Press Release

Issued by FlightSafety International.

August 28, 2013

FlightSafety International is pleased to announce that Yannick Kerriou has been promoted to assistant manager of its Paris-Le Bourget Learning Center.

“We look forward to Yannick's contributions as assistant manager of the Paris Learning Center,” said Greg McGowan, senior vice president, operations. “Yannick's management abilities and experience with FlightSafety, and his work as an airline captain, flight instructor, and aircraft maintenance technician, make him well qualified to take on this important role.”

Yannick began his career in commercial aviation with British Airways as an aircraft maintenance technician after serving in the French Air Force for five years. He first joined FlightSafety at the Paris Center in 1990. He served as an instructor for Dassault Falcon 50, Falcon 900, and Embraer EMB 120 aircraft, and as program manager for Bombardier Dash 8 training. He left the company in 1998 to work for BA City Express as manager technical training, fleet technical manager, captain and type rating instructor. He then flew for EasyJet and Cathay Pacific as a senior first officer. Yannick returned to FlightSafety's Paris Center in 2011as program manager for Embraer 170 training. He was promoted to assistant director of training, and then to director of training.

He holds an Airline Transport Pilots License from the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom, the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States, and Transport Canada. Yannick is an EASA qualified type rating examiner and type rating instructor and holds type ratings for the Bombardier Dash 8, Boeing 737, Boeing 747, and Embraer 170 aircraft. He has an Associate Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Air Force Technical College in France, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Sorbonne Paris-Cité University of Technology.

FlightSafety's Paris-Le Bourget Learning Center provides training for pilots, maintenance technicians and flight attendants. The Center has simulators for the Cessna Citation II and Citation V; Embraer EMB 120 and ERJ 145; and the Dassault Falcon 10/100, Falcon 20, Falcon 50, Falcon 2000, Falcon 2000 EASy, Falcon 900, Falcon 900 EASy, and Falcon 7X aircraft.