Airlines Consultants: 4

Bruce Weiner is an Information and Internet Technology executive with over 30 years of in-depth experience managing product and software development for contracting companies and Fortune 100 companies. Since 2012, he has been a Technology leader at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Mr. Weiner is a Princeton trained computer scientist and electrical engineer, and a patent holder. Over his career, he has gained extensive experience in Information Systems management, program/project management, software development, software architecture, internet delivery, business applications, technology vendor selection, IT Outsourcing, and customer contact center operations.

Litigation Consulting Services: Mr. Weiner has experience as a consulting and/or testifying expert witness in software development, patent infringement, and commercial litigation matters for both plaintiffs and defendants. He is adept at translating complex software, patent, and technology issues for the lay person audience. He consulted on industry transforming anti-trust cases in the travel industry.

Industry Experience:

• Travel Industry Technology - Former technology leader for American Express Travel and Chief Technology Officer of United.com;
• Loyalty Industry Technology - 30 years experience in the technology that powers loyalty programs, working on Membership Miles, Thank You Rewards, Mileage Plus, #1 Gold, eRewards, MyPoints, Blockbuster Rewards, and AAdvantage
• Financial Services Technology – 30 years experience working with Financial Services Companies (American Express, Citibank, and Chase) on credit card and banking technology.

Pilot Career Earnings and Employability Models

Depositions and Trials

Expert Witness and Litigation Support

Case Preparation and Analysis

Pilot Hiring and Equipment forecast

Economic Forecast

Pilot Supply and Demand

Pilot Hiring Trends

Pilot hiring requirements

Damos Aviation Services, Inc. is a full-service consulting firm providing Commercial Pilot Screening, Selection, and Hiring needs. Their goal is to provide clients with cost-effective selection systems that reduce hiring and training costs. Recent clients have included Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Boeing, Polaris Aviation, Ameriflight, and the US Air Force. Damos Aviation Services also consults on cabin crew staffing issues. 

Services Include:

Dr. Diane Damos on Pilot Recruitment and Selection

Diane L. Damos, PhD, President of Damos Aviation Services, is an international expert with over 40 years of experience involving general Aviation Human Factors issues and Commercial Pilot Hiring. She is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the Royal Aeronautical Society,  and an associate fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association As an Aviation Human Factors expert and as an Aviation Psychologist, Dr. Damos promotes safety in the National Airspace by working to reduce the occurrence and impact of human error in aviation systems and improve human performance.  Dr. Damos has been involved with pilot selection since 1970. She assisted in the development of computer-based tests of information processing and cognition for pilot selection for both the United States Navy and Air Force.

She has consulted with numerous domestic and foreign air carriers and training schools on both ab initio and experienced pilot selection. 

Dr. Damos has authored articles in refereed journals on pilot selection as well as technical reports and professional articles. She has conducted short courses on developing pilot selection systems in the United States, Canada, Africa, Europe, and the Far East. 

Diane Damos was a consulting editor for the International Journal of Aviation Psychology and was the special editor for an issue of the International Journal of Aviation Psychology on pilot selection. Dr. Damos served as the chair of the Aerospace Systems Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. She also was appointed to the United States National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Panel of Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation. 

 View Damos Aviation Services' Expert Witness Profile.

Richard "Pete" Burgess provides service as an Aviaton Consultant for air traffic services, procedures, pilot experience and aircraft accident investigations. Mr. Burgess has been the Owner of Burgess Aviation Consultants since 1994 and specializes in the analysis of FAA Air Traffic Control service and the application of procedures in the following areas:

• Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC's)
• Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCT's)
• Terminal Radar Approach Control Facilities (TRACON's)
• Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS's)
• Flight Path Reconstruction and Graphic Preparation of Accident/Incident Aircraft
• Detailed Transcript Preparation of Air Traffic Recordings

As President of BGS Aviation, Inc., aircraft rental and flight instruction, Mr. Burgess is an Instrument-Rated Commercial Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor for Multi/Single Engine airplane. He has over 2900 hours of flight time. 

EXPERIENCE

• 1972 to 1994 Air Traffic Control Supervisory and Management - FAA
• Managed and supervised the National evaluations of over 160 FAA air traffic ARTCC's, ATCT's, TRACON's and AFSS's facilities in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
• Qualified on all positions of operation and actively controlled traffic as supervisor and manager at El Paso and Little Rock ATC Tower and radar approach control facilities
• Served as consultant and expert witness in trials involving aircraft accidents and enforcement actions in St. Louis, Kansas City and Little Rock
• Investigated the application and effectiveness of air traffic control procedures at Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Kansas City Airports, as a result of major accidents at those airports
• 1957 to 1972 Air Traffic Controller - FAA & U.S. Navy
• Air Traffic Terminal Controller at NAS Saufley Field, Pensacola, FL and NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the U.S. Navy, and Santa Fe, NM in the FAA
• Flight Service Specialist in El Paso, TX. Santa Fe, NM and Lubbock, TX
• Air Traffic Tower and Radar Approach Controller in Lubbock, TX and San Antonio, TX