Jeff Cochrane Bio

Jeff Cochran
Manager of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) Service Design,
NAV Canada

Jeff Cochrane leads a team of pilots, engineers, air traffic controllers and technologists in extracting benefits for NAV Canada’s customers through the exploitation of new CNS technologies. His group is responsible for ensuring customers profit from projects within his mandate, such as the introduction of the Wide Area Augmentation System into Canada, the application of Performance Based Navigation, the use of satellite communication and Controller Pilot Data Link Communications, and the introduction of Multilateration and Automatic Dependent Surveillance. Cochrane also acts as an advisor on various ICAO Panels and Study Groups concerned with the implementation of CNS technologies, such as the Navigation Systems Panel and the Performance Based Navigation Study Group.

Prior to joining NAV Canada, Cochrane held several positions in airlines’ management as well as flying as a line captain. He has worked as a Civil Aviation Inspector for Transport Canada and as a General Manager for an international consulting company.  He is a graduate with High Honours of the Aviation and Flight Technology program of Seneca College and also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Masters in Business Administration. As a pilot, he continues to maintain his Airline Transport Pilot License performing CNS operational test and evaluation flights and flight inspection missions on NAV Canada’s Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft.