Jean-Paul Troadec
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|known_for = President of the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile
|education = Aerospace engineer
|alma_mater = École polytechnique
École nationale de l'aviation civile
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Jean-Paul Troadec (born October 14, 1948 in Saint-Renan, Finistère, France) is a French aerospace engineer and public servant. He is the former President of the French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile,{{cite web
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Biography
Troadec graduated from École polytechnique (X 67) and École nationale de l'aviation civile (IAC 70){{cite web
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}} and started his career in 1972 as an engineer at the certification office of the Direction générale de l'aviation civile.{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.enjeux.org/index.php?entry=entry091002-104557 Jean-Paul Troadec a été nommé directeur du Bureau d’enquêtes et d’analyses (BEA) pour la sécurité 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 engine and CFM56 department. From 1985 till 1993, he was head of the Service d'exploitation de la formation aéronautique.{{cite web |title=Jean-Paul TROADEC |publisher=Bureau d’enquêtes et d’analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile |url=http://www.bea.aero/fr/bea/qui-sommes-nous/jean.paul.troadec.pdf |language=fr }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 1993, he was appointed head of the air traffic department. Then, until 2002, he was head of the human resources 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/jean-paul-troadec-directeur-du-bureau-d-enquetes-et-d-analyses-pour-la-securite-aerienne-l-enqueteur-en-quete-d-independance.N124435 |title=Jean-Paul Troadec: directeur du Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité aérienne: l'enquêteur en quête d'indépendance |newspaper=L'Usine nouvelle|date= January 14, 2010
|first=Hassan |last=Meddah |issue=3175 |access-date=June 10, 2012|language=fr}}{{cite news|url=http://www.daily-bourse.fr/jean-paul-troadec-succede-a-paul-louis-arslanian-a-Feed-AFP091002141039.dy1t4gr0.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724001841/http://www.daily-bourse.fr/jean-paul-troadec-succede-a-paul-louis-arslanian-a-Feed-AFP091002141039.dy1t4gr0.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-24 |title=JEAN-PAUL TROADEC SUCCÈDE À PAUL-LOUIS ARSLANIAN À LA TÊTE DU BEA |publisher=daily-bourse.fr |language=fr}}
Aeronautical qualifications
- Military parachute licence
- Commercial pilot licence Instrument Rating (multi engine)
Awards
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. ({{ISBN|2-7491-0415-7}})
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Category:French aerospace engineers
Category:École Polytechnique alumni
Category:École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni
Category:Corps de l'aviation civile
Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour
Category:Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
Category:Recipients of the Aeronautical Medal