Olivier Armand

Day Trader and Airline Pilot at Air France

Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain

About

A seasoned, people-oriented leader, with more than 30 years of experience in aviation.

Experience

  • Day Trader and Airline Pilot at Air France
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

  • NetJets Europe (11 yrs)
    • Director Of Operations
      May 2017 - May 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Command and Control of all Flight Operations and Ground Operations. Complete reorganization of the department, following an assembly line model, from pre-planning, scheduling, dispatching to daily operations, to account more specifically for non-scheduled flight operations with very short response time and short decision loops. Largely thanks to that reorganization, in 2018 the company made its best financial year to that date.

    • Chief Pilot Gulfstream
      Dec 2013 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Operational Command and Control of the Gulfstream 550 Long Range Fleet.

    • Crew Manager Hawker fleet
      Sep 2011 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Direct Line Manager of 200+ pilots.

  • Squadron commander, Djibouti at French Air Force
    Jul 2005 - Sep 2007 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Command and Control of the French Fighter Squadron in Djibouti, Mirage 2000

  • Student at Military Staff College (College Interarmées de Defense)
    Sep 2004 - Jun 2005 · 10 mos

  • French Air Force (13 yrs 1 mo)
    • Chief Implementation Officer Mirage 2000
      2002 - 2004 · 2 yrs

      Prepare, manage, and test-fly all the technical and operational evolutions of the Mirage 2000, all types.

    • Fighter Pilot-Exchange pilot Spanish Air Force
      1999 - 2002 · 3 yrs

      F/A 18 Fighter pilot. Represent the image of the French Air Force within the Spanish Air Force, enhance bilateral cooperation at tactical level, participate in real time air operations with the Spanish Air Force.

    • Fighter Pilot, from Combat ready pilot to Flight Commander
      1991 - 1999 · 8 yrs

      Progression as a fighter pilot. Real time operations over the Balkans and the Middle East.