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About Me

Principal of SRC Aviation, LLC, an established aviation safety consulting firm (www.cockpitexpert.com) providing the highest level of safety management system development, implementation, training as well as aviation operational analysis to organizations worldwide with expertise, detail and client attention second to none. 

Certified Member of A.A.A.E; quailfied SRM Panel Facilitator. Developing Safety Management Systems, SMS training and providing SRM Panel facilitations for Part 139 airports nationwide. 

Consultant team member who co-developed Safety Management System for Airport Division of FAA (ARP); Duties included participation as a Subject Matter Expert; Order chapter co-author (5200.11); FAA Airport Division Implementation Plan co-author; Facilitation of SRM Panel for Norman Y. Mineta International Airport, San Jose; Developer and author of SRMd for Norman Y. Mineta International Airport, San Jose, CA; FAA Airport Division SMS Implementation Guidance contributor; FAA SMS promotional newsletter production, multimedia SMS instructional presentation development. Safety Audit Team Member - Federal Express Maintenance Facility at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 

Over thirty years of dedicated aviation industry experience (primarily in flight operations from air shows to airlines) including two years working with a municipal airport. Eighteen years experience in aviation safety (ten years as an appointed FAA Accident Prevention Counselor); experience in aircraft certification, training, aviation instructional design and procedure development; 

RTCA SC203 Committee Member; Safety Management System (SMS) policy and procedural development for UAV operations; Federal Advisory Committee who's recommendations are used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the basis for policy, program, and regulatory decisions and by the private sector as the basis for development, investment and other business decisions

ATP (four type ratings), CFI/CFII/MEI/AGI/IGI and over 17,000 flight hours in domestic and international flight operations;  Certificate in Aviation Safety & Security - University of Southern California, (Viterbi School of Engineering); B.S. Regents College; Advanced Panel Facilitation Training (exceeding FAA ARP SMS Implementation Guidance); FAA ATO Safety Risk Management (SRM) Course. 

Full Member of International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI), Certified Member-AAAE; American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics; Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Int’l, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association;