Pierre Carle

- Focal point for any airline technical question impacting A350 XWB Systems
- Coordination of Systems Customer Focus Groups: organization & follow-up
- Technical support to sales campaign
- Systems customization focal point:
*Accountable of systems part of Aircraft catalogue (ADD)
*Participation to definition of offering policy
*Technical assessment of airlines specific requests
- Coordination of feasibility studies related to potential future functions or systems.

MRB (Maintenance Review Board) process is the standard for the initial development and the evolution of the maintenance program of all Airbus aircraft.
The principle is the following: analyses called MSG-3 analyses are developped by the manufacturer and reviewed with operators and authorities taking part in Maintenance Working Groups (MWG). The final objective of this process is the preparation of MRBR (Maintenance Review Board Report) approved by Authorities and including the initial minimum scheduled maintenance requirements applicable to a certain Airbus family.


In the frame of the development of A400M maintenance program, I was the chairman of MWG-10 which scope was the development of scheduled maintenance requirements for the tactical avionic systems (low level flight, tactical communications and identification, mission management, defensive aids).
My main duties as MWG chairman were:
- Coordination of 6 Spanish, German and French MSG-3 specialists from Airbus and 3 other EADS divisions;
- Organization and management of MWG meetings involving air forces, civil and military airworthiness authorities;
- MWG project management.


Moreover, I was responsible of electrical system (generation and distribution) maintenance program for all Airbus A/C (Airbus France part).
In that frame, my main responsibilities were:
- Management of sub-contractors in charge of establishing MSG-3 analyses;
- Presentation and review of MSG-3 analyses with operators and authorities at the opportunity of MWG meetings;
- Daily support to airlines.


Besides, I was in charge of L/HIRF (Lightning/High Intensity Radiated Field) protection maintenance program for A320 and A330/A340 families.
My main responsibilities were:
- Management of sampling program which purpose was to get in-service data to assess maintenance program effectiveness: measurements on A/C during heavy maintenance checks;
- Reporting of sampling program status to operators and authorities;
- Daily support to airlines;
- Participation to MPIG (Maintenance Program International Group) as L/HIRF Airbus focal point.

Finally, I was the focal point for chargeable services development in my department. This part of my job consisted in:
- Developping business plans;
- Defining commercial proposals;
- Contributing to contract establishment.

A400M DMGS (Digital Map Generation System)
System in charge of generating digital map to be displayed on cockpit display units in order to improve crew situation awareness.
- Assessment of existing products;
- Definition of technical requirements and preparation of request for proposals phase;
- Analysis of suppliers technical proposals and participation to supplier selection.


A400M HUDS (Head-Up Display System):
Human-machine interface dedicated to provide the pilots with primary flight, navigation and guidance information in their forward field of view.
- Definition of HUDS interfaces with other aircraft systems (around 30 interfaced systems);
- HUDS operational definition (symbology, human machine interface).