent sim checks passed to first-series standard.

A330 RENEWED

Airbus A330 Type Rating

GCAA / Airbus TC · Issued 2017

ETOPS 180 and polar operations qualified.

IR-ME CURRENT

Instrument Rating, Multi-Engine

FAA → GCAA conversion · Issued 2013

CAT IIIB low-visibility approach approval.

CRMI CURRENT

CRM Instructor Certificate

Khaleej Air Training · Issued 2019

Facilitating crew resource management for 200+ flight crew yearly.

UPRT RENEWED

Upset Prevention & Recovery

ICAO Doc 10011 · Issued 2020

Advanced on-aircraft and simulator upset recovery training.

05 · Competencies

Systems panel

All annunciators green. Qualifications and standing checks at a glance.

ETOPS 180

CAT IIIB

PBN / RNP-AR

RVSM

POLAR OPS

CRM FACILITATOR

LOFT / SIM INSTRUCTOR

IOSA AUDIT SUPPORT

FUEL & PERF PLANNING

ICAO ENGLISHLevel 6 — expert

SIM CHECK AVGFirst-series pass rate

TRAINEE PASS RATEAs line training captain

06 · Highlights

Departures board

FlightMilestoneYearStatus

MR 2401LINE TRAINING CAPTAIN2024ONGOING

MR 23029,000 HOUR MILESTONE2023LOGGED

MR 2203ZERO-FINDING IOSA AUDIT2022CLOSED

MR 2104B787 COMMAND UPGRADE2021COMPLETED

MR 1905POLAR ROUTE QUALIFICATION2019COMPLETED

MR 1806CRM INSTRUCTOR APPOINTMENT2018COMPLETED

All times local. Career milestones update on completion of each check.

07 · Contact

Ready for pushback?

For rosters, references, or a full crew file — send a message and I will get back within 24 hours, any timezone.

MERIDIAN CREWPRIORITY / CAPTAIN

CaptainElias Navarro

BaseDubai, UAE — OMDB

Emailelias@meridiancrew.aero

Phone+971 55 000 0000

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