David McNair

David is an ATPL-rated pilot and Professional Engineer with vast experience as an Aviation Safety Investigator when with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB). He has more than 35 years of flight safety experience and has served as an investigator-in-charge, or as part of the investigation team, for a variety of major aviation occurrences in Canada and internationally. He was the Air Investigations team leader for the development and introduction of a new aviation safety investigation system database.

His aviation career commenced as a private pilot flying various light aircraft. He then became a military  pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) where  he  flew  a  variety  of  aircraft including the  T-33,  CF-5,  C-130  Hercules  and  the Boeing  707-300.  While in the Air Force he  attended  the year-long  Canadian  Forces  Aerospace  Systems  course and  then served  as  a  systems flight  test  pilot.  David has flown more than 9,000 hours and has current experience operating FMS-equipped aircraft.

David has provided training and lectures on the various  facets  of  accident and incident investigation  including  human  factors, identifying safety  deficiencies, the  formulation of  safety  action, witness  interviewing, accident  site procedures and other topics.

He was a Delegate for Canada at the 1999 and 2008 ICAO AIG Division Meetings  that  produced  amendments  to  Annex  13.  David was a member of  the ICAO  Working  Group  updating the Manual  of  Aircraft  Accident  and Incident  Investigation  Manual and participated  in  the  work  of  the  ICAO  Safety Indicators Study Group (SISG).