Andrzej Kotwica
Secretariat: tel. 22 520 75 23, fax (22) 22 520 73 84
Born on February 3, 1963 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
He graduated from the Mechanic Faculty at the Military University of Technology, major in airplanes and helicopters. He also graduated from post-graduate studies at the Faculty of Military Aviation and Air Defense at the Academy of National Defense, major in Aviation Management.
After graduating from the Military University of Technology, in 1987 – 2004 he served in the Army, taking various technical positions in the aviation of the armed forces.
Participant of numerous courses and trainings in civil aviation, both national and international. He completed such courses as: Aircraft Airworthiness Course, ICAO Safety Management System (SMS) Training Course, Training of SAFA Ramp Check Inspectors, Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Management Course, Human Factors in Aviation, Standardization Inspection of Competent Authorities Course.
He has worked in aviation since 2004 – at that time he started working for the Civil Aviation Authority as airworthiness inspector at the South-East Branch Office of the CAA in Wrocław. He was a member of standardization teams (MAST – Maintenance Standardizations Teams) of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency due to which he participated in standardization audits in Finland, Serbia, Moldova and Turkey.
In 2016-2017 he was the Deputy Director of the Aviation Technical Department and in 2017-2021 – its Director.
He is a member of the Program Board of the Aviation Institute and a member of the Program Board of the Certification Unit at the Technical Institute of Military Aviation.
Privately, he likes downhill skiing and long-distance running – he is a representative of the Wrocław Running Club “Piast”.