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  • RAeS Flight Operations Conference 2025: Single Pilot Operations - Logical Progression or a Step Too Far?
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  • 19 March 2025
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  • Royal Aeronautical Society
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  • Recording and speaker slides for day 1 of the RAeS Flight Operations Conference, which took place from 19-20 March 2025. 

     

    Sessions and Speakers

     

    Welcome address

    David Chinn FRAeS - President, Royal Aeronautical Society

     

    Introduction to the conference (00:05:12)

    Seth Moffat FRAeS, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group

    Captain Robert Scott FRAeS, Conferences and Events Committee Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Specialist Group

     

    Keynote: The State of the Commercial Aircraft Industry - Does Significant Change always lead to Improved Safety and Efficiency in High-Risk industries? (00:14:00)

    Sami Mäkeläinen - Founder of Transition Level and Senior Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future 

     

    Session 1 - Panel - Background: Why Single Pilot Operations now? (00:45:22)

     

    • Captain Glenn Bradley FRAeS - Head of Flight Operations, UK CAA
    • Captain Malcolm Sutherland FRAeS - Senior Airline Leader
    • Floris de Haan - Senior Researcher Air Transport Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam 

     

    Moderator: Dai Whittingham FRAeS - RAeS Flight Operations Group 

     

    Session 2 - The Role of Technology in Single Pilot Operations (01:53:04)

     

    • Captain Craig Bomben FRAeS - Vice President and Chief Pilot of Product and Aircraft Development, Boeing Test & Evaluation (no recording or slides available)
    • Thea Feyereisen FRAeS - Distinguished Technical Fellow - Aerospace Technologies, Honeywell Aerospace (no slides available)
    • Prof Jens Schiefele - Flight Deck and Cabin Research Lead, Technical University Darmstadt
    • Wg Cdr Scott Maccoll - Officer Commanding 31 Squadron, Royal Air Force (no slides available)

     

    Moderator: Seth Moffat FRAeS - Chair, Flight Operations Specialist Group 

     

    Fireside chat: eMCO (03:01:39)

    Hugues van der Stichel - Experimental test pilot & Architect, Airbus 

    Moderator: Captain Frank Chapman FRAeS - Experimental Test Pilot; RAeS Flight Operations Specialist Group 

     

    Session 3 - Considerations for Single Pilot Operations (03:45:39)

     

    • Captain Sebastian Hall - Emirates Aviation University
    • Captain Tanja Harter - President, European Cockpit Association (European Pilots)
    • Jenny Eaglestone - Senior Aviation Psychologist, NLR; Board member, EAAP (European Association for Aviation Psychology)
    • Fiona Couzens - Lawyer, Law Commission of England and Wales 

     

    Moderator: Captain Steven Green FRAeS - Senior Researcher, Flight Operations Research 

     

    Closing remarks (05:19:10)

    Seth Moffat FRAeS and Captain Robert Scott FRAeS

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