Peter worked for NATS in air traffic engineering from 1973 until he took early retirement in 2010.

Starting out as apprentice at Bletchley Park and following a stint at Aberdeen Airport and an Engineering Degree from Manchester University, Peter spent the next 18 years at CAA House. He worked on Nav Aids, Communications and Control & Monitoring systems, and eventually moved on to developing requirements for future systems. He relocated to West Drayton in 2000 and subsequently to CTC Whiteley in 2004, joining Systems/Enterprise Engineering there until his retirement.

In 2019 he completed an Arts Degree with the Open University and, in his own words "can string a few words together in a legible, understandable and, hopefully, entertaining form." As for volunteering to edit Contrail, "apparently a vounteer is someone who didn't understand the question!!!!".

Peter and his wife Julie now live in Glossop, Derbyshire, where, Covid permitting, Peter plays cornet (and, occasionally, trumpet) in a brass band. He is also tracing his family history and from time to time arranges music and edits sound recordings, and now he can add editing Contrail to that list.