Iris Bernegger

Specialist consultancy focused on aviation decision-making and crew performance. Transactional flight services, including ferry operations, regulatory oversight, and technical documentation development.

DFOI for SM-CAA since 2020. Previously held inspector positions with Austro Control (Austria) and Transport Malta. Regulatory oversight of commercial air transport and complex corporate aviation, including scheduled audits, inspections and flight crew training system evaluations. B737 Flight Standards and Technical Representative for the Authority. Procedural alignment, operational compliance and certification activity. Oversight of assigned operators with a fleet of 73 varied aircraft plus one national flag carrier. Oversight of operator SMS including MORs, FOQA and FDM. Approval of operational documentation and compliance audit. Detailed flight and training inspections of operator aircraft, crew and training providers.

Consulting vehicle for safety audits, training system restructuring and due-diligence assessments. Selected postholder and leadership engagements delivered under this consultancy are listed separately below. B737 NG entry-into-service programmes: simulator profiles, operating techniques, competency-based training syllabi, line training and route checks across the Middle East, East Africa, East Asia and Europe. South Korea AOC reactivation under MOLIT supervision, including qualification and approval as Korean line instructor pilot (MOLIT check ride, sim and line). Further deployments in the UAE. Interim Chief Pilot / Training Manager for one operator under EU Operational Ban. Led the successful EASA-TCO re-audit; the airline commenced EU-wide operations thereafter.

B737 NG/MAX Captain (700, 800, 900, 900ER, MAX8). High-density airspace, complex SIDs/STARs, monsoon, cyclones, CAT 3B and EDTO/ETOPS. Flight Standards auditor and Training Review Board member. SOP evaluation, operational policy development and integration of safety recommendations. Rockwell Collins MultiScan weather radar research pilot. Weather detection logic evaluation and crew decision-making impact assessment. Recognised by DGCA India for recovery of a high-altitude wake vortex upset (B737-800, −0.6G/+2.56G, aerodynamic stall recovery). Analysis published in the Journal of Physics. Senior adviser to Chairman Mr. Naresh Goyal with direct reporting function.