Keynotes by fighter pilots
Real stories from the cockpit, tailored to your objectives and built to drive your team to act.
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The Fighter Pilot
The mission that went wrong, the decisions made in seconds, and the system that made those decisions survivable. Shaped around the outcome you need in the room.
- Live, virtual or hybrid
- Any audience size, 20 to 600+
- Your team leaves with one loop they can run on Monday
Matt 'Matty' Hall – CEO Keynote
Matt is a Red Bull Air Race World Champion and a former RAAF Wing Commander — a world title won on precision under load, not on luck. This is his keynote for leaders: how you decide when the information is incomplete and the clock is already running.
- Delivered by Matt Hall
- Live, virtual or hybrid
- Built for people who carry the call
A pilot in a flight suit
Your audience gets a fighter pilot who has flown the missions being described, not a speaker recycling someone else's war stories.
Thirty to ninety minutes. Real footage, real decisions, and one method the room can run on Monday morning.
Every speaker on the roster has flown the missions — meet the team, or read what clients said afterwards.
Check availability →You'll have a fee range within one business day
We don't publish a standard fee. It moves with the format, the length, which pilots present, audience size and travel. Tell us the date and the shape of the event and we'll send a written range back — before any call, so you know early whether we fit the budget.
Before you ask
The questions event teams ask before booking a keynote. Anything else, just call.
Every speaker on the roster is a serving or former Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot. The roster is led by Matt Hall, a former RAAF Wing Commander and Red Bull Air Race World Champion, and Chris ‘Camel’ Chmiel, a serving fighter pilot with more than 2,000 missions across 22 years. Paul ‘Ando’ Anderton, Jasmine ‘Jazz’ Young, Emily ‘Swat’ Willis and Adrian ‘Booger’ Greener complete the team. We match the pilots to your audience.
Four themes, shaped around the outcome you need in the room: Flawless Execution — plan, brief, execute, debrief; performing under pressure and the fighter-pilot mindset; leadership and trust through the nameless, rankless debrief; and resilience, recovering from adversity and setbacks.
The Fighter Pilot keynote runs 30 to 90 minutes and can be delivered by any pilot on the roster — the mission that went wrong, the decisions made in seconds, and the system that made them survivable. The CEO keynote runs 45 to 60 minutes, is delivered by Matt Hall, and is built for executive teams: how you decide when the information is incomplete and the clock is already running.
Yes. Every format is available live, virtual or hybrid, for audiences from around 20 people to more than 600.
We don't publish a standard fee, because it moves with the format, the length, which pilots present, audience size and travel. Send your event date and the shape of the event and we reply within one business day with a written fee range — before any call, so you know early whether we fit the budget.
What clients say
A 4.9/5 average across Google and Facebook. These are event organisers who had seen plenty of keynotes before ours.
"The level of energy and motivation in the room after the presentation was incredible, and the impact of your presentation was enormous."
"We have held numerous conferences and seen many keynote presentations over the years, but [Afterburner's] was like nothing we have witnessed before."
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Tell us your event date, audience and outcome. We'll tailor the right keynote or experience to hit it.