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Grey Owl Aviation Consultants Inc. has been a provider of regulatory and human factors training for aviation technicians and management since 1991. Grey Owl has been a leading provider of maintenance error reduction strategies both domestically and internationally by providing human factors training to aviation maintenance personnel on-site at customer facilities.
As a licensed technician, Richard Komarniski has been extensively involved with aircraft maintenance since 1974. Richard's passion for maintenance error prevention leads him to guest speak regularly at major industry conventions and conferences.
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Richard Komarniski has been active in the aircraft maintenance field since 1974. He holds Canadian and U.S. Pilot and Aircraft Mechanic Certificates and has worked as a Director of Quality Assurance, Base Engineer, and Airworthiness Inspector. Richard has dedicated his time since 1991 to maintenance error reduction by developing and facilitating human factors workshops for the aviation maintenance community as well as Safety Management System and Fatigue Risk Management Systems training for organizations. He has published numerous articles on human factors, safety management systems and aviation safety in industry publications including AMT, DOM and AMU. In 2008 Richard was the recipient of NAASCO AMT of the year Award. His expertise has been sought after as a presenter at annual conferences such as National Business Aviation Association, Helicopter Association International, Airborne Law Enforcement Association, Western, Central and Ontario Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Association, Aeronautical Repair Station Association and this is his 5th year at the Bombardier Safety Standdown. Richard is a contributing author for “Implementing Safety Management Systems in Aviation” published by Ashgate June 2011. He is an accredited IS-BAO Trainer and appointed as a National Member of the FAASTeam. |
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To equip aviation maintenance technicians, supervisors and managers with the skills necessary to enhance safety, teamwork and efficiency in their work place, and therefore, reduce costly aircraft maintenance errors.