Sharon Todd is chatting with Paul Cummins the founder and CEO of Airline Training Solutions. Paul has nearly 40 years experience in the aviation industry mainly in operational roles . 

Airline Training Solutions is the largest private provider of flight simulators for training in Australia. 

Simulators are based on Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320/321, with other contracted providers for other types. Other simulators include F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet and a light aircraft.

Paul's Experience includes:

• Air Traffic Control, Supervisor and Training Officer
• Flight Service Officer,
• Pilot, flew CT4 and Macchi jet with RAAF, helicopter and aeroplane commercial pilot licence Australia and USA, flew Jetranger helcopter, de Havilland Beaver floatplane, Dash 8 and Boeing 727.
• Trainer for Qantas on Boeing 737-800.
• Regulatory experience with CASA, member and written submissions for the Editorial Advisory Panel for Flight Safety Australia magazine,
• Editor of the Aeronautical Information Publication, and Instrument Flight Procedure Designer for Airservices
• Chief Ground Instructor at RMIT university flight training.- Secretary of Seaplane Pilots Association of Australia

           Safety

•  Air Traffic Control Section Safety Officer
• -Safety Management System Manager, and Quality Assurance Manager for a Part 173 Instrument Flight Procedure Design company
• Safety and compliance role as the Obstacle Limitation Surface Manager for Sydney Airport, Identifying risk and mitigation.
• Consultant to various airports wrote their Operations Manuals, and Safety Risk Management Plans
•  Consultant on Air Traffic Management systems modernisation projects, as well as requirements management, testing roles, and QA.
• -Systems Safety Engineer and Safety Management System lead on Air Traffic Management modernisation project.

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