Karen Bolton

Karen Bolton has over 30 years experience in aviation and is an industry expert in safety. Karen started her career with NATS as an Air Traffic Controller validating on both London Gatwick and London Stansted Radar sectors. She has worked extensively across Europe with EASA, Eurocontrol and the UK DfT on safety improvement activities on a wide range of subjects. During this time, she has chaired various groups including the SPA (Safety Partnership Agreement) forging a common understanding between pilots and controllers on the operating environment. She has led and developed new safety initiatives including the first UK callsign confusion deconfliction tool.