An MHK’s career has really taken off again after he was sacked from the government.
Onchan MHK Zac Hall has confirmed he is back in the cockpit after resuming his previous job as a pilot for a commercial airline.
In his election manifesto he said he was ‘putting his own career as an airline pilot to one side’ in order to contest the Onchan seat.
He told the Manx Independent that he was back flying on a part-time basis.
Mr Hall said: ‘I can confirm that I am maintaining my interest, experience and currency in flying as a commercial pilot on a part-time “ad-hoc” basis since December 2012. I make no further comment on the matter.’
He said it went without saying that he would continue to serve his constituents’ interests despite resuming his old career.
Mr Hall was first elected to Tynwald in the 2011 general election as a Liberal Vannin candidate.
When the Chief Minister first unveiled his Government of National Unity, he was given a post as political member in the Department of Education and Children.
But in April last year he was sacked from that department for failing to support then minister Peter Karran – leader of Liberal Vannin – over the policy to privatise the state-run pre-schools.
Mr Hall was also suspended and then expelled from the Liberal Vannin party for ‘undermining the reputation of the party’. He said the episode caused much stress and anxiety at a time when his wife was expecting their first baby.
Following this week’s mini-reshuffle, he remains the only Tynwald member with no government role.
