United Airlines, A.320 First Officer

3,500 hours, and 17 years of airline experience.

Airbus A.320, Embraer EMB-145, Beech 1900D, plus various GA aircraft.

Kent State University Graduate, 1998

 

KSU Vision 21 Award Recipient, 2004.

Affiliations: FAPA, WIA, ALPA

 

Topic:  "Different Definitions of Airmanship for Different Kinds of Flying"

Brian will discuss how the challenges of flying in multi-pilot crew environment differs from that of single-pilot operations, and how the definition of excellence changes in response to differences in the operating environment.

 

About: 

Brian Crawford is a Flight Officer at United Airlines.  Recently hired, Brian flies the Airbus A320 as a First Officer.  He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with three type ratings, and has 3,450 hours of flying experience.  

 

Brian graduated with a degree in Aerospace Technology from Kent State University before beginning his aviaiton career at Continental Express Airlines in 1998 as a Beech 1900D First Officer.  After an upgrade and line flying, he moved to the Flight Standards & Training department as a check airman, line check airman and instructor pilot in 1999.

 

Brian transitioned to the EMB-145 and served as a check airman at the COEX Training Center in Houston.  In 2005, he was named Manager of Flight Operations - Technichal where he authored the Flight Operations Manual and, as the airline grew, supported the start up of several new operations with regulatory compliance, policy, and SOP. 

 

From 2008 to 2010, Brian served as the Company Safety Officer, representing the company on the safety committee, conducting hundreds of safety investigations, and introducing contemporary safety and Threat & Error Management to flight operations. 

 

Market forces result in the merger of legacy ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Airlines in 2010.  Brian was selected as a member of the Single Operating Certificate working group, set up to integrate both operations and provide for a single regulatory framework for the combined air carrier.  He represented the safety departments as the divisional project lead.  After SOC was achieved, he went on to manage the remainder of the regulatory merger. 

 

In 2014, Brian Crawford went on to become ExpressJet's Director of Safety, Quality and Environment, taking responsibility for the safety of the third largest air operation (in departures) in the nation.  In that role, Brian continued The airline's mission of proactive safety programs and industry best-practices, including the installation of a safety management system (SMS). 

 

Brian lives in downtown Houston with his Rottweiler, Pittbull and a cat rescued from the freeway.