Dubai: These two pilots deliver tasty meals from the ‘cloud’

Dubai: These two pilots deliver tasty meals from the ‘cloud’

When Covid struck, pilots Tom Peaford and Bedant Sen had to shift gears “” so from flying up in the sky, they're now whipping up healthy meals in a cloud. Peaford and Sen were among the pilots who were laid off when Covid-19 wreaked havoc on the aviation sector. But, instead of waiting for the next job opening, they launched Gourmate, a meal delivery service where dishes are prepped and packed from a cloud kitchen in Dubai. The duo, who flew 2,600 hours each in their seven years with Air Arabia, left the Sharjah-based budget airline in search of better career prospects, only to get the worst news for any pilot amid the pandemic. "We were offered jobs at a leading airline in the UAE. I joined them in March 2020, and Tom joined them in April. It was in the early stages of Covid-19 when we joined them. However, after being put on leave, we were eventually let go from the airline in May due to pandemic-triggered job cuts,“ explained Sen. For Peaford, losing the job couldn't have happened at a worse time, he said. "My older son is just a year old, and my wife and I had