Bruce Webb

About

While I am a helicopter pilot; I believe my contribution to our industry may be maximized outside the cockpit through education and outreach. So I stepped down as Chief Pilot for Airbus Helicopters, Inc. after 16 years in that position. I am proud to say that Airbus recognizes that safety is more than engineering and manufacturing aircraft. Airbus appreciates that a more thorough understanding of the human element is critical to safety. I seek to determine and understand the true underlying cause of accidents and incidents, and then educate aviation professionals within our industry to improve safety. My belief is that "root cause analysis' must delve more deeply to become useful in mitigating or eliminating accidents and incidents. We must better understand human behavior, but not necessarily to change the behavior, but to place impediments in the path of undesirable actions/responses.

Experience

• Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (27 yrs 6 mos)
  • Director of Aviation Education and Community Outreach
    Feb 1999 - Present · 27 yrs 6 mos

  • Chief Pilot
    Jul 2000 - Jul 2016 · 16 yrs 1 mo

• Experience as PIC in the following Helicopters at Helicopters Flown (8,500+ PIC FLight Hours over 40+ years experience)
  Jun 1982 - Present · 44 yrs 2 mos

  Robinson R-22 / Hughes 300B, C / Enstrom F-28A & 280C / Hughes 500C, D, E / Bell 206B, L / Augusta 109A / Airbus: EC120 / AS350 D, B, BA, B1, B2, B3, B3e / EC130 & H130 / AS355F1, F2, N, NP / BO-105 CBS, LS / BK117 A3, A4, B1, B2, C1, C2 / H145 / AS 365N, N1, N2, N3 / EC155 / AS332L1 / H215 / EC225

• Instructor at TSI (Transportation Safety Institute) at TSI is a part of the United States Department of Transportation
  Jan 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 7 mos

  I teach helicopter structure, aerodynamics, systems, and accident causation to FAA and other government personnel.

• EMS (now HAA) Pilot at Omniflight Helicopters Inc
  Jan 1994 - Jan 1999 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  I flew VFR and IFR BK117's (A3 / A4 / B1 / B2 / C2) for emergency medical services primarily based in Nebraska, Ohio, and North Carolina.

• Co-Owner and Pilot at Great Lakes Helicopters, Inc.
  Jan 1987 - Jan 1994 · 7 yrs 1 mo

  We operated a small helicopter operation (Part 135 / 137 / and 145) using R-22's, Hughes 300's and 500's, Bell 206's, and occasionally larger aircraft in the Chicagoland area.