Startle Effect (SKYclip)
Startle Effect (SKYclip)
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Acknowledgements
Production of this SKYclip was led by Michael Gillen supported by EUROCONTROL and industry safety experts as well as the Flight Safety Foundation European Advisory Committee.
Contributors
Sasa Ubovic
Tzvetomir Blajev
Tzvetomir Blajev is the Operational Safety Coordinator at EUROCONTROL HQ in Brussels. He is co-chair of Safety Improvement Subgroup (SISG), Chair of Flight Safety Foundation European Advisory Committee and Member of the Flight Safety Foundation Board of Governors. Before joining EUROCONTROL in 2001 he worked for BULATSA as the Head of Safety and ACC/APP radar controller. Tzvetomir earned a Master degree in Aeronautical Engineering and MBA.
Michael Gillen
Dr. Michael Gillen is a Captain and Line Check Airman on the B737 with United Airlines. He has also held positions at United Airlines as Manager of Command Development Programs; Head of New Hire Pilot Hiring; Head of Captain Upgrade and CRM programs. Michael holds type ratings in the A320, B737, and B777. He served as the head instructor pilot in the B777 and B737. He successfully completed his Ph.D. in Aerospace Science at the University of North Dakota with a dissertation focusing on startle effect and mitigation techniques. Michael has a Masters of Science degree in Human Factors from the University of North Dakota.
Ed Pooley
Captain Ed Pooley is an Air Operations Safety Adviser with over 30 years of experience as an airline pilot including significant periods as a Check/Training Captain and as an Accident/Incident Investigator. He was Head of Safety Oversight for a large, short-haul airline operation for over 10 years where his team was responsible for independent monitoring of all aspects of operational safety.
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