Jean-Paul Troadec (born October 14, 1948 in
Saint-Renan,
Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.[aerospace engineer
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and
public servant
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. He is the former President of the French ''
'', the country's aviation accident investigation bureau.
Biography
Troadec graduated from ''
École polytechnique
(, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...
'' (X 67) and ''
École nationale de l'aviation civile
École nationale de l'aviation civile (; "National School of Civil Aviation"; abbr. ENAC) is one of 205 colleges (as of September 2018) accredited to award engineering degrees in Education in France, France. ENAC is designated as a grande école ...
'' (IAC 70) and started his career in 1972 as an engineer at the certification office of the
Direction générale de l'aviation civile. In 1975, he became head of the "engine and research" department. In 1980, he moved to the "approval of equipment, pollution and noise measurements" department before becoming head of the
Airbus
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engine and
CFM56 department. From 1985 till 1993, he was head of the ''
Service d'exploitation de la formation aéronautique''. In 1993, he was appointed head of the
air traffic department. Then, until 2002, he was head of the
human resources
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department. In 2002, he joined the French government's
Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing.
He was nominated President of the ''Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile'' in 2009, succeeding
Paul-Louis Arslanian.
Aeronautical qualifications
* Military
parachute
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licence
*
Commercial pilot licence Instrument Rating
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(multi engine)
Awards
* Chevalier of the
Légion d'honneur
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* Officier of the
Ordre national du Mérite
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Décret du 14 mai 2001 portant promotion et nomination
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* Médaille de l'Aéronautique
Bibliography
* Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, ''Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique'', Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. ()
References
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French aerospace engineers
École Polytechnique alumni
École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni
Corps de l'aviation civile
Corps des ponts
1948 births
Living people
Aviation in France
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
Recipients of the Aeronautical Medal
People from Saint-Renan
Commercial aviators