Captain David Larsen

Airline Captain — Airbus A320 Family

david.larsen@example.com +47 400 00 142 Oslo, Norway linkedin.com/in/example-profile

Summary

Airline captain with 9,400 total flight hours, 6,200 of them on the A320 family. Line training captain since 2021, having trained 28 first officers to line release. Member of the safety review board and a contributor to two fleet procedure revisions.

Work Experience

Captain and Line Training Captain

April 2019 – Present

European airline · Oslo

  • Command on A320 family across short and medium-haul European operations.
  • Trained 28 first officers to line release as a line training captain.
  • Contributed to two fleet standard operating procedure revisions.

First Officer

August 2014 – March 2019

European airline · Oslo

  • Accumulated 4,100 hours on the A320 family across a full route network.
  • Completed command upgrade training and assessment at first attempt.
  • Volunteered as a fatigue reporting focal point for the fleet.

Flight Instructor

June 2011 – July 2014

Flight training organisation · Bergen

  • Delivered ab initio and instrument rating training to 40 students.
  • Maintained a 100% first-attempt pass rate on instrument rating skill tests over two years.
  • Rewrote the school's briefing guides for the multi-engine syllabus.

Education

August 2009 – May 2011

Norwegian Aviation Academy

ATPL (Integrated), Airline Transport Pilot Licence

August 2005 – June 2008

University of Bergen

BSc, Physics

Projects

Line Training Programme

Trained 28 first officers to line release, including the restructuring of the briefing material used across the fleet.

Fleet Procedure Revision

Contributed to two revisions of fleet standard operating procedures following safety review board analysis of reported events.

Skills

A320 family type ratingCrew resource managementInstrument flightLine trainingElectronic flight bagFlight planning systemsSimulator training devicesDecision making under pressureCrew briefingMentoring

Languages

  • Norwegian · Native
  • English · Advanced
  • German · Intermediate
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