Mario Pierobon is a safety management consultant and content producer. He writes extensively about aviation safety and has in-depth knowledge of the European aviation safety regulations on both fixed and rotary wing operations. His rotary wing expertise is concerned primarily with specialised operations and the operations requiring specific approval, such as HEMS, hoist operations and performance-based navigation.
Flight Simulation Training for airborne special missions: pilots and crews
Flight simulation training has become increasingly sophisticated, to the point that it is often considered a full alternative to flight training hours in an actual aircraft, as Mario Pierobon found…
Crew resource management in air medical operations
Mario Pierobon looks at the roles that medical crewmembers play inside rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, and how operators strike a balance between flight safety and patient care
Electronic flight bags – the realities of standards, regulations and innovations
Documentation and information available to flight crew is now increasingly managed and disseminated electronically. Mario Pierobon discusses how electronic flight bags (EFBs) have changed the way air medical pilots and…
Aerial firefighting can take many forms – from surveillance drones, to huge water bomber jets and light utility helicopters equipped with buckets. Mario Pierobon takes an in-depth look at what…
Mario Pierobon spoke to operators and innovators to discover how technological change is pushing forward the ability of rescuers to locate and retrieve missing personnel
Implementing Safety Management Systems in air medical operations
Mario Pierobon spoke to industry experts and air ambulance providers about the challenges of implementing safety management systems in air medical operations