Aviation Safety & Human Factors Expert
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Apache pilot. 787 captain. Aviation psychologist. Father of three — including one extraordinary girl who taught me more about resilience than any cockpit ever did.
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Apache pilot. 787 captain. Aviation psychologist. Father of three — including one extraordinary girl who taught me more about resilience than any cockpit ever did.
I'm Elad Rothschild — an Israeli Air Force Apache helicopter pilot turned El Al 787 Dreamliner captain, and a lifelong student of how people perform under pressure.
I spent years flying attack helicopters in combat and EMS rescue missions, sat on certification panels, and evaluated and helped select and train top-tier candidates for the IDF's elite pilot and officer training programs. Along the way, I trained as a psychologist and became one of the IAF's first instructors in Crew Resource Management — work that changed how the Air Force investigates accidents and trains its people.
Today I fly Boeing 787s for Israel's national airline, speak about resilience and leadership, and spend my proudest hours with my wife Chen and our three children — especially our youngest, whose strength is the reason this site exists at all.
Crew Resource Management, Threat & Error Management, and the human-factors work behind every safe flight — explained by someone who built the training, not just took it.
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Two decades inside Israel's most demanding operational environments translate directly into consulting, advisory, and partnership opportunities in the U.S. and beyond.
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Talks on Israel, military service, and raising a daughter with special needs — for audiences who want truth, not talking points.
Book a talkIsrael is a country built on the idea that someone has to be ready. I spent my life training to be that someone — in the air, in the investigation room, and at my daughter's side.— Elad Rothschild
My wife Chen is a lawyer and real-estate entrepreneur. Together we're raising three kids — including a daughter with special needs who is, without question, the most demanding and rewarding command I've ever held. The same patience, observation, and calm-under-pressure that make a good CRM instructor make a good father. I talk about both, because they're not really two different things.
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