New News: Appointment of Dr Simon Mitchell

News: Appointment of Dr Simon Mitchell

RTI are pleased and proud to announce the appointment of Dr Simon Mitchell, BSc CDipAF MA PhD as Aviation Director.

Dr Simon Mitchell has worked in the aviation industry for over 20 years; experience and expertise that includes 5400 professional helicopter flying hours , combined with doctoral research into accident cost analysis and the economics of safety.

As a professional pilot, he has direct operational experience in all the key helicopter industry sectors: military flying as an officer for the Royal Navy, in the offshore oil support role for Bond and CHC, as a police pilot for the Metropolitan Police Service, and as a corporate pilot and safety manager for Starspeed Ltd. He has managed helicopter operations in Monaco, the French/Swiss Alps, and the Caribbean.

As an academic, he has papers published on the perception of safety and its associated economic impact, and on systems for analysing the costs of accidents. He continues an association with the world renowned Cranfield University Safety and Accident Investigation Centre, as a visiting fellow and as course director for the safety management professional and academic courses; he lectures on the framework of safety management systems, integrating safety management within business management, value of safety management, accident cost analysis, regulatory and market safety controls, safety data and analysis.

His current role with RTI ltd is as Aviation Director, and providing oversight of business concerned with issues of safety risk management, fault, regulation and cost-benefit.