Diana M. STANCU is the managing director and leading consultant for the Safe and
Secure Skies. She has been working in the aviation industry for an extended period
of time having held positions ranging from legal advisor to head of unit.
She started her aviation career at the Romanian Aviation Academy as a legal advisor
acting in the same time as an instructor for international aviation legislation.
She started her aviation career at the Romanian Aviation Academy as a legal advisor
acting in the same time as an instructor for international aviation legislation.
She continued her career at the Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority as an inspector
in which capacity she was organising and conducting on-site audits/inspections, monitoring
and follow-up activities.
She was later appointed head of the Air Operators Surveillance Unit with responsibility
for the process of certification of the national air operators (planning, leading
and managing a team of inspectors within the certification process of national airlines,
including management and monitoring of workload), performing safety and security
inspections/audits, and assessing security, safety and quality management systems.
She led her team to create operations manuals and procedures, to design and promote
safety and security policies. She also acted as a legal advisor to the Director of
the Flight Operations on the legal aspects of the European priorities regarding aviation
safety and security.
In addition to the practical experience, she holds a range of diplomas and professional
qualifications and certifications such as: a Masters in Air and Space Law, ICAO AVSEC
PM, ICAO AVSEC National Auditor/Inspector, ICAO AVSEC Instructor, IOSA auditor,
Quality System Assessment, Audit Techniques, AVSEC Quality Control, just to list
a few.
Katharine Ng is the founder and Managing Director of OneCrew, an aviation training
company that specializes in the design, development and implementation of tailored
Crew Resource Management programmes.
Philip Baum, the founder of Green Light Ltd and editor of the Aviation Security International
magazine, is an expert in passenger profiling techniques, in-flight security and
hijack management.
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