David Anderson, based in Melbourne, Australia, has been the BARS program managing director since 2015.
AeroSafety World: How did you get involved in aviation, where have you worked and what types of positions have you held?
David Anderson: Growing up in a rural town, there were not a lot of opportunities, so I left school early to join the Royal Australian Air Force as an apprentice powerplant mechanic. The engineering side of flying was always a keen interest to me. As an apprentice, I was involved in line maintenance, intermediate and depot-level maintenance on the Lockheed Martin P-3.
From there, I became a flight engineer on the P-3, and this was where I sat for over 10 years. I held check and training, standards and in…
