MALTE SOMMER
HELLO I'M MALTE
I LOVE SCIENCE AND FLYING
WHAT I CAN OFFER
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
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Information regarding the regulatory framework
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Safety Data Collection
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Risk Assessment and Classification
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Hazard Identification
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Indicators & Alert / Target setting
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Accident and Incident Investigations in accordance with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices
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Human Factors Analysis
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Human Behaviour Classification System
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Risk Mitigation and Safety Recommendations
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Safety Promotion including Presentations and Publications
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Identification of research goals including the description, modelling, prediction, and explanation/understanding
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Literary Studies and evaluation of sources
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Data collection, processing, aswell as the identification and definition of parameters to evaluate the gathered information towards the goals set
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Compilation of relevant statistics
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Critical analysis and discussion of statistical data and gathered information
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Conclusions based on the initial study goals
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Lectures in the field of aerospace research and engineering as well as safety management systems
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Guest Lectures for various topics including Flight Safety (e.g. error and just culture, conflicts between IFR and VFR traffic), application of aviation safety principles in the field of medicine or other high-risk areas, effective self learning methods and tools for the design of computer based training
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Theory Instruction for all types of Pilot Licences aswell as EASA Flight Training for CPL(A), PPL(A) and SEP(land).
ABOUT
ABOUT ME
Besides my dual curriculum including a scientific education and a training to become a professional pilot, my enthusiasm for aviation motivated me to additionally act as a tutor, theory- and as a flight instructor for private pilot students. In doing so, it is easy for me to motivate my fellow human beings and to contribute to the development of synergies in groups as well as to advocate for reaching the goals set. That became apparent during my role as a first officer, tutor for groups of students and during my voluntary work as head of airfield operations managers in my aero club. This is where I gained experience and applied my leadership and social competence, such as determination and empathy.
WHAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN
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Turbulence Models and their Dynamics for use in Flight Simulators
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Flight Tests with an Airbus A320 including Trailing Cone verifications and measurements
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Evaluation of an innovative technique to monitor the altitude indication of airborne air data systems
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Altimetry System Error (ASE) and Numerical Weather Prediction
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Airline Safety Management System and internal Investigations
TRAINED
AWARDED
The Karl-Doetsch-Prize for Young Scientists by the Aeronautics Research Centre Niedersachsen, a joint scientific union of the research institutes of aerospace and aeronautics at Technical University Braunschweig, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Leibnitz University in Hannover.
WHAT I DO
My activities include an active role as an airline pilot on Airbus A330 (previously Boeing B757-300, B767-300ER and B737-800), theory instruction for various types of private and commercial pilot licences, flight instruction on single engine piston (SEP) aircraft, duties such as incident investigations, hazard identification, classification and handling of air safety reports, safety recommendations and safety promotion within the aviation safety management system of a complex organisation according to EASA requirements. Additional research activities include publications within the scope of computer based self-learning and flight test engineering.
PUBLICATIONS
C. Christmann, M. Sommer: Computation of Static Atmospheric Pressure by Means of Numerical Weather Prediction Models. Luftfahrttechnisches Handbuch (LTH), Braunschweig, 2019.
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C. Christmann, M. Sommer: Comparison of Various Numerical Weather Prediction Models for Monitoring of In-Flight Static Pressure Measurements. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress, Braunschweig, 2016.
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M. Sommer: Evaluation eines Verfahrens zur Überwachung von Luftdatensystemen mit Hilfe numerischer Modelle der Atmosphäre. DLR Institut für Flugsystemtechnik, Braunschweig, 2015, IB 111-2015/19.
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M. Sommer: Selbststudium - Die Lehrmethode von morgen: Wie Lernmaterialien das Selbststudium mithilfe von hypermedialen Elementen erfolgreich machen. Diplomica Verlag, Hamburg, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8428-6964-6.
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PORTFOLIO
Senior Flight Safety Officer (FSO) | Senior First Officer (SFO) | Flight Instructor (FI) | Researcher (M. Sc.) and Engineer (B. Eng.)
... of Airline Operations
Karl-Doetsch Prize for Young Scientists
Boeing 737-800
The use of Numerical Weather Prediction Models for monitoring the altitude indication of air data systems has been evaluated
Boeing 737-800
B767-300ER
Airbus A320 Research Aircraft of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with extended trailing cone
Evaluation of a technique for air data system monitoring by the use of numerical weather prediction models
Boeing 737-800