Mads, currently based in Singapore, has a background in law having worked as a solicitor in London before joining the Airbus legal department in Toulouse, where he held various positions over a 20-year period including Head of Litigation Regulatory Affairs for Airbus Commercial Aircraft. The latter position included all legal aspects of product safety. Most recently Mads was Airbus COO Asia-Pacific responsible for managing Airbus’ international activities and footprint in the region.
Prior to joining the Asia-Pacific management team, Mads worked within Airbus’ Digital Transformation Office, where he headed up Operations for Skywise, a leading commercial aviation data platform. Prior to that, he led teams directly for the Chief Technology Officer for the Airbus Group, including governmental partnerships for strategy, technology scouting and management of the group’s expert community.
Mads is a Danish citizen. He holds a BSc and MSc in Finance and Commercial Law from Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, and Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales.
He speaks Danish, English, French and German.
Based in Australia, Michael (AKA Mic) is an ex-RAF/RAAF Senior Officer and Experimental Test Pilot. He has command experience in numerous areas of aviation including, regional and international short-haul, wide-body long-haul, corporate and general aviation in addition to operational military roles. After graduating from Empire Test Pilot School, he has been engaged in aircraft design, flight test of large aircraft and fast-jets. He has also been involved in various areas of training. Upon leaving the military, Mic has held various senior management positions within airline operations and has latterly been Head of Flight Operations for Airbus Asia-Pacific, followed by Airbus Director of Safety for SE Asia. Whilst at Airbus, he supported operators in refining their operational and safety standards, provided operational and safety guidance to airline senior management and the various National Aviation Authorities within the Asia-Pacific Region.
Mic has a wide-ranging experience of most aspects of aviation and has become a reference in training, human factors and safety leadership. He holds ATPLs from UK, USA, NZ, Australia plus various other nations, a BTECH (Hons) and is a graduate of Empire Test Pilot School.
Mic holds British and Australian nationality and currently resides in SE Queensland, Australia.
Investigation into the cause of an accident generally exposes a latent risk as a contributor. We have unprecedented experience from a world-class team of experts who can identify and address weaknesses within a safety system.
Highly experienced pilots, engineers and managers left aviation during the COVID pandemic resulting in the loss of much experience. Revenues nose-dived and financial constraints resulted in neglect of safety systems.
Compliance to standards and regulations alone is no longer sufficient given the dilution of experience within the industry. A safety system must be taken in its entirety. Safety leadership should be considered an organisational issue and actively promoted at all working levels in order to develop an effective safety culture.
Our team's experience enables us to provide a comprehensive means to identify hazards and risk for aircraft stakeholders. Beyond merely meeting regulations and certification to standards, we examine the entire safety system.
Our impartial evaluations will remain confidential and benefit insurance underwriters, aircraft operators, lessors, and financiers.
FSC Partners will identify areas of latent or systemic risk within an organisation. Additionally, we will look at the impact of the Client’s future operational plans and the impact on future risk.
All, or some, of the following activities may be relevant:
Necessary preparation to fully understand the nature of the Client’s business model and potential areas that need consideration.
To review the operational system and safety leadership.
A confidential closing report will be provided with debrief on any matters of perceived urgency.
If required, FSC Partners can provide, oversee or be fully engaged in a corrective action plan.
Training standards diminishing as a result of reduced experience within operators training departments
Reduced numbers of experienced and qualified personnel across the industry
Increased workload of personnel in safety-critical functions
Reduced safety oversight across the industry
Poor conduct during non-revenue flights including delivery and post-maintenance test flights
We offer the benefit of a multi-disciplinary team of globally recognised and experienced aviation executives.
All members of the team assigned to a client task will have relevant previous experience.
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