Stanislaw Drozdowski is a Senior ATM Expert at EUROCONTROL HQ in Brussels, Belgium, working in the area of airborne safety nets (ACAS/TCAS) and ground-based collision prevention systems (STCA, MSAW). He focuses on current operational issues as well as on enhancements to existing systems. Stan is the editor of the EUROCONTROL ACAS II Bulletin. He is an author of several articles and an invited speaker on topics covering ACAS operations and training. Stan is co-chairman of the EUROCONTROL Safety Nets Improvements Network and engaged in the works of RTCA SC- 147 (TCAS) and EUROCAE WG-75 (ACAS) focusing on the development of ACAS X, the future collision avoidance system. Within WG-75 he is chairman of the Operations Working Subgroup. Stan also supports ANSPs, investigation boards and airlines in investigation of airproxes. Before joining EUROCONTROL in 2002 Stan worked as an ATM System Engineer with Northrop Grumman in Baltimore (USA) on the development and implementation of ATC systems in several countries around the world (1993-2002). He gained his operational expertise working as an en-route Air Traffic Controller and instructor in Poland and New Zealand (1985-1992). Stan earned a Master’s Degree in Transport Management from the Warsaw School of Economics (Poland) in 1985.

Now an established consultant in ATM Safety, Mike Edwards was Head of Safety Investigation at NATS (the UK Air Navigation Service Provider) for 7 years and prior to that he was Head of Investigation at London ACC. He had been an ATCO at Edinburgh and Heathrow before becoming the manager of all student controllers and then a Supervisor at London Terminal Control. He holds a PPL with Group B rating.

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.