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About Consultant

Dr. Hazel Courteney has worked in aviation for over 30 years, including aircraft design, human factors, ATC, and safety regulation; she also flies light aircraft in her spare time.

Her PhD is in aviation safety regulation, and in recent years her work has focused on Safety Strategy, Safety Assurance and Safety Management.

She was Chairman of the ICAO international Panel that produced Annex 19 on Safety Management and the State Safety Programme (SSP), and has Chaired other key groups at UK CAA, such as the Accident Analysis Group and Safety Action Group, and at European level, the Human Factors Steering Group.

Dr. Courteney was responsible for the UK State Safety Programme and the first published CAA Safety Plan, plus key involvement with safety planning in EASA. Now, Hazel is supporting clients around the world to implement aviation safety systems including SSPs and the associated Safety Improvement projects..



Service Expertise

  • Safety Management Systems
  • Risk Based Oversight
  • Performance Based Oversight
  • Human Factors
  • Safety Programmes Planning
  • Annex 19
30 Years
of Experience
AVIATION SAFETY