VOLCANIC ASH THREE YEARS ON HAVE THE LESSONS FOR AVIATION BEEN LEARNT? A BRITISH AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION EVENT 15 TH OCTOBER 2013 KINDLY SPONSORED BY HOLMAN FENWICK WILLAN 65 CRUTCHED FRIARS, LONDON EC3N 2AE Dr Barry Humphreys, Chairman, British Air Transport Association Barry Humphreys has a Ph.D. in Air Transport Economics from the University of Leeds. He spent much of his early career with the UK Civil Aviation Authority, becoming Head of Air Services Policy, a member of the Senior Management Group. In 1995, he was appointed Director of External Affairs and Route Development at Virgin Atlantic Airways, where he had a wide range of responsibilities. He retired from Virgin Atlantic in 2009. In addition to being Non-Executive Chairman of the British Air Transport Association, Barry is a Board Member of the Airline Group and of NATS, the UK air traffic control provider. His charitable work includes being a Trustee of the Loomba Foundation, which cares for widows and orphans in India and elsewhere, and Chairman of the Advisory Board and Trustee of Airlink, an aviation-related charity assisting with humanitarian aid. He is also actively involved in academic and consultancy work. Giles Kavanagh, Head of Aerospace, HFW Giles heads the global Aerospace practice at HFW, co-ordinating the activities of the team through offices in London, Brussels, Paris, Dubai, Singapore, Hong-Kong and Sao Paulo. Giles advises and acts for airlines and business jet operators in litigation, regulatory and commercial matters and for their insurers on incidents and accidents arising under operators' aviation liability programmes. He has acted in relation to a number of major airline losses. Giles is recognised as a leader in aviation in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK Legal Directory. He is a former Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society's Air Law Group Committee. David McMillan, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Flight Safety Foundation. He was Director General of Eurocontrol from 2008 to 2012, during the period of the volcanic eruptions in Iceland. His tenure saw the reorganising and repositioning of the Agency and he secured mandates for Eurocontrol as the EU Network Manager and on ATM Performance Review. David was UK Director General of Civil Aviation in 2004-2007, and as Vice-President of ECAC, when he led on the environment for Europe at ICAO Assemblies. Other notable posts were as Transport Secretary in the British Embassy in Washington DC; and leading on the establishment of the NATS PPP.
David McMillan, cont d David joined the Board of Gatwick Airport earlier this year and is a member of the JAATO s Advisory Panel. David started his career in the UK Diplomatic Service, serving in Morocco and Zimbabwe. He has a Master s degree from Edinburgh University and is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Transport and the Royal Aeronautical Society. Dr Sue Loughlin has been Head of Volcanology at the British Geological Survey since 2008. She leads a multidisciplinary team of scientists addressing different aspects of volcano science from volcano monitoring and volcanic processes to volcanic risk and communication. Dr Loughlin worked at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory as Deputy Chief Scientist between 1997 and 1999 and then as Director from 2004 to 2006. She was co-organiser of the 2010 IUGG-WMO workshop on volcanic ash dispersal and civil aviation in Geneva. Current projects include: the NERC-funded Global Volcano Model, a NERC-funded consortium VANAHEIM (Volcanic and Atmospheric Near- to far-field Analysis of plumes HElping Interpretation and Modelling) and the EU-funded FUTUREVOLC consortium. Tricia Hayes, Director General Civil Aviation, DfT Tricia Hayes was appointed Director of Aviation in the UK Department for Transport in August 2013. She is responsible for all aspects of domestic and international aviation policy, including aviation security. Tricia first joined the Department for Transport in 1987, since when she has worked on almost all modes of transport, including rail, road, aviation and sustainable travel issues. At Director level, she has held a variety of roles principally on roads and motoring issues. She has also been responsible for freight and logistics policy, and has led the Department s relationship with Transport for London. Her previous aviation experience included a three year spell on loan to the FCO to run the Transport desk in the British Embassy in Washington. She has also held posts in Ministerial Private Offices, and spent two years working with Jonathon Porritt setting up the multisectoral Sustainable Development Commission. Tricia is originally from Northern Ireland, and is married with three children. Professor Roderick A Smith, FREng, ScD, Chief Scientific Advisor, DfT Following a Student Apprenticeship with the David Brown Corporation, and engineering degrees from Oxford and Cambridge, Rod Smith has spent the major part of his career at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield and Imperial College London. He has been Head of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering at both Sheffield and Imperial. His major research interest, arising from his Cambridge PhD, has been the fatigue of metals. Latterly he has been involved in Railway Engineering, for which he has (uniquely) held two successive Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chairs. He has had significant industrial involvement throughout his career, in the form of contacts, research contracts and consultancies. Latterly he has been involved in transport more widely, and in sustainable development, energy generation and risk. He has published extensively on a wide range of topics and is frequently in demand as an expert witness in engineering matters. He is currently Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Transport, Visiting Professor at several Universities in the UK including Oxford, and others in China and Japan. He was the 126 th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2011-12. Rod is a keen skier and mountaineer, a member of the Alpine and Arctic Clubs.
Dr Matthew Hort is the Head of the Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Quality research team at the Met Office. The team is responsible for research and development of both NAME (Numerical Atmospheric-dispersion Modelling Environment) and AQUM (Air Quality in the Unified Model) which are the two main atmospheric dispersion and air quality forecast models used at the Met Office, NAME being the model used by the Met Office for research and forecasting in response to volcanic ash, radiological, chemical and biological accidents. Matthew obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering before completing a PhD in computational fluid dynamics. Following this he undertook research into wind tunnel modelling of dispersion around and in the vicinity of buildings at ENFLO, University of Surrey. This work lead to links with the Met Office which he joined in 1999. Since joining the Met Office he has worked on NAME development and the use and application of dispersion modelling to emergency response situations. During the Icelandic eruptions of 2010 and 2011 and the Japanese Nuclear accident of 2011 he played a lead role in the development and provision of scientific advice and forecast products including to the UK government, Industry and international bodies. Matthew sits on a number of national and international advisory groups as an expert in dispersion modelling. RORY CLARKSON BEng PhD MIMechE CEng Capability Lead, Engine Environmental Protection, Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Rory has 25 years of experience as an engineer, working in the nuclear power, automotive, engineering software and aerospace sectors. For the last 16 working he has worked for Rolls-Royce in a variety of roles. Since mid-2010 he has led the Rolls-Royce team responsible for ensuring jet engines can operate satisfactorily in the extreme environments they might reasonable encounter. Part of this role has involved being Rolls-Royce s technical authority on the impact volcanic ash has on jet engines. Harry Nelson, Executive Operational Advisor to Product Safety, Airbus Harry Nelson is now the Executive Operational Advisor to Product Safety at Airbus. With an early background as a military pilot, he has about 10,000 flying hours which involved flying over 75 different aircraft types in two main fields - Training and Flight Test. He graduated from the RAF Central Flying School in 1967 and the Empire Test Pilots School in 1974. After working as an industry test pilot for BAe at several manufacturers sites, he finally retired from flying all the Airbus types in 2012 to take up his new post in Safety. He is a specialist in pilot related Human Factors and was involved, on behalf of Airbus, with the initial response to the eruption of EYJAFJALLA. Cpt. John Monks, Head of Aviation Safety, British Airways Captain John Monks started his career in aviation after gaining a place on the British Airways Sponsored Cadet Scheme in December 1989, graduating in April 1991. After 8 years as a co-pilot on the 737-200 in Manchester he joined the Management team in a project based role. Following the closure of the Manchester base in 2002, he moved to LHR, continuing to operate the 737 and became Flight Manager Pilot Recruitment. In this role he was responsible for the recruitment strategy and delivery of New Entrant Pilots from all backgrounds into British Airways. In October 2005 he converted on to the 757/767 and qualified as a TRI/TRE before gaining his Command. Following the cessation of recruitment in October 2008, he moved into the role of Flight Training Manager on the 757/767 fleet where he was responsible for pilot and instructor performance on the fleet. It was in this role that he became involved in the volcanic ash challenges.
Cpt. John Monks, Cont d November 2011 saw him move into a new role as Training Regulation and Development Manager. This role had responsibility for the regulatory compliance of training policy and the development of training strategy in British Airways. Development of cost effective training systems and methodologies that enhanced instructor and flight crew performance, from abinitio stage and beyond formed a significant part of this role. Responsibility for BA operations in areas of volcanic ash activity was a significant part of this role. December 2012 brought a new role as Head of Aviation Safety for British Airways. This role leads, supports and facilitates the development of Safety culture across the organisation working closely with the Flight Operations, Operations and Engineering Directorates. Safety reporting and investigation of major incidents also sits within this team. Cpt. Andy Thorington, GM of Flight Technical, Thomas Cook Airlines Andy is a graduate from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne where he studied Biochemistry and Microbiology. He joined the RAF as a pilot and served nine years flying VC10 and HS125 aircraft. In 1995 Andy joined Excalibur airways as a First Officer on the A320 and has flown Airbus aircraft ever since. He is currently a captain and Type Rating Instructor on the A320/1 and A330 Airbus family of aircraft. Andy joined the airline management team in 2003 and is currently the General Manager Flight Technical for Thomas Cook Airlines. His remit includes Flight Operations Safety and Regulatory compliance, crew Standard Operating Procedures and departmental Quality processes (amongst others...). Andy has been involved in the VAAG since its inception; he also participates in the EASA Rule Making Group on Performance Based Navigation, the CAA 'Significant Seven' working group on CFIT and a consortium, under the EUROCONTROL ARIES efficiency initiative, to develop PBN airspace improvements in the Canary Islands. Sue Barham, Holman Fenwick Willan Sue is a partner in the aerospace team at Holman Fenwick Willan LLP and handles regulatory and liability work for the aerospace sector. In the regulatory sector, she focuses particularly on EU aviation regulations and her practice encompasses both economic and safety regulation. She acts for manufacturers, airlines, airports, regulatory authorities, aviation insurers, tour operators and industry associations. Sue lectures regularly on regulatory matters, aviation liability, international safety conventions, passenger rights and product liability. She is recommended in Chambers and other leading legal publications. Sue is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and sits on the RAeS Air Law Group Committee. Martin Rolfe, Managing Director Operations, NATS Martin was appointed Managing Director of Operations on 19 March 2012. He is responsible for delivering NATS en-route business, employing 3700 staff and providing a 24/7 air navigation service for the London and Scottish Flight Information Region and Terminal airspaces as well as the North Atlantic airspace, handling 2.2m flights per year. Previously Martin worked for the Lockheed Martin Corporation where he was Managing Director of the UK Civil business, reporting to the UK CEO. In this role Martin was responsible for all Lockheed Martin business with UK government departments, as well as international air traffic business worldwide. Martin s career started with the European Space Agency working in orbital mechanics. Since then Martin has worked in the Air Traffic Management domain for 18 years across a number of companies leading large multinational teams across Europe, the US, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Far East, with customers including air navigation service providers, central government departments and military organisations. Martin holds a Master s Degree with Merit in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton.
Bo Redeborn, Principal Director Air Traffic Management, EUROCONTROL Bo started his training as an Air Traffic Controller at the Swedish ATS Academy in 1972 and was subsequently employed by the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority. Within this organisation he later took up managerial functions with increasing responsibility. He joined EUROCONTROL in February 2004 as Director ATM Strategies and was appointed to his current position as Principal Director ATM on 1 st January 2011. He is responsible for overseeing the organisation s ATM policy and development and for managing high level strategic relations with key ATM partners. He also heads the Directorate of SESAR and Research which encompasses the activities delivering EUROCONTROL s contribution to the SESAR Joint Undertaking Work Programme. Andrew Haines, CEO, Civil Aviation Authority The Civil Aviation Authority is the UK's specialist aviation regulator responsible for safety, economic regulation of airports and national air traffic, licensing of airlines and tour operators and oversight of airspace. Protecting the interests of UK consumers and citizens is the sole reason for its existence. Andrew Haines is the first Chief Executive, appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport following the recommendations of Sir Joseph Pilling. He joined the CAA after a wide-ranging career in the rail industry. As Managing Director of South West Trains, he led the company to becoming Train Operator of the Year before heading up the Rail Division for First Group plc, which became Britain's largest and most profitable train operating business. He is currently learning to fly when the weather permits. Simon Buck, Chief Executive, British Air Transport Association (BATA) Simon began his career in the Department for Transport. After holding various roles both in Westminster and the regions, he served as private secretary to the Minister for Aviation and also within the Department s Civil Aviation Directorate before leaving to help make the Department more efficient to take up the role of External Affairs Manager at Air 2000. He was subsequently promoted as Group Head of Industry Affairs at First Choice Holidays plc. After a short stint outside the industry working as head of public relations for a leading general qualifications awarding body, Simon was appointed Chief Executive of BATA in July 2010.