GHAC Conference
14
Oct
Summary
What this edition was
The 14th GHAC returned to Istanbul in October 2022. Twenty-three speakers took the podium, among them the FAA, the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority, the Flight Safety Foundation’s BARS programme, 748 Air Services, Avion Express, Redstar Aviation and Aviation Sans Frontières. Eight presentations from the programme are available below.
Speakers
The voices on the podium
Eric MajouChief Pilot and Captain @ Aviation Sans FrontièresNeusia Célia Olga MachavaHead of Legal Office and International Cooperation at Mozambique Civil Aviation Authority
Mr. Jibril has been the Executive Chairman for 748 Air Services since its founding in 1994. In this capacity, Mr. Jibril has directly overseen all major strategic initiatives including long term strategic planning, balance sheet strategies, strategic relationships, asset acquisitions, and all new business development at 748 Air Services for the past twenty two years. Mr. Jibril has grown the company from a one aircraft operation in 1994 to 12 Aircrafts in 2016. He is also the Chief Executive officer of ARJ Investments Limited, a diversified private equity firm based out Toronto, Canada with global interests in the aviation, real estate, auto parts and food services sectors. He is a member of Institutes of Public Accountants of Kenya and founding member of the Association of Financial Analysts of Kenya. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of England & Wales and the
Heidi Ames began working at the Federal Aviation Administration in 2014 following a 23-year career in aviation and international affairs. After graduating from college, she received her commission as an officer in the United States Army and attended helicopter flight training. Following her service in the Army, Ms. Ames embarked on a civil aviation career that included utility and Emergency Medical Service helicopter operations. Ms. Ames began her service with the FAA in Aircraft Certification as a Foreign Affairs Specialist where she generated and interpreted numerous aircraft certification agreements. She also served as a liaison to her assigned countries, which included Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Ms. Ames transferred to the Flight Standards Service in 2018 where she served as a Foreign Affairs Specialist in the office that administers the Internat
Armelle Tarrieu is Sales Manager at FLYING WHALES, in charge of the Humanitarian Aid sector and the FLYING CARE mobile hospital project. She brings to the company nearly 30 years of experience in aviation in senior management positions, including 12 years of experience in offshore helicopter operations worldwide as Operations then Commercial Director.
Daniel Juzi is a humanitarian disaster response and safety and security specialist working for Swiss Government Development. He is still active as a pilot and lectures on topics around crisis, safety and security management.
Growing up in South East Asia, Daniel completed his undergraduate studies in the USA and graduate studies at City University in London. Daniel has spent his career flying in fragile contexts, starting out in Africa, then spending 20 years in Afghanistan and in various humanitarian disasters.
Daniel has specialized in helping organizations understand anthropological issues around safety management through finding contextual solutions. Various organizations have also asked for help to develop their crisis management or Daniel has been asked to support them in a real crisis.
Daniel is available for lectures, workshops, or consultations.
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
David Sheehan has been involved in commercial aviation for 20 years, he has EASA and CAAC ATPL. He is presently the Chief Pilot in Avion Express, a member of Avia Solutions Group. He joined Avion Express almost five years ago. He has experience in both scheduled airline operations and ACMI operations worldwide.
Mr. David is the managing director and co-founder of FlightGuardian, he is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Safety Management Panel (SMP) and the Accident Investigation Panel (AIGP). He has consulted the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) on rule makings tasks.He is a first officer currently flies the B737 NG / MAX as a First Officer for TUIfly. He has served as member and Vice-Chair of VC’s AAP working group, ECA’s Flight Data working group, IFALPA’s AAP Committee and is currently Vice-Chair of IFALPA’s Safety Management Working Group (SMWG). Trained in Accident and Incident Investigation, Safety Management Systems, Risk Assessment, Threat & Error Management, he is also a Theoretical Knowledge Instructor.
El Khan has been with ICAO from 2006.Holding PhD in aeronautical systems and ICAO safety audit team leader and auditor, Before ICAO held a position of Deputy Director Azerbaijan Air Navigation Services
Mr. Emre Dursun received his master degree from Marmara University, Department of Business Administration in 2006. He joined Redstar Aviation at the same year as an intern and worked for various departments including Operations, Quality and Safety Assurance, Business Development until he was nominated as Accountable Manager for Redstar Aviation in 2013. This career path has given him the chances of understanding and experiencing every ladder of the organization and general aviation industry dynamics. Since 2012, he has been acting as Accountable Manager, CEO and Board Member of Redstar Aviation which is a subisdiary of Gulf Helicopters Company. Having accumulated a total experience of 16 years within business aviation, with special emphasis on air-ambulance and offshore operations, he has been leading the world’s one of the largest private air ambulance organizations.
Held various management roles including the WFP Regional Aviation Safety Unit in the UAE providing oversight in North Africa, Middle East, Asia and Pacific regions, Chief Air Transport Officer in Afghanistan, and Head of aircraft maintenance operations of an airline with 30 regional aircraft flying in various locations in Africa, Middle East and Asia. Well experienced in aviation related safety and operations oversight, managing teams, implementing and managing diverse projects and coordinating emergency response.
Ismael Rhissa Zakary is responsible for the development of long-range business objectives and strategic plans for Pratt and Whitney Canada. His role encompasses identifying and developing Pratt & Whitney Canada new services in Europe, Africa and Middle-east as well as leading range of Aftermarket support activities.
Ismael holds a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) in strategy from Queen's University, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and a Post Graduate degree in Finance and Treasury from McGill University.
National Senior Certificate NS3ICAO Safety ManagementGulf States Safety Management
-Deputy Director General of Training department at EgyptAir Airlines-General Manager of carbon Emissions Mitigation & Offset scheme -Head of the Preparedness and Planning Committee for COP27 for the EgyptAir Holding Company-General Manager of International Air Transport Agreements at the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority
Luca Palermo comes to the SCOA with more than 15 years of experience in Aviation, having served with WFP in HQ, South Sudan,Democratic Republic of Congo,Burkina Faso & Nepal. Before Joining WFP, Luca has worked as pilot and Flight engineer on the Boeing 747 & Sabreliner 65. Since 2020 he has been nominatedght focal point for the Environmental projects within WFP Aviation Service.
Maria joined CAAi in 2011 and was appointed to the position of Managing Director in 2015. Maria is responsible for setting the long-term strategic vision for CAAi and establishing and maintaining senior stakeholder engagement and key partnerships. Maria has over 23 years of experience in the aviation sector and holds MSc in Airports and Air Navigation Services as well as BSc in Aeronautical Engineering.
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
Mr. Gregory Pece is the current Chief, Air Transport Section located under the Logistics Support Division in the Department of Field Support, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY. He is responsible for development of policy for, and oversight of, the DFS United Nations Aviation Programme, comprised of approximately 220 fixed and rotary wing aircraft, as well as nine Unmanned Aircraft Systems, supporting 36 Peace Operations worldwide. The Section provides policy and advice to leadership and member states, as well as the development and maintenance of commercial contracts and military letters of assist, a program which averages on the order of $1 billion USD per annum.
Prior to the UN, Mr. Pece served in the US Air Force, flying both fixed and rotary wing aircraft, in a variety of roles and capacities, accumulating approximately 3,900 hours of flight time as both an instructor and eva
With over 30 years of aviation experience he has held various key post holder positions and is a seasoned Pilot flying multiple aircraft types internationally. Currently he is the Director of Flight Operations for Voyageur Aviation Corp. As the Director of Flight Operations, he is responsible for the safety of flight operations and ensures that air operations are conducted in accordance with the aviation regulations, standards, company policy and Chorus values. He is responsible for compliance with Corporate Safety and Quality SMS Audits for Flight Operations and is responsible for internal oversight of QA programs for the Flight Operations Department. Acting as a liaison with EASA, FAA and TCCA for all matters relating to Flight Operations, he ensures that the Flight Operations standards are continually developed and synchronized.
Mr. Osama has an degree in “Impact of human behaviors on Business” that he obtained from Kingstone Academy, he has various educational degrees in business administration and developement, and he is a professional certified trainer, he was the principal and managed the First Interactive Talk Show (Talker) in the project Stand Up Academy which handle critical behavioral issues in Arabian Society.
Philippe Martou took up his dutiesasDirector of theUNWFP Aviation Services on 01 June 2019, afterservingfor two yearsas Chiefof theWFP EmergencyPreparedness Branch.Philippe movedback to RomeHQafter10yearsasWFP Coordinator andChieffor Eastern DRCandbefore thatfor South & East-Darfur in Sudan. Healso served for WFP in DRC, Afghanistan, Pakistan,Iraq,Nepal, North-East Nigeria,Myanmar, Haiti, the Philippines, Kenya and others, all in an EmergencyResponse role. Philippe joined WFP in 2001 in DRC as Chief Air Transport Officer and moved to HQafter CATO assignments in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Before joining WFP, Philippe totalled more than 5000 Hours on the C130, in severalPeace Keepingand Peace Enforcement Operations, such asThe Gulf War,Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia,Rwanda, Zaire aswell asHumanitarian Airlift and Airdropdeployments such as in,Somalia, South Sudan, Kenya andAngola.Philippe holds a d
Dr. Nicklas has been with the airline since 2007. In this position he has overseen CRM training in a rapidly expanding airline and also driven integration of Human Factors in the organization. Nicklas was previously a researcher and instructor at Lund University School of Aviation in Sweden and still holds a part-time position as Assistant Professor there. His work has mainly focused on safety and Human Factors in aviation, but also areas such as maritime transportation, health care and nuclear industry. His research areas in aviation have been mental workload, training and simulation as well as culture. Nicklas has written research articles and book chapters on Human Factors and CRM as well as delivered invited presentations, lectures and training in more than twenty countries. He is currently part of the ICAO Human Performance Task Force that is rewriting the Human Factors document of
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