GHAC Conference
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Oct
Summary
What this edition was
The 10th GHAC met in Sharm El Sheikh in October 2018. Twenty-one speakers took the podium, including EASA, ICAO, the Flight Safety Foundation’s BARS programme, the University of Southern California’s aviation safety programme and the World Food Programme. All twenty-eight presentations are available below.
Speakers
The voices on the podium
Clifford SweatteWilliam Vossis a Special Advisor to the Director of the Air Navigation Bureau atICAO.Until recently, he was a member ofthe ICAOAir Navigation Commissionwhich is the most senior technical body in international aviation.
Billservedfor 6 yearsas the President and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundationwhere hewas a widely recognized as an advocate for aviation safety.Prior to thathe was the Director of the Air Navigation Bureau at ICAO where he directed thedevelopment of international standards, guidance material, and the implementationof global programs, such as the implementation of Safety Management Systems andthe ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program.
He was certified as an Airline Transport Pilot and an Airframe and PowerplantMechanic.He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Universityof Oklahoma, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Aviation Maintenance Management fromLe
Pilot, engineer and holder of Master in Aviation Management. After a career in military and civil aviation he was appointed Director General of Romanian CAA in 2005. Between 2007 to 2010 he represented his country in ICAO Council. Since 2010 he is Director Audit Programs within IATA in charge with IOSA, ISAGO and ISSA
Catalin Radu is the Deputy Director of the Air Navigation Bureau at ICAO in chargeof Aviation Safety, appointed in this role in September 2014.He has held a number of executive and managerial positions at the RomanianMinistry of Transport and at the European level with over 20 years’ experience inaviation safety and international aviation organizations. He also served asPresident of ECAC, Vice President of EUROCONTROL and ECAC’s Focal Point forSafety Matters.Catalin graduated in aeronautical engineering from the Polytechnic University inBucharest and trained at SUPAERO in Toulouse, specializing in aerospaceengineering (MSc). He also holds a degree in International Relations and EuropeanStudies with a specialization in Public Administration Management. He began hiscareer in the airworthiness field with the Romanian Civil Aviation Authority, in2006 becoming Head of the Accident Investigati
May 2012 – October 2016, joined EUROCONTROL, becoming Romania’s representative at EUROCONTROL, with primary task to explore new areas of cooperation, both between Romania and EUROCONTROL and between Romania and the other member states.
In current position, responsible for providing technical advice and services in relation to personnel licensing and flight operations, specifically in the implementation of the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) of Annex 1, Annex 6 - Parts I, II and III, Annex 8 and
Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Training (PANS-TRG, Doc 9868).
Also tasked to analyze problems raised by States and International Organizations in the field of language proficiency, training and personnel licensing and recommend appropriate solutions.
David commenced his aviation career as an apprentice mechanic in the Royal Australian Air force (RAAF) before moving to flight crew as a Flight Engineer on the P3C Orion where he spent 10 years in crew member, instructor and check & training roles. After 17 years of service life, David joined an international airline as a B747 Flight Engineer and spent 11 years on international, domestic passenger and cargo operations. At the end of the flying career, David moved into quality and safety with experience in IOSA and ISAGO audits on behalf of IATA, QMS Auditing and BARS auditing for the Flight Safety Foundation. In this time, David also achieved a multi engine commercial pilots license.David holds an MBA, QMS Lead Auditor certification, commercial pilots licence and engineering qualifications.David has been involved with the FoundationТs BARS Audit Program since it earliest days in 2010 as
Over the past 27 years, Eric Perdison has worked in various capacities in the aviation industry with a vast experience in military and humanitarian operations.Upon graduation in Military Studies, Eric began his career as a transport pilot with the Ghanaian Air Force, where he conducted regular and specialized operations, including pilot to the VIP Squadron and in the Presidential Air Fleet. He held the positions of a Flight Commander, a Squadron Commander and was an Honour Graduate in the Officers’ Staff Course of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College. He holds (FAA ATP) and type rated on six different aircraft.In 2003, Eric served with the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) before joining WFP in 2005. Prior to assuming the role of Chief of WFP’s Aviation Service, he served as the Deputy Chief of the Service from 2013, acting as the Chief for more than 18 months
Mr Frank STEFFENS is the manager of EASA’s International Cooperation Department since 2016. He joined EASA in 2004 and has worked in several management positions during this time. He was responsible for the relationship with National Aviation Authorities (NAA), for the contractual outsourcing of EASA certification tasks to NAAs, and for the management of industry applications for EASA certification tasks including the EASA Fees and Charges Regulation. Before EASA, Mr Steffens has worked for the German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) from 1992 until 2004. Among other tasks he was responsible for the management of the large aircraft certification section and the certification experts team. He was also involved in the development of the LBA-FAA Technical Implementation Procedures (TIP) and Maintenance Implementation Procedures (MIP) under the German-US Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA).
Geert is a member of the risk technologies group at CGE Risk Management Solutions. He qualified as an Applied Cognitive Psychologist at Leiden University, specialising in human factors and human error in the industrial environment.
Formerly, he was employed in human factors lecturing, training and research at universities, KLM and at the NLR, a major Dutch aerospace laboratory. Now at CGE, Geert promotes advanced techniques in risk analysis and barrier management across many industries and across the globe.
In his role as global account manager he focusses on implementation strategies of extending barrier management to combine risk, audits and incident analysis.
He was born and bred in Sydney, Australia where he has lived most of his life. In 1997, he graduated with a Bachelors in Aviation from University of Newcastle along with his Commercial Pilots License from the University’s Flying School. Later on he completed his Master’s Degree in Aviation Safety Management and commenced his Doctorate degree in the same field. During his academic career, he was a Human Factors and Crew Resource Management Lecturer. In 2000, he moved to Egypt due to the fascinating culture and history, and he later joined Petroleum Air Services as a Helicopter Pilot and shortly afterwards became their Helicopter Flight Safety Officer. He has been with them now nearly 15 years and as a Corporate Safety Manager in the last 5 years – is type rated on Bell 206, Bell 212 and 412 with nearly 4000 hours of Helicopter Experience. He has actively presented in many International Sa
I have been carried out all duties and responsibilities in aviation domain as follows:
-At an operational level, as an air traffic control officer; -Control of aircraft in approach control unit & aerodrome control tower. -Coordination/Deconfliction of Military and civil flights in area control center. -International experience as a air traffic control officer, in remote environment during man-made emergences caused by armed conflict.-At an operational level, as an airspace expert; -collecting and analysing all airspace requests and deciding the daily airspace allocation, taking into account the specific user requirements, available capacity and the effect on the route network.
-At a regulatory level, as an air staff officer; -In accordance with ICAO standards and recommendations, harmonizing regulations of the Romanian Air Force in air traffic control and aeronautical information s
Mr. Ismaeil Mohammed Al Blooshi is an aircraft engineer with a Master in Aviation Management from Coventry University and has graduated from the UAE Government Executive Leadership Program.
He is the Chair of the ICAO Middle East Regional Aviation Safety Group and also Chair of the ICAO SMP group, GCC Safety Committee, ACAC Safety Committee. He is also part of the GCAA Executive Committee for the implementation of the Federal Strategy.
He began his career as an aircraft engineer with Emirates in 1990 and joined the General Civil Aviation Authority as Airworthiness Inspector in 2001. He was promoted to the rank of Chief of Airworthiness prior to taking up his Directorship.
He is responsible for functions and activities of the Aviation Safety Affairs Sector including policy, regulation and planning, flight operations, airworthiness, licensing and air navigation and aerodromes. Under his s
Jo is a pilot by profession with over 30 years flying experience in a variety of industry sectors. He spent 17 of those years with Emirates as a captain, TRI and VP-Flight Safety. For the past 10 years he has been a consultant, instructor and expert witness in aviation safety management, regulatory compliance and the overall reduction of exposure to error and risk.Jo has also helped spread aviation industry expertise into healthcare and maritime organisations.
Jose T. Odini graduated as an Officer and Military Pilot from the Uruguayan Air Force in 1977. He has been an Instructor and Combat Pilot till his retirement in 2003. While at the Air Force,he graduated as Aviation Safety Officer and as Aviation Accident Investigator in 1983.He worked extensively in both areas and in Quality Assurance as well. He holds a License in Occupational Health and Safety from the Uruguayan Work University. As civilian pilot he held a CPL and he has flown mainly as flight instructor.He joined WFP in Sudan in December 2005 to work in the Aviation Safety area. Thereafter in WFP HQ, he implemented the Quality Management System for WFPs Aviation Services which comprised extensive travel reviewing the United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) worldwide.He currently is the Chief Aviation Safety Unit of the World Food Programme in Rome.
Satheeshkumar (Kumar) Kumarasingam, Vice President, Business Development & Commercial Services.Kumar is responsible for P&WCТs next transformation in product and service strategy, leveraging the market knowledge and understanding of trends and factors that impact the market, leading the business-development teams that are focused on redefining the business model and expanding offerings and growth in non-traditional markets and countries. In this combined role, he continues to provide leadership and direction to the commercial team in order to drive excellence and profitability in Marketing and the front-line Customer Service organizations.Previously as Vice President, Commercial Services, he was responsible for supporting operators world-wide to achieve the most cost-effective life-cycle ownership via a fully tailored suite of products and offerings while maximizing long-term supportabil
Lacey Pittman is the Managing Director of the Operations Control Center at Horizon Air. In this role, she provides leadership and coordination for the functional aspect of the airline command center, provides the best customer service to the greatest number of passengers while maximizing revenue and aircraft utilization, and develops and implements strategic initiatives and procedures to be used in various irregular operational situations. Prior to this role, Lacey was the Managing Director of Safety at Horizon Air. In this role, Pittman was responsible for all safety programs, including implementing the Safety Management System, at Horizon Air.
Pittman joined Horizon in 2003 as a Q200 first officer. Three years later, she was named one of the company’s assistant chief pilots, and in April 2012, she was promoted to director of safety. She maintains her qualifications as a Q400 captain an
Leslie Cary is the Chief of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Section in the Air Navigation Bureau at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Ms. Cary is responsible for managing the work programme and coordinating all developments related to UAS / RPAS within the ICAO framework, including UAS traffic management (UTM). This involves working with Technical Panels, Study Groups, Advisory Groups and Task Forces and relevant external bodies on development of Standards and Recommended Practices, procedures and guidance material which will establish the basis for global interoperability and harmonization of RPAS, UAS and UTM.
Miguel A Marin graduated from Nathaniel Hawthorne College with a degree in Aviation Administration and has logged over 12,000 hours. He flew for Mexicana Airlines out of Mexico City for over 24 years flying B-727s, DC-8s and the Airbus 320 family of airplanes. During his aviation flying career, he held various management jobs with the airline in the Flight Operations and Flight Safety departments. Additionally he was a volunteer for The International Federation of Air Line PilotsТ Associations (IFALPA) where he chaired the air traffic services committee.
Miguel joined the International Civil Aviation Organization in November of 2009 and has served the organization in various capacities during his six-year tenure. He is currently acting Chief of the Operational Safety Section which is responsible for the development of Standards, Recommended Practices, Procedures and guidance material rel
Phil has more than 25 years of operational and security management experience. Has been in the role as AVSEC Coordinator for WFP since 2016. He has conducted and coordinated AVSEC assessment missions to more than 15 countries for the programme. He coordinates with the 8 AVSEC officers based across our AFO network on the implementation of the AVSEC Strategy and Programme. Prior to join WFP he was the Country director/operations manager for Save the Children in the Republic of Nauru where he was responsible for the delivery of Humanitarian services & Programme (education, case work support and recreation)s in the regional processing centre (1100 Asylum seekers). Phil worked for the NZ Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for 3 years from 2008 – 2011 as an aviation security regulator. Phil has also worked on the National aviation security programme and preparation for the ICAO country security au
Philippe Plantin de Hugues obtained his Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics in 1991. He worked for a year at the NASA Ames Research Center (USA). He joined the BEA Engineering Department in 1993 as a specialist in acoustic analysis. He has participated in major international investigations involving France, involving over 800 events worldwide. He became the Adviser for International Affairs in 2013. He has been the Chairman of various international working groups dealing with flight recorders and lightweight flight recorders. He was chairing the ICAO Flight Recorder Panel during 10 years and is currently chairing the EUROCAE WG-98 defining the specifications for new generation of ELT.
Present position as Director of the USC Aviation Safety and Security Program.
Instructor in Aviation Safety Management Systems, Aircraft Accident Investigations, SMS for Managers, and Aviation Security courses since 2007.
Participated in the Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) for the proposed FAA regulation on SMS for aircraft operators. Serves as the President of the Southern California Chapter of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI). Authored or co-authored four articles for AeroSafety World on Human Factors. Is participating with aviation safety elements of the World Food Program to deliver several courses to World Food Program aviation providers.
Has established a new aircraft accident investigation facility for the USC program and have acquired new wreckages to serve as the basis for investigative analysis.
Served as a consultant for the International
Gallery
From the floor
Resources
Presentations & downloads
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01 Miguel Marin – State Oversight Challenges
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02 Frank Steffens – Supporting Countries to develop an effective avaition oversight system
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03 Cameroon Ross – Risk Management
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04 Catalin Cotrut – IATA Operational Audit Programs
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05 Philippe de Hugues – Lightweight flight recorders
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06 Jose Odini – Monitoring oversight challenges within WFP operational environment
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01 Ovais Ahmed – DFS Aviation Safety
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02 Leslie Cary – Leveraging UAS for Humanitarian.pdf
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03 Nabil Naoumi – Innovating emergency response through FL-600 – Higher Airspace
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04 Cliff Sweatte – WFP and RPAS
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05 David Anderson – FSF BARS
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06 Catalin Popa – CASI
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07 Greg Pece – Emerging Technologies in UN DFS Aviation
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08 Satheeshkumar Kumarasingam – PWC Supporting Humanitarian Operations
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01 Moses Mwangi – 748 Business continuity
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02 Sandra Legg – UNHAS Operations
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03 Nicklas Dahlstrom – The focus on training
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04 Lacey Pittman – Role of women in aviation
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05 Dorin Primac – Flight Ops Brief Challenges from ATM perspective
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06 Ismael Zakary – New Technologies And PWC Innovations
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01 Adel Helal – Egyptair Cargo Overview
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02 Thomas Anthony – ADS-B Practical
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03 Jo Gillespie Common – Factor
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04 Hesham El-Hamahmy – Helicopter Operations Hazardous Facilities
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05 Geert van Loopik – BowTie Risk Managmenet
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06 Phil Robinson – WFP Aviation Security
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01 ALS – Crew Shortage
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02 Abakan – Abakan Air Cargo Drop System.
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