Meet the Team

Abhas Desai

CEO

Hello there,
This is Abhas Desai the CEO of TuiVa. I started infinite flight almost 2 years ago back in the days of pre-global flying inside the square blocks with great thanks to the amazing team at infinite flight for providing us such experiences I started my journey to being the CEO of TuiVa when I requested the prior owner to give me this VA to take it forward through the approval process You must ask where I got my staff from and how they all have been appointed after being seen working very hard I first asked vansh to join us as a graphic designer but the determination that boy has is next level he joined my team as the COO of TuiVa we then completed the process got approval to start hiring staff we then got such amazing people Like Oliver, Josh and then we got the most important people of this Va Jared Hall a.k.a PlaneGeek Leonard Brownies and Manav Suri TuiVa is a Va which makes me feel like my second home

Vansh Purohit

COO

Hello there, I am the COO of Tui Virtual. I had started playing Infinite flight back in the days when we had a terrain map and when we got the wingflex for the 787-10, which was a big thing for me. Since then I have started flying more often in the world of infinite skies, and with the release of global, that led me into the IFC and the world of virtual airlines. I then firstly chose those Big Popular VA’s. Now, with the diversity of all the aircraft, we’re making it possible for many more VA's to enter the world. I joined at as a staff member at Air india VA, where I worked for almost 6 months. This is also the place where I met my big brother, my big boss, and also our CEO, Mr. Abhas Desai. He first invited me into Tui as a Graphic designer but I guess seeing my dedication he asked me if I would want to become the COO of this amazing home. TuiVa has become my happy place having, Abhas as my brother. I can take any advice related to career my partner in crime on the virtual web my man Manav Suri. Manav knows more secrets than my besties as well! As an ending, I would just like to say: if you’re looking for some kind people, TuiVa is the place to be! Come On Join in Now!!!!

Manav Suri

CIO

Hello, I’m Manav! I’m the Chief Information Officer at Tui Virtual. During my time at Tui VA, I have learned a lot of things. I met people like Abhas, Vansh and Jared. These set of people who I am very glad to call my family have totally changed my life. With Tui VA’s brilliant Staff Team, we aim to reach milestones with smiles.

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Oliver Pitcher

Head of HR management

Hi I'm Oliver. I am HR Manager at Tui and would be your point of contact who will provide you your starter pack into TUI Virtual. I started flying infinite flight around 2017. I have been flying on and off since then and recently with the amazing update namely "GLOBAL" which led me to path of VA's where I joined BAVA and AFKLM and then in summer 2019 applied for this role at TUI Virtual.

Jared Hall

Chief mentor

Hello!
I am Jared, the Chief Mentor at TuiVA.
I started off here at the bottom of the ranks, novice. I always liked to fly with Manav, our CIO. I attended events, talked with everyone, I was apart of the family. One day, we were at an event. Me, being my picky self, was coordinating everyone so that they could parallel land at KSFO.
After the event, I get a message from the CEO, asking to be the Chief Pilot. Of course, I took the opportunity and was welcomed to the staff team.
As time went by, I helped around here and there, contributing as much as I could.
I always will give my all for this VA, whether I’m sick, tired, I will always be here. TuiVA is the place to be.

Leonard Brownies

Slack Moderator

Hey, everyone. I’m Leonard Brownies or you can just call me Leon for short. I serve as the moderator at TUIVA. My job is to monitor our slack chat as well as create pleasant atmosphere for everyone here. I first downloaded IF back in 2018. When I was still a rookie, I was exposed to a lot of helpful tutorials created by fellow pilots. In early 2019, I joined IFC and began my journey here in the community. I’m now an IFATC Officer as well as a tester. I fly and control on the Expert Server very often so you see me here, there and everywhere. At TUIVA, I first applied for the moderator job and soon got accepted by Jared, who’s also a good IFATC and most importantly, my good friend. I met a lot of cool people here, like Jared, Manav, Josh, Vansh, Dhruv, Arya, Parshava, etc. They are all very nice people and it’s always pleasant to chat with them. That was one of my best decisions to join TUIVA in the IF world. You won’t regret to join as we have the most friendly atmosphere and the coolest people.

Josh Tedla

Head of flight operations

Hey, I’m the Head of Flight Operations of the TuiVA my story begins as I first started off playing Infinite Flight before the Global Update came out. Then I started to come across the Infinite Flight Community and I found Air India Virtual Airlines and met some pretty amazing people, and I started off not knowing much about what was happening then I started to know what was happening in about 2 months of my time there. After that, I started working as an Assistant Flight Supervisor from my previous job as a Booking Manager for Air India virtual airlines. I joined the TuiVA mid-way throughout 2019 I started working as Events Manager then I got an immediate job switch to Head of Flight Operations. I met some nice people like Parshava, Ruky, Dhruv and many more and they’ve been very welcoming to me and they’ve been my friends throughout my whole time here and I’ve been happy every second of my time here. Come and join TuiVA and meet some awesome people.

Ruky

Pilot Manager

Hello, I’m the Pilot Manager at TuiVA. I started to fly in Infinite flight in early 2017 but I wasn’t ready there for global. In June 2019 I bought myself a pro sub and in July I decided to join TuiVA. It was early after their foundation. I climbed up all their ranks within 1 week. As I reached 300 hours I decided to join NSV. I climbed up their ranks very fast aswell. I’m a pilot who tries out many things in Infinite flight. After I reached the highest ranks in both VA‘s and got a staff position in TuiVA I joined the GAF in the EAF section as a KC-10 tanker pilot. I don’t have much to say... I’m a pilot who Loves difficult approaches like Kai Tak. I love it too to test out the planes and go on their limits.

Zak Plant

Events Manager

Hello, i am the part of the events team here at Tui Virtual. I started my journey on infinite flight 2 years ago when all i did was fly solo until i got global. I took the step up to working for Virtual airlines when i May i joined Thomas Cook Virtual as events manager but after a turbulent few months we ceased and i joined this Virtual airline as an events team. Since my first flight here, I have grown in confidence in planning events, flying and even learning new routes. I'm the only person I know who is into aviation so my path hasn't been smooth but with hard work, anything can happen.