Bryan James Sutherland

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(born 1950) is a British former engineer. For fifty years, he was in charge of operating the world's shortest scheduled airline flight, Loganair's two-minute-long Westray to Papa Westray route in

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, Scotland. He is the airline's longest-serving employee, having worked for Loganair between 1967 and his 2017 retirement.

Career

Sutherland joined Loganair on 17 July 1967, five years after the airline's formation. Beginning in Kirkwall, he spent a few years in Glasgow before returning to Orkney. He was then asked to set up the airline's base in the

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in 1975. He returned to Orkney permanently in 1978. He planned to retire at the age of 65, but stayed on for two more years to achieve the fifty-year milestone.

Personal life

Sutherland is married to Dorothy, with whom he has two daughters: Tracey and Lianne. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's

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. His nomination was submitted by

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for the Orkney Islands.

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