Giancarlo Buono

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Giancarlo Buono (born October 10, 1969) is an Italian pilot, executive and university lecturer. Since January 2025, he is the Safety and Airspace Group Director at the UK CAA, responsible for the organisation’s safety and airspace regulatory functions, and an Executive Director of the UK CAA Board.[1] Previously he has been the Regional Director Safety and Flight Operation for the European region at IATA.[2] As a former air force pilot, he has been the youngest Combat Ready Panavia Tornado pilot in the Italian Air Force,[3] and an airline pilot and commander, as well as holding various management posts, at various Airlines, including Lauda Air, Alitalia and Lufthansa Italia.

For his participation as a fighter pilot in the NATO Operation Sharp Guard peace keeping operation in Former Yugoslavia, he has been awarded with the NATO Medal.[4]

He is an expert in Air Transport Safety and has been a strong advocate of the implementation of a performance based safety oversight system in the EU.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][excessive citations] During his time at IATA, He has been a long standing Chair of the EASA Stakeholders Advisory Body,[20] representing the Aviation Industry as an Observer in the EASA Management Board [21] and represented Civil Air Space Users in the SESAR Joint Undertaking Administrative Board.[22] He was also the Vice-Chair of the NM Board as well as an Observer to the EUROCONTROL Provisional Council and a member of the ICAO Europe Air Navigation Planning Group.

He is a visiting lecturer at City St. George's University of London and at University of Messina. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the University of Geneva.[23]

Capt. Buono is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.[citation needed]

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  1. https://www.caa.co.uk/newsroom/news/giancarlo-buono-appointed-group-director-of-safety-and-airspace-regulation-at-the-uk-civil-aviation-authority
  2. IATA Organization structure [dead link]
  3. Lista iscritti al Club del 155°.  Francesco Missarino.  Retrieved from Panterenere.it
  4. Medal Nato Archived 2017-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. IATA perspective on the airborne conflict risk – Captain Giancarlo Buono, IATA.  (18 March 2016)  Retrieved from link
  6. Air Transport Safety, a global perspective.  Retrieved from Entrypointnorth.com
  7. Just culture, an Industry perspective.  Retrieved from Entrypointnorth.com
  8. IATA backs safety performance over documentary compliance.  (17 September 2014)  Retrieved from link
  9. Go-arounds : STEADES : In-depth analysis.  Retrieved from Entrypointnorth.com
  10. Conflict Zone Overflight : The Airlines perspective.  Retrieved from Entrypointnorth.com
  11. Archived copy.  Retrieved 2017-06-17 from link
  12. OPINION: Why IATA wants to end 'Tom and Jerry' regulation.  (2014-10-03)  Retrieved from Flightglobal.com
  13. Flying over Conflict Zones : EU Parliament.  Retrieved from Europarl.europa.eu
  14. Two Sides of the Same Coin.  Retrieved from Gcs-safety.com
  15. Altitude Deviations STEADES In-depth analysis Giancarlo Buono Regional Director, Safety and Flight Operations, Europe. - Documents.  Retrieved from Docslide.net
  16. The first IOSA and ISAGO Workshop organized in Poland - Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego.  Retrieved from Ulc.gov.pl
  17. Airborne Conflict - Flight Safety Foundation.  (2014-09-04)  Retrieved from Flightsafety.org
  18. Stakeholders Advisory Body - EASA.  Retrieved from Easa.europa.eu
  19. Management Board Observers.  Retrieved from link
  20. SESAR Joint Undertaking - Governance.  Retrieved from Sesarju.eu
  21. Fed City.  Retrieved March 23, 2024 from fed.city.ac.uk