Johan Farid Khairuddin Profile


 The initials stand for Johan Farid Khairuddin.

My career in entertainment & broadcast started more than 10 years ago as I started singing with R&B Group V.E. then, Worked ON-AIR for Malaysia’s #1 Hit Station - hitz.FM and Malaysia’s Premier Teen Radio Station – Xfresh FM. On the Tele, I’ve hosted various programmes on Astro but the most prominent would be TV3’s Reality TV / Entertainment Programme “Mentor”. During then, I spent my free time composing and producing music for some of the country’s biggest acts ie. Sheila Majid, Anuar Zain, Kaer AF2, Dayang Nurfaizah etc;

After coming back from London having completed my MBA in 2005, I completed my private pilots license course and have been actively flying ever since! Late last year, I said “enough is enough!”, and decided to give up everything that I have worked so hard for (yes, those pennies included!) – to press the “restart” button, jumping into an industry which I have been truly passionate about since the day I could see, read & speak!

Some people still wonder why I gave up a life of being in the limelight, which is dreamt by many, to pursue a life dreamt by few – my answer has and will always be, “Because, I am of the very few!”. Join me as I throw the Malaysian DJ, TV Personality & Music Producer role in the back-burner and switch on the “Cadet Pilot” role at the Australian Wings Academy in Gold Coast Australia.

Living up to what AirAsia truly stands for-- Inspiring & Innovating

Oh, and for the record, I love flying planes. I don’t really care what sound which engine makes or, what aircraft can fly higher, all I really love is flying an airplane the way it was meant to fly. Oh, and I’m such a nerd when it comes to flying books too! And flying movies, documentaries... if it has wings, i’m in love with it.

Yes i’d love to marry a bird. Haha.

PS. Some of the stories will not be for the faint hearted! There is blood (seriously), tears of joy & sadness and countless nights of book worming. Oh, this is going to be so much fun! Gulp.

JFK signing off. Booyaah!

Latest post(s) by jfkjohan

Decisions. The Right, The Wrong.. And?
On Jul 13, 2009 | Main category: Flying Diaries
Before I commence my take-off roll for Part III of the blog, I must pay my respects to Captain Dom and Captain Lim who always continue to inspire me with their work. Thanks so much for your kind words Captain Lim on your most recent blog post here: http:...
Taking to the skies... One flight at a time...
On Jun 22, 2009 | Main category: Flying Diaries
As an airline pilot under training, I was fortunate to have been assigned the observer seat on my return back to the Gold Coast from Kuala Lumpur last week with Captain Wong & First Officer Raveen. Big shoutout to Capt. Hans who heads AirAsia X’s Fli...
Our newest big baby... the 340.
On Jun 8, 2009 | Main category: What's New?
At a little after 3pm on Friday, Captain Michael and First Officer Zulishmadi flew the newly painted 9M-XAC aircraft (AirAsia X's latest Airbus A340) back from Singapore, after it completed its livery painting. I was fortunate to be back in Kuala Lum...
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