Diego Salvador

Experience

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  Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  Internship in the Department of Aerospace Systems, Air Transport and Airports

  Work on Statistical Analysis of air navigation accidents and incidents reported to the Event Notification System.As a complement of this Internship, I participated on the following events/projects:- Staff at the World ATM Congress 2015 held on IFEMA.- Pseudopilot and Controller in Exercise 4.7.1 SESAR "Thresholds in validation platform of SACTA". Support provided to CRIDA as pseudopilot and controller in the project "Calibration of the cognitive model with the Nominal Operating Mode and Identification of Low, Medium, and High Work Load Thresholds in Air Traffic Controllers".- Staff at SESAR Innovation Days 2014 held on ETSIAE. Show less

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  Aena

  Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

  Internship at Planning Direction, Division of Technical Evaluation of Offers

  Support to the Division of Technical Evaluation of offers in all matters related to the technical evaluation and revision of technical specifications of files of works, supplies and airport services.

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  PRIVILEGE STYLE

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2018

  Flight Operations Engineer

  Flight Operations Engineer part of the Flight Operation Support Department of Privilege Style. As such, the following activities are performed:• Evaluation and categorization of routes and aerodromes used in company operations, including Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (ETOPS) operations;• Technical Briefing preparation for route/aerodromes operated by the company;• Engine-Out SID analysis using manufacturer software tools;• Study of Contingency Procedures (Drift-down and/or depressurization procedures) during company operations;• Navigation and Terrain Databases management (Honeywell);• Manage the production of Airplane Performance Monitoring (APM) data output on a monthly basis;• W&B control and supervision of company fleet (production of BW/BI documentation, AHM565, etc.);• Cooperation of the edition of the Operations Manual (OM-A, OM-B, OM-C and OM-D) on the chapters applicable to the Flight Operations Support Department;• Part of the team providing in-house training to the rest of the Flight Operations Support Department.Achievements:- Good management of a varied fleet (B757, B767, B777 and E145) within a complex charter market.- Cooperation in all topics related to the Flight Operations Support area on the IOSA certificate renewal audit.- Production of the Operations Manual (OM) changes required for the Entry into Service (EIS) of B777 collaborating in all topics related to the Flight Operations Support area. Show less

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  THOMAS COOK AIRLINES BALEARICS SL

  Apr 2018 - Feb 2020

  Flight Operations Engineer

  Flight Operations Engineer responsible for the Flight Operations Support department of Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics (TCAB). As such, reporting directly to the Director of Flight Operations and responsible for the following tasks:• Administrator of Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) belonging to TCAB crews. As part of the Thomas Cook Airlines Group (TCGA), taking part of the working group for the improvement of EFBs used by TCGA evaluating new hardware/software proposed for use.• Minimum Equipment List (MEL) Editor: In cooperation with CAMO and Flight Operations departments, definition of the MEL updates either periodically or by aircrafts new/removed from the company's fleet;• Management of the files derived from AESA's PVC (for its acronym in Spanish of Continuous Surveillance Plan) together with the Deputy Flight Operations Director. Close contact with the inspectors of the Spanish authority as well as with all affected departments of the company;• Support, together with the Flight Operations Director, to the Training Department in matters related to changes in the Operations Manual part D;• Editing assistant of the Operations Manual (OM).• Cooperation with the rest of the TCGA Flight Operations Support departments in the improvement of group procedures;• Evaluation and categorization of routes and aerodromes used in company operations;• Monitoring of TCAB aircrafts database on the performance software;• Monitoring of TCAB aircrafts Navigation and Terrain databases;• Manage the production of Airplane Performance Monitoring data output on a monthly basis;• W&B control and supervision of TCAB fleet.Achievements:- Operational Approval by AESA for the use of EFBs.- Operational Approval by AESA for Low Visibility Operations (LVO-LVTO).- Migration of the MEL edition in Word to XML format using the Flight Ops Documentation Manager (FODM) tool. - Entry into Service of 6 A320 collaborating in all topics related to the Flight Operations Support area. Show less

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  Capgemini Engineering

  Mar 2020 - May 2022

  Flight Operations Engineer | Consultant for Airbus DS

  Flight Operations Engineer/Consultant for Airbus Defense and Space (ADS) providing Flight Ops Data Management On-site Support for Belgian Air Force (BAF) within the A400M program. As such the following activities are performed:- Flight Ops Documentation Management: Support in the nationalization and management of Flight Ops manuals, keeping them updated while incorporating and producing national modifications.- Performance Data Management: Keep up to date, and manage operator specific performance data, in order to incorporate data for operational use.- Electronic Flight Bags Management: Maintain Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) equipment updated and operative, according to Flight Ops manuals and performance data revisions. And assist in the development and documentation of all processes.Used tools for this tasks are:- LPC-NG - FlySmart by Airbus- PAAdmin - Performance Application Tool- FODM - Flight Ops Doc Manager- GAS - Ground Adminstration and Servicing ToolAs Capgemini Engineering's Consultant, support on offers' production for customers (mainly on the Technical Area) complying always with the requirements in the Statement of Work (SOW) published within the Request for Proposal (RFP) from the client.Achievements:- Entry into service of A400M into Belgian Air Force fleet collaborating in all topics related to the Eectronic Flight Baf (EFB) area. Show less

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  World2Fly

  Jun 2022 - now

  • Flight Operations Standards & Regulations

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Flight Operations Engineer

    Jun 2022 - Oct 2023