Based on their testimonies and my personal observations, I gradually designed a program of specific exercises for each category of personnel in order to help them recognize, prevent and cope with stressful situations.
The techniques that I have developed have proved popular with flight crews. Positive feedback from staff members who practice the exercises prior to and during flight, confirm that they are able to handle fatigue and stressful situations better.
Between 1995 and 2015: Exchange of views and observation phase of flight conditions with flight crews during medium and long haul flights.
January 2009: Flight experience in an Albatros L39 to assess flight conditions in fighter aircraft (position of the pilot in the cockpit, cockpit space, gravity effect).
During 2014: Interviews with cockpit and cabin crews of Brussels Airlines, Air France, Cargolux, British Airways, Qatar Airlines to assess their needs and evaluate different options for practising the techniques on board.
August 2014: Interview with the F-16 solo display pilot.
2012-2014: Interviews with Belgian and French fighter pilots.
August 2014: Exchange of views with Solar Impulse pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. Instruction on Blue Care techniques specifically adapted to their flight conditions, i.e. long term flights aboard the SI2 during the Solar Impulse around-the-world flight (Payerne, Switzerland).
August 2015: Immediate Vigilance Cognitive Test “Go – No Go”, when performed on 60 people confirmed substantially the efficiency of the “High Vigilance Blue Care Technique”.
Autumn 2015: Night session observation tests in A320 and A330 flight simulators with Brussels Airlines. Special focus on pilot reactions when confronted with difficult situations.
March 2016: Creation of Blue Care Productions Ltd.