Jim Fawcett
Lead Flight Test Engineer, Airbus
Jim Fawcett is a Lead Flight Test Engineer (LFTE) working for Airbus and based in Toulouse, France. He graduated from the French flight test academy EPNER in 2008. Since 2012 he has been a development LFTE specialising in flight management systems, communications (voice and datalink), cockpit design, display systems, and radio navigation. He is qualified to operate as LFTE on all Airbus aircraft types and has logged nearly 3000 hours on test flights. A member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Society of Flight Test Engineers (where he is a member of the Technical Council) and a UK Chartered Engineer, Jim also holds a private pilot’s licence.