Airline
safety consultant, professional air safety investigator, aviation safety
consultant, commercial pilot, air traffic service (ATS) officer and
project manager with 51 years aviation experience. Extensive experience
developing airline safety management systems, airline risk management
procedures, conducting airline, airport and ATS related air safety
investigations involving terrestrial and satellite-based communications,
navigation and surveillance systems. Investigation experience includes:
mid-air collisions, near mid-air collisions, runway collisions, runway
incursions, in-flight emergencies, loss of separation, failure to
co-ordinate, systemic operational investigations, traffic alert and
collision avoidance system (TCAS) and Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS)
occurrences, bird-strikes (visit - "Reducing Bird Hazards - Double or
Nothing?"
http://www.asasi.org/papers/birdstrike.pdf ), airline operational and maintenance
investigations, airport ramp and aerobridge investigations, research
projects, safety analysis and systemic deficiencies.
AVIATION INDUSTRY
EXPERIENCE
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Forty-five
years continuous involvement in the aviation industry.
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Thirty-seven
years consecutive employment as a professional pilot, air traffic service
officer, air safety investigator and aviation safety consultant
respectively.
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Two years
consultancy developing the Safety Program Office and airline safety
culture in all operational environments for Impulse Airlines Pty Ltd (QantasLink)
and development of an operational safety database and risk management
system.
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Three years
pioneering the investigator flight safety position with Ansett Australia
and development of operational safety database system.
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Eight years
of on-site and office investigations of aircraft and ATS related
accidents, incidents, occurrences, and research projects.
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Fifteen
years in special projects and systems such as Global Positioning, Global
Navigation Satellite, Traffic alert and collision Avoidance, Future Air
Navigation, Precision Runway Monitoring, Flight Data Processing, ATS
Recording requirements and ICAO ATS Air Safety Investigation Manual.
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Seven years
middle level management in Airways Systems Requirements for terrestrial
and satellite based operational facilities justification, specification,
documentation, project planning and management for analogue and digital
communications, navigation and surveillance systems.
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Three years
instructing ab initio ATS officers in the Central Training College,
Melbourne.
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Seven years
service at ATS units and centres providing pilot briefing, air traffic
management, communications, navigation, surveillance, operational
information and search and rescue alerting.
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Aircraft
endorsements include single and multi-engine types with operations under
both the visual and instrument flight rules (VFR/IFR).
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Approximately 9,000 hours accumulated in aerial agriculture, charter
(single and multi-engine) and other low level aerial work operations such
as aerial mustering.
