Aircraft accidents result when the "error chain" is not broken. Air Force studies have indicated that on average there are seven opportunities to stop an accident from occurring. Typically, some combination of events involving weather, aeronautical decision making (ADM), maintenance, aircraft / systems / avionics / propulsion design and limitations, operating procedures, adequacy of aircraft flight manual (AFM), training, human factors including pilot workload and cockpit design features, physiological issues and the adequacy of FAA regulatory requirements and policy come into play and contribute to the accident. Our mission is to provide our clients with the relevant and reliable testimony (i.e. expert witness) needed to assess exactly what factors contributed to the cause of the accident. And as part of that process, ascertaining your strengths and weaknesses as it relates to the factors involved in the accident as well as that of opposing counsel.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A:
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Northrop University
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of Dayton
MBA, Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Graduate, USAF Test Pilot School, Class 78B
ATP with DC10, MD11 and Lear Jet Type Ratings; Flight Engineer Turbojet; Flight Instructor (Gold Seal) airplanes and instrument single and multiengine land; commercial airplane single and multiengine land and sea
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A:
Society of Experimental Test Pilots
> 50th Anniversary Symposium Chairman
Society of Flight Test Engineers
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
> Session Chairman, several conferences
American Bar Association (Associate Member)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: USAF Academy, Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics ~ taught aerospace engineering to include flight mechanics, aircraft performance, flying qualities, flight test, stability and control, control system analysis, autopilot and flight control system design and aerodynamics
National Test Pilot School ~ manager of their FAA program to provide initial and recurrent training to FAA test pilots and flight test engineers teaching regulatory compliance, STC & TC process; flight test techniques and theory.
Embry Riddle Aeronautical Institute, Randolph AFB, TX - taught aircraft systems, aviation management in their masters program.
Given approximately 20 presentations at FAA symposiums dealing with dive testing aircraft, vibration and buffet and regulatory compliance in Seattle, Anchorage, LA, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Fort Worth and Wichita.
Gave presentation at University of Quebec, Montreal on use of statistics in flight testing.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No.
