{"id":2646,"date":"2025-10-15T07:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maydayfiles.com\/team\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:52:33","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maydayfiles.com\/en\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2646\" class=\"elementor elementor-2646\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02cf4b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"02cf4b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fef8e4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fef8e4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"xs_team_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43dd068 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43dd068\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55341e9 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55341e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1afd8e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1afd8e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We are the crew behind Mayday Files\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2708f4d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2708f4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Investigative curiosity meets cockpit experience, Annex 13 methodology, and precise visual storytelling. 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Thomas combines operational flight practice with forensic investigative depth according to <strong>ICAO Annex 13<\/strong> and <strong>EU Regulation 996\/2010<\/strong>. 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