Director of Flights Safety Standards
Mr. Hamilton C. Rogers is the Director of Flight Safety Standards Directorate and a professional Aviation Safety inspector with more than ten (10) years’ experience at the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority. He has been involved in conducting safety audits of foreign airline operators’ maintenance and operational home base facilities including review of flight crew training records, maintenance practices, and safety management systems. He has also been involved in conducting safety inspection of airports, ramp inspections of aircraft and surveillance of aircraft operators’ facilities to ensure compliance with national and international safety standards and regulations.
Mr. Rogers joined the LCAA in 2009 as an A&P (Airframe & Power plant) mechanic in training and was elevated to Junior Airworthiness inspector, Airworthiness inspector, Assistant Manager-Airworthiness and now Director of Flight Safety Standards Directorate.
In 2013, he obtained a Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Technician Course with a type rating on the B737 classic aircraft from the Ethiopian Aviation Academy. He later sat the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority License examination test and passed will flying colors thereby obtaining a license in Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) and a license in Avionics.
Mr. Rogers graduated in 2005 with a BSc degree (magna cum Laude) in Electronic Engineering from the Don Bosco Polytechnic and was later recruited to serve as a teacher assistant.
In addition to his university education, he has participated and earned certificates in several professional trainings and conferences dating back from 2009 to present.
He is a recipient of certificate in the following Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) online courses:
• FAA27100100, Composite Awareness for the Aviation Safety Inspector
• FAA27100078, Appropriate Operational Equipment
• FAA27100163, Operator Reporting for GA Airworthiness ASIs
• FAA27100181, GA AW Operator Safety Program for New Hire General Aviation Airworthiness Inspectors
• FAA27100123, Cabin Safety Programs (AC OPS)
• FAA27100099, GA AW Aircraft Maintenance and Inspection Programs
• FAA27100099, GA AW Aircraft Maintenance and Inspection Programs
• FAA27100172, Overview of Oceanic and International Operations
• FAA27100141, Introduction to Exemptions, Deviations, And Waivers or Authorizations
• FAA27100200, Introduction to Continuing Analysis & Surveillance System (CASS)
• FAA27100057, Engineering/Major Repairs and Alterations
• FAA27100043, Maintenance Facility
• FAA27100007, General Maintenance Manual
• FAA27100033, Calibrated Tools and Test Equipment
• FAA27100286, Airworthiness Weight and Balance Programs
• FAA27100082, Maintenance Training Programs
• FAA27100083, Introduction to Extended Operations (ETOPS) Maintenance Programs (AC AWS)
• FAA27100041, Aircraft Fueling
• FAA27100034, Parts Pooling & Parts Borrowing
• FAA27032, ASI Interpersonal Competencies and Professionalism
• FAA27100035, Short Term Escalation
• FAA27100009, Airworthiness Directive (AD), Management
• FAA27100174, Aircraft Airworthiness for General Aviation Inspectors
• FAA27100008, Minimum Equipment List (MEL)/Configuration Deviation List (CDL)
• FAA27019, Ground Deicing/Anti-Icing for Airworthiness Inspectors
He has also obtained certificate in the following:
• Aviation Environmental Protection & Alternative Fuels (Doha, Qatar)
• Fundamentals Comprehensive Inspector Training System (CITS) and Inspector Training Records and Qualification System (ITRAQS) Course (Liberia)
• Accident/Incident Investigation Seminar (Virtual)
• CAA Fellowship Training Personnel from Belt & Road Countries Course (Beijing and Xi’an, the People Republic of China)
• ICAO Government Safety Inspector Airworthiness-Air Operator & AMO Certification Course (GSI- AIR-18701) (Ghana)
• ICAO implementation Workshop (Darkar, Senegal)
• IATA, Aircraft Airworthiness & Air Carrier Certification (Monrovia, Liberia)
• ICAO Endorsed Government Aviation Safety Inspector (GSI-PEL-18700) (Praia, Cabo Verde)
• BAGAIA Aircraft Accident Investigation (Ghana)
• B737-Classic-Airframe, powerplants, Avionics System (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
• Human Factor for Aviation Maintenance (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
• Advance Airport Operation (Monrovia, Liberia)
• FAA Essential Instructor Skills Training (Liberia)