June 7, 2002 - Redmond, WA
SSI Adds Three New Specialists to Consulting Firm

Safety Services International, a firm of internationally recognized accident investigation and aviation safety consultants, is pleased to announce the addition of three new specialists to its team.

Joining SSI are Michael R. Poole, Richard Wentworth and Richard J. Nelson. "The three new consultants reflect our continued focus to offer our clients the most competent and experienced professionals in the industry," said John W. Purvis, SSI cofounder.

Poole, former head of the Canadian Transportation Safety Board flight recorder and performance laboratory, is a world-recognized authority in flight recorder readout and analysis. "He provides us with expertise that has previously been available only to a hand-full of government investigation authorities," said Purvis. "Not only does Mike have extensive experience in reading out and interpreting recorders, he oversaw the development of the software tools used for recorder readout by virtually every major government investigating authority in the world."

Richard Wentworth has 35 years of experience as an air traffic controller with the FAA and the U.S. Army and as a senior investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. In his 16 years at the NTSB, he investigated literally hundreds of ATC performance accidents on a wide range of aircraft, from mid-air collisions to runway excursion collisions to CFIT accidents.

Dick Nelson has more than 30 years experience as a regional airline executive, working as a pilot, a regional airlines manager and an educator specializing in general aviation and regional safety and operations. "Much of Dick's experience took place in Alaska, a very challenging operating environment," according to Purvis. "This combination provides an excellent resource for our part 135 and smaller part 121 clients." Nelson, who was interim dean at the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota, "also brings to SSI world class flight school management experience," Purvis said.

Seattle-based Safety Services International was formed in 1991 by John Purvis and Kevin Darcy, two former Boeing accident investigators. SSI's roster of experts now includes more than 15 independent accident investigation and safety consultants, serving airlines, governments, law firms and other clients.

More information on Safety Services International can be found on its web site: www.safeserv.com

For additional information, contact SSI at ssi@safeserv.com or call 1.425.898.0448

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