{"id":98876,"date":"2024-08-01T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/ricky-ellcock-cricketer-virgin-atlantic-pilot-history\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T06:00:11","slug":"ricardo-ricky-ellcock-the-former-cricketer-who-became-virgin-atlantics-first-black-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=98876","title":{"rendered":"Ricardo ‘Ricky’ Ellcock: The Former Cricketer Who Became Virgin Atlantic’s First Black Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to famous captains, the first that usually come to mind are John Travolta and Chesley Sullenberger, but hailing from Barbados, was Ricardo McDonald Ellcock, who, after his cricket career, invested in flying for Liat and Virgin Atlantic<\/a>. Ellcock was born in Redmans Village, in St Thomas Barbados, in 1965, and today is almost 60. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a career in cricket, Ellcock flew aircraft for Liat, and then Virgin Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,567,12147,629,532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-guides","category-liat","category-pilots","category-virgin-atlantic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t