beerdrinker
8th Jan 2010, 05:46
CAA Press Release:
"The Secretary of State for Transport has appointed Gretchen Burrett as a member of the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). She will take over as Group Director, Safety Regulation on 1 April 2010.
Ms Burrett is an internationally recognised expert in human factors in safety-critical systems. She is respected throughout the aviation industry for her knowledge and leadership of safety performance improvement. She trained with the US Air Force and developed expertise in human factors and safety management in the defence industry before joining NATS in 2000, where she is currently Group Director of Safety, a position she has held since April 2006.
As Group Director Safety Regulation at the CAA, Ms Burrett’s key tasks will include contributing to the continuous improvement of international safety standards in aviation and ensuring that CAA standards are achieved in a co-operative and cost-effective manner. The appointment is for four years and will initially be at a salary of £180,000 per year."
Any controllers out there care to comment on what she was like in NATS.
Intresting that we now have in charge of Flight Ops in the CAA what the Military would call a Blunty. I wonder how much experiance she has of actually AVIATING
"The Secretary of State for Transport has appointed Gretchen Burrett as a member of the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). She will take over as Group Director, Safety Regulation on 1 April 2010.
Ms Burrett is an internationally recognised expert in human factors in safety-critical systems. She is respected throughout the aviation industry for her knowledge and leadership of safety performance improvement. She trained with the US Air Force and developed expertise in human factors and safety management in the defence industry before joining NATS in 2000, where she is currently Group Director of Safety, a position she has held since April 2006.
As Group Director Safety Regulation at the CAA, Ms Burrett’s key tasks will include contributing to the continuous improvement of international safety standards in aviation and ensuring that CAA standards are achieved in a co-operative and cost-effective manner. The appointment is for four years and will initially be at a salary of £180,000 per year."
Any controllers out there care to comment on what she was like in NATS.
Intresting that we now have in charge of Flight Ops in the CAA what the Military would call a Blunty. I wonder how much experiance she has of actually AVIATING