I’m Stella Levinson
Flight Data Consulting Limited
Dave Jesse
BSc CEng MIET MRAeS MIMechE
Flight Data Consultant
45 years of aviation safety expertise
Data for Safety
Raw data is useless
Information is essential to reach your safety goals
Translating recorded flight data into meaningful, timely information and presenting it in the right way is not easy.
Let me help you meet this challenge, and achieve your safety goals.
A Lifetime in Aviation Safety
1977 - 1982
MoD Boscombe Down
Dave started working with recorded flight data on the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft programme in the late 1970s, and completed the ETPS helicopter Flight Test Engineer course.
1982 - 1987
Louis Newmark
Moving from test to design, he joined a specialist helicopter autopilot company and certified the world's first civil digital autopilot, used for Search and Rescue operations in the North Sea. He also designed the autopilot for the EH-101 Merlin helicopter.
1987 - 1995
Bristow Helicopters
At Bristow Helicopters, Dave designed, developed and flight tested the world's first Health and Usage Monitoring System, the precursor of all the HUMS saving lives around the world today.
1995 - 2001
BAE SYSTEMS
A move to BAE SYSTEMS saw promotion to Chief Systems Engineer, responsible for all the company's flight data products. As well as HUMS, this included FDRs, engine monitors, airframe life cycle recorders etc.
2001 - 2019
Flight Data Services
Dave formed Flight Data Services, to provide a Flight Data Monitoring (FDM/FOQA) safety data service for airlines. The company grew to have a staff of 45 based in offices in the UK, Phoenix and Singapore, before being sold to L3Harris.
2019 - 2022
L3Harris
Dave continued to provide safety expertise in a consultancy role to L3Harris.
2022
Flight Data Consulting
Dave formed this company to share his knowledge and expertise in flight data and aviation safety to the worldwide aviation community.
Consultancy offerings
Consultancy offers answers to questions.
Here are some of the questions we can answer.
Is my FDM working?
Assess and Recommend
A CEO is not allowed to see the details of the FDM system, but needs to know if his money is being spent well.
We can provide an external overview to answer the top level questions: Is it working? Where are my real risks? What should we do better?
Can I monitor that?
Algorithm Design
Most systems allow you to write algorithms that do something, but writing algorithms that you can rely upon can be challenging.
For example, detecting TCAS TA events on a mixed fleet can give you very mixed results...
Can you do training?
FDM principles training
We have provided training in the principles of FDM since 2000, running over 20 training courses worldwide and hosting a similar number of safety seminars.
Our standard course can be tailored to reflect your protocols. Courses are delivered in a relaxed, classroom environment as on-line training has been found to be ineffective.
Contact
If you think we can help you improve aviation safety,
please call, email or message.