Aviation Accident Investigator

René SAVOIE

René SAVOIE is part of the IFSA lecturers since 2003. Until end of 2019 he was an aeronautical engineer within Airbus Customer Services in charge of the engineering support of hydro-mechanical systems for all Airbus aircraft. He started his career in 1979 as a Flight controls support engineer on the…

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Alain GUILDOU

Former Head of the Information and International Affairs Department of the BEA, the French Safety Investigation Authority, for twelve years.   Expert for EUROMED Project I (Euro-Mediterranean Partnership) aiming to improve aviation safety in Middle-East and North African States. Task Force Member in a group instituted by ICAO to update…

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Gérard Legauffre

Gérard Legauffre, BEA (Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile), Senior Investigator. Gérard Legauffre is a former Air force Fighter Pilot. Graduate from the French Air Force Academy, he was commissioned at flight, squadron and wing level mainly in the Strategic Forces. In charge of flight safety…

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Christopher BON

Christopher Bon has been brining the 26years’ aeronautical experience to IFSA since 2008. He is aeronautical engineer who graduated from ENSICA Toulouse. He run his career as an armament engineer in armament division Passionate about the sphere of aeronautical turbomachinery, he turned at the beginning his career to the turbomachinery…

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Nicolas LEROY

Former air force transport pilot (C130, C160, DHC6), Nicolas has completed more than 6,300 flight hours. Qualified instructor and peloton leader, he has carried numerous missions abroad. During his career, he has held many positions related to aviation safety: aviation safety officer, operational use officer, chief of flight operations, aviation…

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