Safety & Security | Safety Communication Safety Communication Specialist, TAP Air

Capt. Tom Becker is an airline pilot and safety professional with more than twenty years of experience in the field of aviation safety and human factors.

Tom is an active contributor and reviewer with SKYbrary and has been active in the Flight Safety Foundation’s European Advisory Committee. He has work experience as a Safety Manager, Safety Pilot, Aviation Auditor, Type Rating Instructor and Human Factors Facilitator.

Tom holds an MSc in Aviation Safety Management.

Andrea De Innocentis is the ENAV Safety Manager at Milan Linate Airport.

Sebastian Daeunert was the Safety Manager of Frankfurt Tower until his retirement in 2021. He was an active TWR/APP controller for 15 years before getting into safety management and human factors. He now participates in the EUROCONTROL/ IFATCA Prosecutor Expert scheme and the EUROCONTROL Just Culture Committee and the Just Culture Task Force.

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.

Volker Huck is an ATM Expert at EUROCONTROL HQ in Brussels, working on collision avoidance systems. He has been an active GA pilot since 1977 with ight experience in Europe and the USA. Previously he worked on airport movement planning at German Aerospace Centre's Institute for Flight Guidance in Braunschweig.

Alexander Krastev is a senior safety expert at EUROCONTROL and his duties include management of the SKYbrary project. He is an experienced air traffic controller and former operational director at the Bulgarian air navigation service provider BULATSA.

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.