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Senior Aviation CRM, Human factor and Safety Expert resume (pdf format)

Frank Caron

 

 

Competencies synopsis
Aviation experiences
Flying time
Aviation qualifications
Other aviation training certificates
Aviation safety and human factors consultancies experiences

Human Factors research groups member
Aviation CRM instruction experiences
Aviation researches management
Aviation lectures and seminar
Aviation publications
Aviation research reports
Flying clubs experiences
Education
Languages


Competencies Synopsis
Operational
aviation
  • Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department B737NG Commercial Pilot
  • ICAO B737 Airline Pilot
  • JAA Experienced Tuboprop Commercial Pilot
  • JAA Experienced Flight Instructor [FI(A)/CRI(A) ME/IRI(A)]
  • JAA Experienced Flight Examiner
  • Expert level English Language Proficiency (ICAO level 6)
Organisational
aviation
  • Air Safety manager (15 years)
  • CRM manager and consultant (15 years)
  • Accidents prevention expert
  • Operations Manager
  • Assistant Training Manager
  • Creation and installation of a training organisation
  • Hiring pilots, cabin attendants, engineers
Human Factors
in aviation
  • Human Factors consultant (15 years)
  • Manager, Human Factors
  • Human factors research groups member (DGAC, AIRBUS)
  • Aviation Safety seminar member
  • Aviation accidents researcher (with DGAC)
Human
Sciences
  • PhD in Cognitive Psychology
  • Behaviour assessment and evaluation
  • Examination assessment and evaluation
  • Human errors
Lecturing
and
Teaching
  • 25 years of multiple training /teaching/lecturing experiences
  • Tenured Assistant Professor in University (13 years)
    • Psychology
    • Statistics
    • Computing
  • Researches in aviation safety, accidents, human factors, mental maps, etc.) (7 years)
  • Aeronautic
    • Flight and ground instructor
    • CRM and Human factors
    • Aviation safety
  • Pedagogy/education
  • Sports
  • Management, organization, administration
  • Computing
Management,
Organisation
Administration
  • Interviews and meetings techniques
  • Problem solving
  • Hiring personnels
  • Coach for the France Air Rally National team
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Aviation experiences
2-2007
to date
Hong Kong Airlines Ltd., Hong Kong SAR.
Senior FO B737NG,
Scheduled and charter international flights throughout Asia,
Manager Human Factors, I developped the Company Resources Management Program for every department involved in airline operations,
IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) coordinator, preparing the company for the IPV (IOSA Preparation Visit).
2-2006
11-2006

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd., Hong Kong SAR.
Manager Air Safety, responsibilities concerned , Ramp, Cargo and Cabin Crew Safety, including the management of the company incidents database and the development of the company safety medias,
The Dragonair Experience... (coming soon)

7-2005
1-2007

Fox Juliet Formation, Ancenis, France.
Project leader: c
reation, installation and operation of an experimental Flight Training Organisation,
Chief Flight Instructor and Check Airman,
Providing ground school and flight instruction for
pilots.

6-2001
7-2005
Angers-Marcé flying club, Marcé, France.
FI(A), FE(A)
Provided professional ground and flight instruction for pilots,
Responsibilities Included check airman duties, human factors and CRM training courses, english phraseology and night courses and ratings.
9-2000
12-2002

R-Lines, Marcé, France.
Captain BE1900D, Scheduled flights throughout France and Europe on the Régional-Air France network,
CRM Manager: creation, installation, operation and management of the CRM training department; I developped all the company CRM training courses,
Flight Safety Manager
: including , installation, operation and management of the Flight Safety department; I developped the company flight safety program,
Assistant Training Manager
as Line check Airman on Beech 1900D,
Part of the team hiring cabin attendants and office workers.
(Testimonials)

3-2000
5-2001
UTA Le Chesnay flying club, Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole, France.
FI(A)
Provided professional ground and flight instruction for pilots
4-2000
9-2000
Taxi Air Fret, Toussus-le-Noble, France.
First Officer BE90-BE99, scheduled and charter international cargo flights throughout Europe,
Operations Manager in charge of the company daily operations,
Assistant Training Manage
r,
I wrote the company flight safety program,
Part of the team hiring pilots.
8-1999
3-2000
L'Estuaire flying club, Saint-Nazaire, France.
FI(A)
Provided professional ground and flight instruction for pilots
7-1999
3-2000
Air Bretagne, Vannes, France.
First Officer King Air 100-200 (scheduled and charter international flights throughout France and Europe),
Crew Resource Management Manager: creation, installation, operation and management the CRM training department; I wrote all the company CRM training courses,
Assistant Flights Safety Manager
: creation, installation, operation and management the Flight Safety department; I wrote the whole company flight safety program,
Part of the team hiring mechanics.
(Testimonials)
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Flying time
6100
3900
1200
2200

Total hours
PIC
Jet
Turboprop

1200
1550
635
Boeing 737
Beech 1900D
Beech 90/99/100/200
3400
3200
4050 1700
Multipilot
EFIS
Instrument
Instructing
3900
2120
Multi-engine
Single engine
 
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Aviation qualifications
Licenses and type rating Instructor ratings
  HKCAD CPL license & Type rating B737 NG (p1, p2)   JAA FI(A) / CRI(A) ME / IRI(A)
  FAA ATP license & Type Rating B737   FAA FOI
  JAA license CPL(A) / IR(A) / ME(A)   FAA AGI
  JAA frozen ATPL In French only    
  Ultra Light Motorized License In French only    
 
Attestations and authorizations Medicals
  JAA Flight Examiner authorization - FE(A) In French only   FAA class 1 (validity 06 December 2008)
  MCC   JAA class 1 (validity 11 June 2008)
  USA Radiotelephone Operator Permit   HKCAD class 1 (validity 30 June 2009)
  English Level Proficiency (Expert level, ICAO level 6)    

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Other aviation training certificates
  JAA ATPL Air law In French only
  JAA Airline Pilot English language In French only
  JAA ATPL Operational Procedures In French only
  JAA ATPL Human Factors In French only
 

Aircraft Accident Prevention Expert, including:

  Conceiving and steering an aviation accident prevention programme,
Human factors in the prevention and investigation process,
Witness interview techniques,
Problems solving and decision making techniques
.
  Flight Safety Officer
  Aircraft Accident Investigator
  EAAP/JRC Course on Accident Investigation

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Aviation safety and human factors consultancies experiences
1997
2006

Consultant in Human Factors and Aviation Safety, French Institute for Aviation Safety, Paris, France.
Training different people (pilots, newly appointed FSO or different levels managers) from the aviation industry. 50% were French and 50% from all other part of the world. Therefore, I train in French and in English,
Courses covers different areas of knowledge related to human factors et aviation safety.
(Testimonials)

2004
Consultant in Human Factors and Safety, Helicopter safe operation: Training program for Indian Helicopter Operator, The European Union-India Civil Aviation Project, AIRCO, DGCA, New Delhi, India.

2001
2005

Human factors consultant in general aviation, Angers-Marcé flying club, Aéroport d’Angers-Marcé, France.
2000
Human factors consultant in general aviation, UTA Le Chesnay flying club, Aérodrome de Saint-Cyr-l'École, France.
1998
2001
Physical and mental coach for the France Air Rally team, Fédération Nationale Aéronautique, Paris, France.
1995
Human Factors consultant in aviation, Diplôme Universitaire Aéronautique , Université Paris VIII, France.
1994
Human Factors consultant in general aviation, les Alcyons flying club, Aérodrome de Saint-Cyr-l'École, France.
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Human factors research groups member
1993
1998
Human Factors Group, DGAC, SFACT, Paris, France
Member as a researcher
Research analysing fives years of aircrafts accidents and incidents
1993
1998
Human Factors Network, AIRBUS Industries, Flight Operations Support Department, France
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Aviation CRM Instruction Experiences
2008

Human Factors Manager, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong SAR.
I developped in house Company CRM program for every department involved in airline operations.

2002
CRM consultant, ORION, Lognes, France.
I developed the course for Recurrent training and checking CRM (JAR-OPS 1.965) for cockpit crew AirJet Company.
2000
2002
CRM Manager, R-Lines S.A., Angers-Marcé, France.
I developed the Initial operator’s CRM (JAR-OPS 1.943), and CRM for Recurrent training and checking (JAR-OPS 1.965).
I organized the courses and trained the 60 cockpit crews.
These training were approved by the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC).
1999
2000
CRM Manager, Air Bretagne, Vannes, France.
I developed the Initial operator’s CRM (JAR-OPS 1.943).
I organized the courses and trained the 25 cockpit crews.
The training was approved by the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC).
1992
1994
CRM consultant, Dedale, Roissy Charles de Gaulle, France.
I trained ALL the Air France ATPL TRE/TRI. It was the first time a CRM was given in France.
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Aviation researches management

Laetitia Gueydan, How general aviation pilots sense of safety influences their decisions, Cognitive Psychology Master, Université Paris X Nanterre, 1997.In French only

Laetitia Bestit and Pierre Naquet, Human factors and general aviation pilots, Cognitive Psychology Master, Université Paris X Nanterre, 1997.In French only

Florent Delaroque, How general aviation pilots represent the risks ?, Working Psychology Master, Université Paris X Nanterre, 1996.In French only

Lien Wioland, Errors recovery by Air force fighters, with CERMA, Cognitive Psychology Graduate Studies, Université René Descartes, 1994, (classified).In French only

Virginie Wicker, Flight management systems ergonomics, with Sextant Avionique, Cognitive Psychology Graduate Studies,, Université René Descartes, 1994.In French only

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Aviation lectures and seminars

Glider Accidents in France from 1989 to 1993, XXV Congress of the International Scientific and Technical Organisation for Soaring Flight, Training and Safety Sessions, Saint-Auban sur Durance, 3-11 July 1997.

Gliders accidents from 1989 to 1993, Congrès de l’Association des Professions de Santé Vélivoles, Vinon, 3-8 June 1996. In French only

Human error in glider accidents and incidents: undertsanding and acting , La relation homme-machine, Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace, Paris, 25 June 1997. In French only

Gliders accidents from 1989 to 1993: Introduction and methodology, DGAC, SFACT, Groupe de Suivi Facteurs Humains, September 1995. In French only

Glider Accidents from 1989 to 1993, Fédération Française de Vol à Voile, Training and safety seminar, Institut National des Sports et de l’Éducation Physique, Vincennes, 11-12 January 1997. In French only

Glider accidents in France from 1989 to 1993: the part of the pilot, XXV Congress of the International Scientific and Technical Organisation for Soaring Flight, Training and Safety sessions, Saint-Auban sur Durance, 3-11 July 1997.

How to prevent the human part within glider accidents, Académie de l'Air et de l’Espace, Pôle Léonard de Vinci, Paris, 25 June 1997.


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Aviation publications

A practical research example: gliders accidents , in A. Weil-Barais (Ed.) Méthodes en Psychologie, Collection Grand Amphi, Chapitre 10C, 344-349, 1997. In French only

Gliders accidents prevention , in La relation Homme-Machine dans l’aéronautique, Les Forums, Académie Nationale de l’Air et de l’Espace, teknea, Toulouse, 119-126, 1998. In French only

Gliders accidents analysis , Vol à Voile Magazine, 1994. In French only

Some propositions to increase soaring safety , Revue interne de la Fédération Française de Vol à Voile, 1997. In French only


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Aviation research reports

Glider accidents from 1989 to 1993, Final Report, DGAC, SFACT, 1st June 1994 agreement, 2 vol., 240 p. In French only

Caron, F., Engelhart, D. & Rolland J.-P., Preliminary report based on the interviews with the French Nuclear Strategic Air Command servicemen on the airbases 118 (Mont-de-Marsan) and 116 (Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur), Strategic Air Forces Human Factors program, March 1997, (classified). In French only


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Flying club memberships
2001
2006
Angers-Marcé flying club, Marcé, France.
FI(A), FE(A)
A/C types:C150, C152, C172, PA28, Robin DR400-180
Responsibilities included single pilot CRM and human factors training courses, Aeronautical English training courses
1999
2000

L’Estuaire flying club, Saint-Nazaire, France.
FI(A)
A/C types: Robin DR400-120

1999
2002
UTA le Chesnay flying club, Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole, France.
FI(A)
A/C types: Robin DR 221, DR360, C172

Responsibilities included providing single pilot CRM and human factors training courses
1994
1995
André Thébot flying club, Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole, France.
A/C types: C172, C172RG, C182RG
1989
1996
Les Alcyons flying club, Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole, France.
PPL and night qualification rating
A/C types: Robin DR221, DR400 120-160-180, PA28

Management Board member (1991 to 1996)
I organised flying cultural exchanges with GA planes to the Czech Republic, Denmark and Norway.
Responsibilities included providing single pilot CRM and human factors training courses
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Education
  Cognitive Psychology PhD In French only
  Clinical psychology master certificate In French only
  Information Technology and Data Analysis master certificate In French only
  General psychophysiology and nervous system psychophysiology master certificates In French only

 

 

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Languages
English: Spoken, read, written
French: Mother tongue
German: College degree
Czech, Italian & Spanish: Beginer
Mandarin: Beginer

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