Non-routine Flight Operations

Background

Non-routine flying is a broader operational category that includes positioning and ferry flights, training flights, customer demonstrations, end-of-lease, and maintenance check flights. My doctoral research study focused on the safety of post-maintenance test flight operations.

Interim Results

My thesis generated new insights into major test flight accidents and a new grounded theory about accident causation. The study also uncovered critical adaptive failures in human-machine interactions that challenge current design assumptions and system architectures.

Current Focus

My current activity focuses on extending the research scope to other types of Non-routine Flight Operations and lower MTOW classes (e.g. commercial turboprop and business jet airplanes) that were excluded from the original study.

Supervised Research

Yes, student research projects are available upon request. if you would like to discuss your proposal, please send me a short introduction via email.