About Me

I am Dr Jay Nagy, an aerospace engineer and visiting academic with leading expertise in the field of system safety engineering. My research focuses on safety-critical systems, notably, accident causation theories and novel approaches to safety investigations.

Within the framework of my doctoral thesis, I led an international research project that revisited major test flight accidents during non-routine flight operations. Our results confirmed that test flying the latest generation of commercial jet airplanes poses a significantly higher safety risk than routine airline sectors, including fatalities, serious injuries, and hull losses.

Education

▶︎ PhD in Cognitive Systems Engineering ⏐ University of Southern Queensland ⏐ 2017 - 2024

▶︎ Master's in Aeronautical Engineering ⏐ Technical University of Budapest ⏐ 1991 - 1996

Career Highlights

▷ Associate Director - System Safety ⏐ XKG c/o Department of Defence ⏐ 🇦🇺

▷ Senior Expert - Airline Operations ⏐ Airbus - Architecture and Integration ⏐ 🇫🇷 🇩🇪

▷ Senior Manager - A330-MRTT Program ⏐ Qantas c/o Department of Defence ⏐ 🇦🇺 🇪🇸

▷ Principal Engineer (DER) ⏐ Boeing Regional Field Service Center ⏐ 🇦🇺 🇮🇩

▷ Technical Director - Chief Engineer ⏐ Lufthansa Technik ⏐ 🇭🇺 🇩🇪 🇮🇪

▷ Airframe and Test Flight Engineer ⏐ Lockheed Martin International ⏐ 🇭🇺 🇺🇸

Affiliations

▶︎ International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI)

▶︎ Australian Aviation Psychology Association (AAvPA)

Contact

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