Airline Pilot Aviation Expert Witness

Education

Military: Officer’s Commission, Staff College, RCAF Pilot

Civilian: Airline Captain, Flight Operations Management

Languages

English, French

Experience

Management Consultant/President – 1982 to Present

Consultant services performed within private and public sectors on a wide range of projects in aviation planning, business development, finance, technical, inventory-taking and marketing

These projects include, as examples:

Extensive involvement with domestic and international major and regional airlines in flight operations training and standards and business development activities;

Project management as Senior Safety Officer for the Caribbean Airports Project. This CIDA (Canadian Int’l. Development Agency) five year program was multi-disciplinary in nature to develop aviation business and improve aviation safety standards in the region;

Project management, through CIDA, for Thailand in completing a national inventory          of aviation and airline industries;

Consultant services completed for, as examples:

Air Canada, Air Canada Pilots’ Association, Canadian Airline Pilots’
Association, Airline Pilots’ Association (USA), International
Federation of Airline Pilots’ Associations, various US and Canadian law
firms, USAIG (Aviation Insurance Underwriters), International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Air Transport Association
(IATA), National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA), Canadian
Armed Forces, CAE Simulator Manufacturer, Canadian, US and
European operators of corporate/business aircraft.

Marketing – Sales

Aircraft and aircraft support systems sales and marketing service within
the corporate and airline transport industries include the following
activities:

(Past) Canadian representative for Saab Aircraft of America, Inc. for the SF 340;

Corporate aircraft cost-benefit analyses for major Canadian and American corporations;

Sale, finance/lease and implementation service for corporate aircraft manufactured by: Bombardier/Lear, Cessna, Gulfstream, Falcon etc.;

Sale, finance/lease and implementation service for airline aircraft ranging from regional commuters to Boeing 747 types.

Capital Resource Development

Completed the development of networks with established capital resource markets;

Completed business transactions requiring capital and strategic partnerships through these networks based in both private and institutional capital markets in Canada, Europe and the USA.

Arbitration, Mediation & Litigation Specialists

Arbitration, mediation and litigation support (expert witness) for aircraft accidents, incidents and disputes; accident analyses; airline, corporate and general aviation pilot standards and performance analyses; pilot, air traffic controller and cabin crew error evaluations; regulatory compliance and flight operations policy adherence reviews. Consulted for plaintiff and defense attorneys, airlines and aviation insurance underwriters.

1966-2002 – Airline Pilot (Air Canada)

Line Pilot;

Supervisory Pilot/Flight Instructor

1962 – 1966  Royal Canadian Air Force (Pilot)      

Initial Pilot Training 1963-64;

Staff pilot, 405 ASW SQN., RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia 1964-66

Flying Experience Summary:

Total time                         15,000 hours

Multi Engine                      14,000 hours

Jet Transport                              12,000 hours

Instructor                                  5,000 hours

Simulator(s)                             5,000 hours

RCAF                                       2,500 hours

Aircraft Flown:

Chipmunk, Harvard, T-33 Silver Star, Beechcraft 18, DC 3, Neptune, CP107 Argus, Viscount, DC 8, L1011, Boeing 727, Boeing 767, Challenger 600 & 601, Gulfstream III & IV, Citation I, II & III, Falcon 50 & 900, HS 125, various single and twin engine light aircraft.

Membership

Current member: ISASI/CSASI

Air Canada Pilots’ Association (Retired)

Licenses

Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Navigator

Career Chronology – Flying Summary

Jan. 1963 to Nov. 1966: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

Aircraft Flown – Chipmunk, Harvard, T-33, Beechcraft 18, DC 3, Neptune, CP 107 Argus

Responsibilities

Staff Pilot, 405 Anti-Submarine Warfare SQN RCAF Station Greenwood, NS

Flying Hours Accumulated

2,500 hours

Nov. 1966 to May 2002: AIR CANADA

Aircraft Flown – Responsibilities

DC 8: – Models: -54, -55, -61, -63
Second Officer, Navigator, First Officer, Flight Instructor

Viscount:      First Officer

L1011:                    First Officer

Boeing 727:  Captain & Flight Instructor – 5,000 simulator hours

Boeing 767:  Captain

Flying Hours Accumulated  – 12,500 hours

Licenses Held

Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Navigator

1981 – Date:

Management Consultant –  Aircraft Flown

Challenger 600/601/604, Gulfstream III/IV, Citation I/II/III, Falcon 50/900, HS 125, various single and multi engine aircraft.