Who We Are

Brent Bidston – President and lead pilot
We immigrated from the UK to Canada in 2005 and have been living in Fernie ever since. I was an Airline Captain for my 30 year career. When we immigrated I was working for Korean Air as a Captain on their A330 fleet but took early retirement in 2009 to live full time in the Elk Valley. 
My Wife and I joined BC Ambulance and served 10 years at the Fernie station. During that time I started the Elk Valley Air Search and Rescue Association, a unit of CASARA, and have been operating in the Rocky Mountains since 2012. 
I now look forward to getting Angel Flight East Kootenay up and running while also running and Air Search and Rescue.

Rob McInnis – Director and pilot
Rob is a retired airline pilot who continues to enjoy aviation in retirement whether teaching his wife Deb to fly in their own aircraft, flying corporate charters, flight instructing, soaring, or pretty much anything that gets him into the air.
Rob is especially enthusiastic about Angel Flights as it is a way to help those in need while doing something he loves.

During the summer months, Cristalle can be found flying tanker planes to fight wildfires! During the winter months, we are lucky to have her as one of our volunteer pilots. 

A longtime pilot in the commercial aviation industry, Neil has recently joined our Angel Flight team. We are so pleased to have him! 

Colin has been flying for over 25 years and is currently flying with West Jet Airlines. He recently joined our Angel Flight team, and we are happy to have him!

Angel Pilot Ben has been a professional pilot for almost 30 years, and has flown charter, medivac, cargo, and Boeing 737, 757, 767, 777 and Airbus 330/340 aircraft all around the world for different airlines. If you can’t find Ben in the sky, you’ll find him teaching the next generation of ski instructors in the Rocky Mountains or rolling around a bowl on his skateboard.