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Michael J. Mylan is a Worldwide Campus adjunct faculty member, teaching in the College of Aviation and College of Business, specializing in aviation operations, safety and transport management.

Michael Mylan holds an M.Sc. with distinction in Air Transport Management from City University, London, and a B.A. in Astronomy and Planetary Science, with systems theory and information technology from the UK Open University. His industry background spans general aviation entrepreneurship, airline commands on Airbus and Boeing types, flight safety leadership, and international airline and simulator training, including senior operational and safety roles with Singapore Airlines and global training organizations.

Michael’s professional and scholarly interests center on the intersection of aviation safety, operational decision‑making, and management practice, informed by sustained experience across general aviation, airline operations, training systems, and safety oversight.

His particular focus lies in crew resource management (CRM), safety management systems (SMS), and the translation of operational experience into effective organizational learning. This includes how pilots and managers actually make decisions under time pressure, uncertainty, automation and commercial constraint, rather than how they are assumed to do so in idealized models.

His applied research and teaching draw on extensive experience in airline safety governance, simulator‑based training and international regulatory environments, particularly within rapidly developing Asian aviation markets. He has contributed case‑based teaching material on aviation crisis management, including a published City University case study examining Asian aviation during economic disruption.

Across both aviation and business programs, his academic work emphasizes evidence‑based instruction, reflective practice, and the integration of technical, human and organizational factors to improve safety outcomes. His approach consistently bridges operational reality with management theory, helping learners connect policy, leadership and front‑line performance.

Michael is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, an IATA‑qualified internal aviation auditor and a member of the Flight Safety Foundation. Beyond academia, he remains actively engaged with aviation safety, training design, and consultancy across Asia, bringing practical realism and historical depth to his teaching and professional interests.