Richard Caldwell - Consultant FAA Designated Engineering Representative performing System Safety Assessments and reviewing assessments for approvals for various clients. He is a Graduate of Arizona State University with a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is the former General Manager of McDonnell Douglas -MD11 program. Rick has participated in numerous FAA accident investigations and is an expert witness on many aircraft matters. Types of System Safety Assessments prepared and reviewed include Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Zonal Analysis (ZA) and Common Cause Analysis (CCA). He is a Boeing Airworthiness Representative-Wichita DAS and Cessna -Wichita DOA