55th ALPA Air Safety Forum August 3–6, 2009 . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC AIR SAFETYS FORUM

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Dr. Kathy Abbott Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Flight Deck Human Factors, Federal Aviation Administration Dr. Kathy Abbott has over 30 years of experience specializing in aviation human factors. She currently serves as the chief scientific and technical advisor for Flight Deck Human Factors to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on human performance and human error, systems design and analysis, advanced automation for flight path management, flight crew training/qualification, and flight crew operations and procedures. She is FAA liaison to industry and other government and international agencies dealing with flight deck human factors. Since 1996, Dr. Abbott has led the integration of human factors engineering into development and application of FAA/international regulatory material and policies for flight guidance systems, avionics, all-weather operations, Required Navigation Performance, flight crew qualification, data link, instrument procedure design criteria, electronic flight bags, electronic displays, design-related flight crew error, and other areas. Dr. Abbott also is vice chair of the Flight Safety Foundation Icarus Committee. Before joining the FAA, she conducted research on flight deck design and operations at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (since 2001) and a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN) (Freeman since 2005 and elected to the Livery in 2008). Among other honors, she has received the 2005 GAPAN Cumberbach Trophy for contributions to aviation safety and the 2002 Aerospace Laurel from Aviation Week and Space Technology. She is a private pilot, with training and familiarization with several large transport aircraft, including the B-747-400, B-777, MD-11, and A320/A330/A340.

Dr. John Allan Head of Wildlife Research, UK Food and Environment Research Agency Dr. John Allan has worked as a specialist in bird-strike prevention for the past 21 years. He is head of the Birdstrike Avoidance Team at the UK government’s Food and Environment Research Agency and is chairman of the International Birdstrike Committee. His main research interests are the objective assessment of risk from bird strikes and development of audit and best-practice standards for bird management both on and around airfields. He received the Mike Kuhring award for achievements in bird-strike prevention in 2003.

Richard L. Altman Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative Rich Altman currently serves as executive director of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI). Rich co-founded CAAFI in 2006 with U.S. airline (ATA), manufacturer (AIA), airport (ACI-NA), and FAA Office of Environment and Energy sponsors. CAAFI sets an aviation focus for its more than 40 energy supplier stakeholders and global airline members and serves as a catalyst to accelerate a broad range of initiatives leading to certification, technology development environmental analysis, and deployment of a full range of sustainable fuels from multiple feedstocks and processes. The CAAFI coalition now includes over 300 individual sponsors and stakeholders from all continents. A 42-year aviation veteran, Rich spent 39 years with Pratt & Whitney, initially as a propulsion engineer, branching into Advanced Technology Business Development. At P&W Rich’s efforts included execution of P&W’s Advanced Engine Advisory Process with airlines and airframe companies, leading to new commercial product definition and the development and implementation of a business focus for P&W’s Green Engine Program. biographies

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40 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies University ofConnecticut. Rich holds engineering degrees from the Brooklyn and Rennselaer Polytechnic Institutes and an MBA from the alternative fuelshandbookfor airportsandalternative fuelsuppliers. Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research panel,monitoring its projecttocreatean Program advisory life-cycle modeling and small-particle measurement among its projects. He is a member of the Transportation Captain Captain Archibald residesinRaleigh, NorthCarolina,withhiswife andthreechildren. Counselor (NCAC), andchairman oftheFAA BoardAdvisory for theHIMSprogram. Toronto, Canada.Hecurrently isaLabor ProfessionalAssistance Counselor(LAP-C), NationalCertified Addiction Betty Ford Center, the Hazelden Foundation, Valley Hope Treatment Centers, and the Pilot Assistance Program in For thepast11 years, Captain Archibald hasgonethroughmany trainingcoursesonchemical dependenceatthe was rewarded by American Eagle Airlines’ dedicatinganaircraft inhisname. opportunity tofly children andtheir families toDisney World inOrlando,Florida.Hisdedicationtohelpingothers years, Captain Archibald has volunteered his services to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, where he has had the the titleofcaptain/check airmanontheEMB-145 aircraft inNew York withover 18,500 flighthours. Over the in aeronauticalstudies. Hehasbeen employed with American Eagle Airlines for 21years. Currently, heholds Captain Archibald graduated from Riddle Embry Aeronautical University in 1986 with a bachelor of science degree pilots. serving 3,000 pilots.Heisalso Aeromedical/HIMS 36airlinesandnearly54,000 chairmanserving for American Eagle Airlines, DanaC. Captain Archibald isthechairman of ALPA’s Motivation HumanIntervention Study (HIMS)program, National HIMS Chairman,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Council. and of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Center for Aerospace Safety/Security Education (C.A.S.E.) Advisory Jim isagraduateofGeorgetown University, andamemberofthe Aviation Committee Security Advisory (ASAC) security. Heremainedthereuntilbeginningwork withthe Air LinePilots Association. Airways. Heultimatelywas promotedtomanagerofsecurity, secondincommandtotheairline’s directorof In 1998, Jim accepted a position as asset protection manager within the Corporate Security Department of US for investigating money launderingby majornarcoticstraffickers. force onanalienfraudtask andafederalwith theU.S. whereheserved drug force SecretService, task responsible uniform andasacriminalinvestigator. The lastfew years ofhislaw enforcement careerwere spentonassignment Jim was an Arlington County, Va., policeofficer from 1971 to ina ofassignmentsbothin 1998 andserved variety government agencies. andindustry airspace management;NORAD/NorthCom;flightdeck andinteractionwith jumpseatsecurity; various additional MANPADS barriers; cargosecurity; (passenger andall-cargo);secondary (surface-to-air missiles);threatened Royal Canadian Mounted Police; the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program (armed pilots); the Common Strategy Administration, theFederal Air MarshalService, Transport Canada,theFederal BureauofInvestigation, andthe Some of the security initiatives in which Jim participates include liaison with the Transportation Security ofaviation hewassecurity. ingeneral.InSeptember2006, appointedsupervisor industry industry representatives on a variety of issues impacting the security of ALPA’s membership and the aviation staff support to ALPA’s National Security Committee and coordinated with U.S. and Canadian government and Jim Andresakes began work as a senior security specialist with ALPA in September 2002. In that role, he provided Supervisor, AviationSecurity, AirLinePilotsAssociation,International of theFAA PARTNER CenterofExcellence Board,Advisory which includesalternative fuels “well towake” CO Environment, andistheauthor ofitspaperson Technology Deployment and Alternative Fuels. Heisamember He is a founding member of the U.S. Transportation Research Board Committee on Aviation Effects on the Captain DanaC.Archibald,EGL James G.Andresakes 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l 2

biographies 41 First Officer Dolores Argento, UAL National Aeromedical Vice Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International Dolores Argento is vice chairman of the ALPA National Aeromedical Committee and the Air Line Pilots Association’s Oxygen Mask Contamination Project manager. A 777 F/O for United Airlines based in Chicago, she has flown for United the past 24 years and holds a bachelor of science degree in professional aeronautics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. For more than 30 years, Dolores has devoted much of her free time to studying multiple natural healing modalities emphasizing nutrition, as well as the physiological impact of international flying.

First Officer Dean Armstrong, DAL MEC CIRP Chairman, Delta Air Lines, Air Line Pilots Association, International Dean Armstrong has been with CIRP since 9/11 and been the Northwest, then Delta, chair for three-plus years. He is a B-757 first officer based in Detroit doing a lot of international flying, so, he says, “I realize the need for global cooperation for all of us in the world of CIRP.”

J. Randolph Babbitt Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration Randy Babbitt was sworn in as the Federal Aviation Administration’s 16th administrator on June 1. Babbitt comes to the FAA from Oliver Wyman, an international management consulting firm where he served as partner. A veteran pilot and internationally recognized expert in aviation and labor relations, Babbitt is no stranger to the FAA. He has been a member of the agency’s Management Advisory Council since 2001. In that capacity, he provided guidance to the FAA administrator on a variety of topics, ranging from air traffic modernization to regulatory policy. He was chairman of the council from 2004 to 2006. He also was appointed by DOT Secretary Mary Peters to be a member of a special Internal Review Team to assess safety oversight within the airline industry and the FAA. Babbitt had been the founding partner of Eclat Consulting, a highly successful aviation firm, in 2001 and was the president and CEO until Eclat was acquired by Oliver Wyman in 2007. Babbitt began his aviation career as a pilot, flying 25 years for Eastern Airlines. A skilled negotiator, he served as president and CEO for U.S. ALPA, the world’s largest professional organization of airline pilots. While at ALPA, he championed the “One Level of Safety” initiative implemented in 1995 to improve safety standards across the industry. He also promoted the international expansion of ALPA through a merger with the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association in 1997. He was recognized by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine with the Laurels Award for outstanding achievement in Commercial Air Transport.

Captain Kevin Bailey, EGL Security Council Chairman, National Security Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Bailey serves as the Security Council chairman for the National Security Committee of ALPA. His chairmanship serves as the mouthpiece for the MEC coordinators of the Security Council, comprised of the 36 airlines of ALPA in the United States and Canada, and directly represents them to the chairman of the NSC. He also sits on the National Security steering and oversight committee. Captain Bailey was formerly on the FFDO Task Force of the Operations section. Captain Bailey started flying for American Eagle in 1989 and was previously a charter pilot for a 135 company at Midway Airport. Captain Bailey is currently on the EMB-145 series regional jet and also holds type ratings in the ATR family and Saab 340 series, where he was a check airman. He has just over 12,000 hours of commercial flying. Captain Bailey recently retired from the U.S. Navy after 24 years of service in Navy Intelligence. Commander Bailey spent two tours in support of Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom before leaving the Navy Reserves in January 2007. He resides in Crown Point, Indiana, with his wife, Sharon, and three daughters. biographies biographies

42 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies authored withherhusbandHarry— daughter, andacat.Christinelives adog, inMinneapolis. She hasbeenfeatured in is marriedBeckwith tospeaker/author Harry ( Christine received herCertifiedSpeaking Professional designationfromtheNationalSpeakers Association. She contributionofovera total $1million. Host of the Christine Clifford Celebrity Golf International, a benefit for breast cancer research, Christine has made world’s leadingauthoritiesontheuseoftherapeutichumor.” from theUniversityofHouston–Clear Lake. Heissingle,with threechildren, andlives inBaytown, Texas. Mr. Berg has a bachelor of science in sociology/psychology and a master of arts in marriage and family therapy Professionals Association. has coordinated disaster drills and disaster operations. He is a member of the National Employee Assistance as wellandcriticalincidentresponsesfor aspresentations corporations,airlines,andgovernment entities,and of intake/outreach andcenteractivitiesatCovenant House Texas. Hehasdoneresearch inavarietyofvenues, in Houston;therapist,researcher, for Project andsupervisor SupportattheUniversityofHouston;anddirector Inc. inHouston;aprivateindividuals, families, therapyandcouples;EAP coordinatorfor practiceserving IRG Mr. Berg’s clinical experience includes providing therapy for foster children through Therapeutic Family Life Response Team andcoordinatoroftheCISMResponse Program, andamemberofthe ALPA CIRPteam. and a certified trainer for ICISF and the University of Maryland. He is a member of ExpressJet’s Emergency Certified Employee Assistance Professional, abuseprofessional asubstance for theDepartmentof Transportation, Mark Berg isseniormanagerofEAPatExpressJet Airlines. A licensedprofessional counselor, heisalsoa Professional CounselorandSeniorManagerofEAP,ExpressJetAirlines Worthwhile inbooksthatincludedherbest-seller,story Diagnosed withbreastcancerinDecemberof’94,Christinewent ontowritefive award-winning portrayals ofher Procter &Gamble,doublingthesize ofhercompany overnight. per-year loss to over $54 million in sales, Christine signed the largest contract in the history of her industry with included Kmart, Toys “R” Us, WalMart, AT&T, Mattel Toys, andRevlon. for eightyears, industry Christine’sTaking services As thetopsalespersoninmulti-billion-dollarretail accounts hercompany fromamillion-dollar- president for theSPAR firminNew Group,aninternationalmarketing services York. shares thatmessagewithothers.Shecracked the “glass ceiling”by age40whenshebecameseniorexecutive vice Christine Clifford Beckwith’s experience taught her Humorist, Author,Professional Speaker, President/ChiefExecutiveOfficerofTheCancerClub® how to market and sell products, services, and herself. Now she aircraft. He holdsanFAA airlinetransportpilot’s license. BakerCaptain with iscurrently a737captain Alaska rating ontheMD-80series Airlines and alsohasatype BakerCaptain has flown over hoursin over15,000 80different air vehicles andhas750carrier landings. instructor at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Pilot School, astheF-14 serving programmanageratStrike Aircraft Test asatestpilot Directorate.Healsoserved graduate whileflyingthe F-14 TOMCAT. Captain Baker isaGraduatewithDistinctionfromthe U.S. Naval Test Captain Baker started flying in 1974 and graduated from Navy flight training in December 1976. He is a TOPGUN He represents ALPA pilotsintheevaluation ofallnew andexisting aircraft flown for commercialpurposes. BobCaptain Baker as directorofaircraft serves evaluation for the Air Line Pilots Association, International(ALPA). Director ofAircraftEvaluation,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International

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biographies 43 Greg Bergner Aviation Safety and Security Specialist, Air Line Pilots Association, International In July 2009, Greg Bergner left a fulltime flying career and began work as a staff employee within ALPA’s Department of Engineering and Air Safety in Herndon, VA. During his flying career, Greg served as an assistant director of operations for ALPA’s National Security Committee, where he oversaw the research and development of policy for the Association in areas such as air cargo security, screening and access, MANPADS defense/mitigation, threatened airspace management, and flight deck protection/hardening. Bergner was a captain for American Eagle airlines for 10 years, and for 11 years flew for DHL as a Boeing 727 first officer. While with DHL, he worked with its manager of corporate security on special projects such as threat assessments and asset and crew protection, as well as security training for pilots and other employee groups. In that capacity, Greg helped initiate DHL’s Ground Security Coordinator (GSC) program, and developed and conducted the In-Flight Security Coordinator (ISC) and GSC training curriculum. Greg has been a regular attendee of the Wilmington, Ohio, Airport Security Committee as an assistant to DHL corporate security. He is the founder of the Wilmington, Ohio, Airpark Users Group, which meets twice annually and brings together all the stakeholders of the privately run airfield to discuss and resolve security and safety issues. In addition to holding a position on the National Security Committee, Bergner’s ALPA work includes: member, ALPA President’s Committee for Cargo; chairman, DHL Council 17 Security Committee; chairman, DHL Council 17 Furlough Relief Committee; designated media spokesman, DHL Council 17. Greg has also represented ALPA on the TSA’s Aviation Security Advisory Committee’s Air Cargo Working Group. In recognition of his aviation security contributions, Greg has been awarded a Presidential Citation by ALPA. Bergner attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, and Emery Aviation College in Greeley, CO.

Richard Bert Special Agent in Charge, Flight Programs Division, Federal Air Marshal Service, Transportation Security Administration Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Rick Bert is the division chief of the Flight Programs Division of the TSA’s Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS). In this position since 2008, SAC Bert has program management responsibility for the Federal Flight Deck Officer program. Rick joined the Federal Air Marshal Service in 2003 and served as the chief of the Domestic Planning Branch, then as the SAC of the Emergency Preparedness Division, which oversees the COOP and exercise activity for TSA nationally. Prior to joining FAMS, Mr. Bert worked at the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for 13 years as the security director and later as a special assistant to the director. FinCEN focuses on money-laundering investigations, supporting federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. In his first career he was a Secret Service agent engaging in investigations of federal criminal violations, protecting government officials, and managing special projects. Rick has over 30 years of government experience.

First Officer James Berzon, CAL National Vice Chairman, Jumpseat Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, International James Berzon is a first officer on the 757/767 for Continental Airlines. James has been in the airline industry for over nine years, and has always sought after the best interest of his fellow pilots. Shortly after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott), James was hired at SkyWest Airlines in 2000. When he left SkyWest after seven years, he was a designated examiner for the airline on the CRJ. This appointment afforded him interaction with many furloughed United Airlines pilots who received jobs at SkyWest after September 11, 2001. It was from these relations that James developed a knowledge base on furloughs and the encouragement to help furloughed pilots. It was a result of these dealings, as well as being a commuter for nine years, that James became an avid jumpseat advocate. Upon leaving SkyWest, James was hired at Continental as a 737 first officer in Newark, where he immediately became an active member of CAL ALPA. James is adamant about the rights, rules, and regulations of jumpseating and uses this passion in carrying out his responsibilities as CAL MEC Jumpseat Committee vice biographies biographies

44 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies ARC helpingtodeliver afinal package for eventual FAA Heisalsocurrently amemberoftheICAOrulemaking. in RTCA SC-203sinceitsinception.Duringthepastyear, hewas memberoftheFAA animportant SmallUAS Among thosegroupsworking tointegrateUAS Chernoff intocivilairspace,Captain hasbeenanactive participant interests. Pilots Association, International,asanNAS stakeholderinmeetingswithgovernment, industry, andother to expanded useandemergingtechnologies ofUnmanned Aircraft Systems. Hehasrepresented the Air Line Since 2004, Captain Chernoff has served the ATS and NASMOD Committees in developing positions in response UAS TeamLeadADO Committee,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Denver, Colorado. an instructor orcheck airmanontheDC-10, as B-737,worked has and College B727,State Metropolitan B-747,from science aerospace in degree a andB-747-400.holds Champion Heresidesandisbasedin Captain to the Air Traffic Safety Action Program. on theprojectteam,heisinvolved intheevaluation offatigue riskmitigationsystems andhasprovided expertise Committee. Heisaformer chairman oftheUAL MEC Training Committee. Inadditiontohispresentassignment He isan Airbus andrepresents A320 captain ALPA asamemberoftheUnited Airlines ASAP Event Review been an ALPA member and volunteer for 24 years. asthe and serves ALPA andFAA liaisontoindustry counterparts.Marcisemployed by United Airlines andhas safety reportingprograms,providesactivities relatedtovoluntary policyguidance ALPA executive leadership, Marc Championserves ALPA ontheFOQA/ASAP Project Team. Heisresponsiblefor coordinationof ALPA FOQA/ASAP ProjectTeamLead,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International the U.S. EPA Pathogen Equivalency Committee. emissions, especiallyinindoorenvironments andthewastewater treatmentindustry. asamemberof Sheserves Her research interestsincludetheevaluation andcontrolofpotentialexposures tomicroorganismsandtheir Studies, conductinghealthhazardevaluations. Sheiscurrently anindustrialhygiene teamleader. hygienist. Shehasworked for NIOSHfor 18 yearsHazardEvaluations, intheDivisionofSurveillance, andField and aM.P.H. fromtheUniversityofRochester, School ofMedicineandDentistry. Sheis also acertifiedindustrial Nancy ClarkBurtonhasaPh.D. inenvironmentalhealthfromtheUniversity ofCincinnati,CollegeMedicine, Industrial HygieneTeamLeader,NationalInstituteforOccupationalSafety andHealth Operations CommitteeChairman,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International daughters. Pierre livesA graduateoftheUniversityMinnesota, innorthern Arizona withhiswife, Triscia, andtheirtwo the needfor CIRP, Pierre andMarkjoinedforces tocreateauniqueandprogressive CISMteam. lost bothfamily andfriends. While hewas actingastheHIMSchair, theDHLshutdown was announced,andtofill types, camewhileassistingintherecoveryeffortsdebriefings, ofmultiple atGroundZeroafter 9/11, wherehe Pierre’s inthelaw interestinCISMstarted enforcement community. Hisfirstpractical experience withCISM Christensen oftheCIRPCommittee at ASTAR andchair oftheHIMSCommittee. Hired in1988 atDHL/ASTAR, Pierre Bigelow onthe iscurrently acaptain Airbus HeiscochairA300. withMark MEC CIRP Co-Chairman/HIMS Chairman, ASTAR Airlines James lives inLas Vegas, Nevada, withhiswife andfellow Continental Airlines pilot,Lauren. of hiswork asCALMECFurlough Program coordinator. HeisalsoanFFDOCommittee. ontheCALMECSecurity chairman and the ALPA National Jumpseat Committee vice chairman. James is still dedicated to and most proud Captain EllisM.Chernoff,FDX Captain MarcChampion,UAL Nancy ClarkBurton Captain VictorCabot,EGL Captain PierreBigelow,DAL 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 45 UAS Study Group representing ALPA/IFALPA and has made presentations to NATCA, the NTSB UAS Forum, and IFALPA. He has participated in numerous safety initiatives under ATS as well as for the FedEx MEC. Ellis began flying in 1970. He has been an air carrier pilot under FAR 135 and 121 since 1977 and an instructor in light single-engine planes and multiengine transports through the Boeing 747. He has been a director of flight standards and training as well as a key player in the certification of two regional air carriers. Captain Chernoff holds a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical studies and an associate’s degree in aviation management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has flown more than 15,000 flight hours in nearly 30 aircraft types. A native of Los Angeles, he resides in Norco, California, and presently is an MD-11 captain for FedEx Express.

Timothy Childs Federal Air Marshal, FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Sacramento Timothy Childs is a federal air marshal assigned full-time as task force agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, Sacramento Division. Childs has been based in the Chicago and Los Angeles field offices as well as the San Francisco resident agent office. FAM Childs has served as operations officer, intelligence and ComSec officer, foreign air marshal liaison, ATSAC back-up, and team leader on international and domestic missions as well as special mission coverage. He has worked on international and domestic terrorism cases, serves as co-rail, maritime, and infrastructure liaison agent, and assists the airline liaison agent coordinator in his capacity as a federal air marshal. FAM Childs started the Sacrament Laser Strike Working Group in an effort to pioneer a response and investigative model to combat the rising incidence of laser strikes against aircraft. Prior to his time in the Federal Air Marshal Service, Childs spent time with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshal Service as well as several state law enforcement agencies in California.

First Officer Mark Christensen, ASTAR MEC CIRP Co-Chairman/Aeromedical Chairman, ASTAR Mark Christensen is a Boeing 727 first officer for DHL/ASTAR. Hired in 1995, he co-chairs ASTAR CIRP and is the chair of ASTAR Aeromedical. Within the atmosphere of a shutdown threat, Mark and Pierre Bigelow, in six months, took a nonactive CIRP committee to a team of 22 qualified peer support volunteers with a unique approach to the pilot group’s needs. Seeing that the situation needed a multidimensional response, Mark and Pierre worked hard to put CIRP in position to relevantly address the climate of a potential shutdown. Mark brings years of experience as the FCAP (Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel) leader at ASTAR, offering spiritual care within the pilot group. Noticing a definite climate change after the May 27, 2008, announcement, Mark accepted the challenge from ASTAR’s MEC to help ramp up the Pilot Assistance Committees with Pierre. He is seasoned in recruiting, retaining, and motivating volunteers, bringing enthusiasm into teamwork building. A graduate of Seattle Pacific University, Mark lives in Eugene, Oregon, with his wife and three children.

Captain Thomas Cook, DAL Captain Thomas Cook graduated from Boston College 1977 and was commissioned into the U.S. Navy in January 1978. He earned his wings in August 1979 at NAS, Beeville, TX. Captain Cook’s flying experience includes the A-7E Corsair II, involving carrier operations aboard the USS America and USS Ranger. He was an F/A-18 instructor pilot at Fighter Attack Squadron 125, and flew the C-12 in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1987 to 1995. He was hired by Northwest Airlines in 1985, and currently is an Airbus A330 captain for Delta Air Lines. Captain Cook and his wife, Aimee, have three children.

First Officer Louise Cullinan, MAG National CIRP Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International Louise is currently a first officer with Mesa Airlines, flying the CRJ200 and CRJ900 out of Phoenix. She has been with Mesa since 1995, first as an agent, then progressing to station manager, and, since 1999, as a pilot. She is Mesa’s CIRP chairman as well as the National CIRP chairman. biographies biographies

46 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies industry regardingbirdhazardstoflightsafety.industry Zoology), and Colorado State University (Ph.D., Wildlife Biology). He currently works as a consultant in the aviation Richard received degreesfromtheUniversity oftheSouth(B.A., Biology),theUniversityof Tennessee (M.S., four-year termsonthe Boardaspresidentofthe ofEducationinHuron, Ohio,andserved for twoyears. Richard aschairperson served ofBirdStrike Committee–USA from1997 Hewas to2008. publiclyelectedtotwo the CaesarKleberg Award for Applied Wildlife Research, presentedby The Wildlife Society. in Research” awards by theJack Institute Berryman for Wildlife winnerof DamageManagementandisthe2008 Aviation Administration “Excellence in Aviation Research” award. Hehasbeenrecognized with twice “Excellence He haspublishedover 170 scientificpapersandbook chapters. Hewinnerofthe was the2005 U.S. Federal conflicts betweenhumansandwildlife andabroad(Africa, intheUnitedStates Asia, Latin America). Richard was ascientistwithUSDA forWildlife 36years. Services Heledaseriesofresearch projectstoresolve (USDA) Airport Wildlife Hazards Program. Dr. Richard Dolbeer retired in September 2008 as the national coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services Former NationalCoordinator, AirportWildlifeHazardsProgram, U.S. DepartmentofAgriculture Bill andhiswife, Sandy, live inSaginaw, Texas, withtheirfour children. Reassessment. committee of the FAA-sponsored Aviation Rulemaking Committee regarding Takeoff and Landing Distance ADO Group, through the Flight Safety Foundation Runway Safety Initiative. He currently serves on the steering problem and,astheU.S. representativetotheInternationalFederation of Airline Pilots’ Association’s (IFALPA) In March Billwas 2007 named ADO chairman runway andcontinuesworking ontheslippery/contaminated public hearingfollowing therunway overrun accidentatChicago’s Midway airport. Seminar in Moscow, sponsored by the Flight Safety Foundation. He also testified, on behalf of ALPA, at the NTSB problem. InNovember hepresentedapaperonrejectedtakeoffs 2005 attheInternational Aviation Safety director ofthe Aircraft Performance project,becomingdeeplyinvolvedrunway andcontaminated intheslippery participated inaflight evaluation oftheEMB 170 attheEmbraerBill facilities inBrazil.In2004 wasnamedthe Manufacturer Liaisonprojectforhewas the Embraerproducts.In2003 amemberof ALPA teamthat vice chairman at BillbecameinvolvedAmerican Eagle.In2002, inthe ADO Groupasamemberofthe Aircraft September 11. He has served as an LEC Safety representative and is currently the Central Air Safety Committee Bill beganhisinvolvement with ALPA Air Safety in2001, attending Basic Safety School duringtheevents of inboththeSaab340andEmbraer145.He istyped holds acommercialgliderpilotcertificateandthe FAA Advanced andInstrument Ground Instructor Certificates. Patuxent River Navy Flying Club chief pilot, glider tow pilot, and skydive pilot in both the DHC-6 and King Air. He Bill earnedhisfirstpilotcertificatein 1980,andhisjourney totheleft seatincludedtimeasaflightinstructor, F/A-18 Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System. Harrier IIandtheF/A-18 Hornet. After themergerwithBoeing,Billworked asamissionsystems engineeronthe graduation Billspent11 years working for McDonnellDouglas Aerospace asaflighttestengineeronthe AV-8B He earnedhisbachelor ofsciencedegreeinaerospaceengineeringfromIowa Universityin1986. State After Bill currently flies for AmericanEagle Airlinesandisthe Aircraft DesignandOperationsGroup chairman. Aircraft DesignandOperations(ADO)GroupChairman,Air LinePilotsAssociation,International indealingwithtragedyandloss. assist thecommunity continues tovolunteer hertime inherhometown ofSteamboatSprings,Colorado,wheresheiscalleduponto American Cancer Society in Michigan and at her university after the crash of Northwest flight 255 in Detroit. She Louise has been volunteering in grief work for over 20 years. Her experience began by volunteering at the Dr. Richard Dolbeer Captain BilldeGroh,EGL 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 47 First Officer Rob Dolsak, DAL Rob graduated from Kent State University in 1986 with a bachelor of science degree in aerospace technology. During college he worked as a university flight instructor and taught students privately through instrument instructor flight courses. From 1986 to 1988, he worked several civilian flying jobs, building flight time toward a career as an airline pilot. These included a vast variety of experience, including flight instruction, charter, corporate, and cargo operations. Rob was hired in 1988 as a first officer for Pan Am Express, a FAR Part 121 passenger commuter airline flying in the northeast United States. Upgraded to captain in 1989, he went on to become an instructor, flying the four- engine turboprop de Havilland Dash 7 and Aerospatiale ATR-42 while gaining experience flying passengers into some of the busiest airports, JFK, BOS, and DCA. In 1995, he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a second officer on the Boeing 727. After a year, he was upgraded to first officer on the Airbus A320 and flew North American routes. In 2006, he was upgraded to first officer on the wide-body international Airbus A330. Based in Detroit, Michigan, Rob flies routes from North America to Asia and Europe. To date, Rob has over 16,000 hours of flight-time experience. In 2008, Northwest and Delta Airlines merged, forming the new worldwide Delta Air Lines.

Martin Eley Director General, Civil Aviation, Transport Canada Martin Eley was appointed to the position of director general, Civil Aviation, for Transport Canada on May 4, 2009. Martin started his aviation career in 1972 as an undergraduate with the British Aerospace Civil Division at Weybridge, Surrey, England. He graduated in 1977 with a B.Sc (Hon) in aeronautical engineering from the Imperial College of the University of London. He then moved to work on the application of composite materials to Jaguar and Tornado Aircraft with the British Aerospace Military Division at Warton, Lancashire, England. In 1982, Martin moved to Canada to join Transport Canada as a structures engineer in the Airworthiness Branch. As a senior engineering program manager from 1985 to 1994, he was responsible for the type certification of many Canadair/Bombardier aircraft and various foreign products. He rejoined the Structures Section in Aircraft Certification Branch as superintendent from 1994 to 1999. He was appointed chief of the Engineering Division in 1999 and director of the National Aircraft Certification Branch in 2001. Martin is a professional engineer and an Associate Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI).

Captain Pete Elmore Manager, Air Traffic Programs, NetJets Aviation, Inc. Pete currently serves as the air traffic programs manager for NetJets, representing a fleet of over 870 aircraft, and operations spanning FAR parts 91, 91K, 135, 129, and 121 with flights into more than 4,000 different airports in 140-plus countries, totaling over 390,000 annual flights. Within the Air Traffic Programs Office falls not only the standard ATC relations, but also procedure design from inception to flight validation, special event management, safety investigation, and participation in several airport user groups from coast to coast. Pete is a member of numerous Industry/agency working groups covering airspace, RNAV, pilot-controller interface, and NextGen. Prior to joining NetJets in 2001, Pete spent nearly 20 years as an air traffic control specialist all over the Southern California airspace, working at facilities such as Los Angeles Center, SoCal TRACON, Los Angeles Tower, and the regional headquarters in Los Angeles. On the technical side of air traffic, Pete served as the program manager for a joint FAA/DoD air traffic system. The development team enjoyed multiple agency and industry technical awards such as R&D Magazine’s Top 100 New Products. Pete began flying at the age of 16 at the Fullerton, California, airport and has been flying ever since. Pete is a captain with NetJets and has also served as a training captain prior to getting his “desk” type rating. Pete holds LOAs for the Flight Validation program, and has accomplished flight validation flights for NetJets and Boeing as well. biographies biographies

48 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies subsequently working as a special agent with the U.S. Customs Office of Investigations and with the Drug Mike cameto ALPA after a30-year U.S. government law enforcement career, marshaland beginningasasky Assessment Program (RMAP) Working barriers), andothersubjects. Group,RTCA SC-221(secondary supports portfolios on classified and sensitive issues such as MANPADS, Laser Illumination, the Risk Management as welltrainingprograms.Inproviding asconductingsecurity staff supporttomultiple ALPA initiatives, security he Mike drafts policies, correspondence, and other written communications in furtherance of ALPA security interests directors. representativesandairlineairportsecurity industry entities at DHS, TSA, FAMS, FBI, NCTC, FAA, DOS, DOD, and the IC, and maintains established relationships with ALPA MEC Security coordinators. He coordinates with government law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence support totheactivities,programs,andinitiatives ofthe ALPA and Jumpseat NationalSecurity Committees andto Mr. Fredericks hasbeenwith ALPA Heprovides 2004. staff asanaviationspecialistsinceJanuary security Sr. AviationSecurity Specialist, Air LinePilotsAssociation,International ARW Committee. Security Committee as the regional airline representative. In February 2009 the ARW MEC named him chairman of the was asked by FedEx First Officer/Jumpseat ChairmanRich Odberttojoinhimonthe ALPA National Jumpseat In February 2007 the ARW MEC named Rob the ARW Jumpseat Committee chairman. In September 2008 he firstofficer asaCRJ-200 Wisconsin andimmediatelyjoinedthe ARW JumpseatCommittee asa new-hire. was hiredatPiedmont Airlines andjoinedthePiedmontJumpseat Committee hemoved In2006 in2005. to Air Robert Frank graduated from the University of North Dakota with a B.S. in commerical aviation. After UND he National JumpseatCommittee,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International basedinCalgary,captain Canada.HelivesAlberta, inEdmonton, withKatharinandhistwodaughters. Alberta, line CRJ a currently is Glen hours, 18,000 nearly to amounting experience pilot professional of years 29 With Canada-approved check pilot authority for his airline in the past. by AirBC, which subsequentlymergedtobecome Air CanadaJazz. Hehasheld instructor pilotand Transport Glen’s career began flying a variety of aircraft from light singles to DC-3s in northern Canada. In 1988 he was hired Training Committee following themergerbetweenCALPA and ALPA in1997. in 1992, for theCanadian Air LinePilots Association (CALPA) andremainedactive asa member of ALPA’s Pilot Committee chairman positions for hispilotgroup.He hasbeeninvolved innationalpilottrainingwork, beginning been actively involved in ALPA airsafety work since1990 andhasheldCentral Air Safety chairman and Training Glen Finch hasbeen ALPA’s andchairs directorofpilottrainingsinceearly2006 ALPA Training Council.Glen has Pilot TrainingProgramDirector,Air LinePilotsAssociation,International Karl lives inEvergreen, Colorado,withhiswife andtwoboys. existing automationandprocedures design. was project lead on the ALPA Automation position paper that outlines the need for human factors in new and Air Safety Human Factors member, Human Factors program member, and now director of Human Factors. He Karl hasbeeninvolved in ALPA safety for several years, includingUAL Council93Local Safety chairman, Central training asaninstructional designerontheBoeing 787trainingprogram. better ofautomationissuesaswell understanding asimproved KarlhelpedBoeing designandtraining. toimprove electronic flight bag. He has worked as a researcher and collaborator for various NASA aviation projects leading to Karl has provided human factors expertise on various projects, including the intelligent search engine and the Reserve for several years. in cognitive psychology/human factors from the University of Denver in 1993. He flew C-130s in the Air Force Factors for ALPA. Karl earned his bachelor’s degree in 1988 from Miami University and earned his master’s degree Karl is currently flying as first officer and instructing on the B-777 for United Airlines. He is the director of Human Director ofHumanFactors,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Michael E. Fredericks First OfficerRobert Frank, ARW Captain Glen Finch, ACJ First OfficerKarlFennell,UAL 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 49 Enforcement Administration (DEA). Mike served with DEA in Portland, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; the DEA El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), where he was assigned to the Special Operations (Aviation Smuggling) Unit; Bogota, Colombia; Lahore, Pakistan; San Juan, Puerto Rico; New Delhi, India; and DEAHQS. His final position prior to retirement was as section chief (program manager) for DEA precursor chemical investigations worldwide.

Mike’s formal education is in criminal justice and police science. He studied Spanish language and Andean Area Studies at the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI) and has completed various training courses conducted by the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Justice, State, and Defense, and the CIA.

Captain Bob Fredrickson, DAL Pandemic Group Team Manager, ALPA Aeromedical, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Bob Fredrickson is in his 24th year at Delta Air Lines and coordinates the “pandemic group” of ALPA Aeromedical. This group facilitates coordination and information sharing between the airlines, the CDC, FAA, IATA, and disease experts across the globe. It then provides pilot input to the decision makers and regulators and develops ALPA policies in this area. Captain Fredrickson lives in Atlanta with his wife, Kim, and four semi-adults.

Steve Fulton Chief Technical Officer, Naverus Steve Fulton is chief technical officer and co-founder of Naverus, Inc., a company dedicated to the successful operational deployment of performance-based navigation. Prior to Naverus, Steve was employed by Alaska Airlines for over 12 years as a line and technical pilot, where he pioneered the Alaska Airlines RNP RNAV procedure development and established the Flight Ops Technical Department. He provided the leadership at Alaska Airlines for the creation of an operational RNP capability that provides significant safety and economic benefits and has served as a model for all subsequent U.S. and international deployments of RNP. This leadership was recognized in 1998 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aircraft Operations Award. Prior to Alaska Airlines, Steve was an avionics engineer and development pilot for Honeywell International. Steve is an FAA air transport pilot, an FAA flight test pilot designated engineering representative, and a former Alaska Airlines instructor pilot and captain. He earned a BS in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is co-author of three U.S. patents on air data formats for electronic primary flight displays and principles of RNP design. In April 2006, Steve was recognized for his work with an Aviation Week Laureate Award.

James Patrick Gallagher Special Agent in Charge, Liaison Division, Federal Air Marshal Service Mr. Gallagher has over 31 years of law enforcement experience. He is currently the special agent in charge of the Federal Air Marshal Service Liaison Division. Prior to his current position, Mr. Gallagher was detailed to the Department of Homeland Security, Incident Management Division. Mr. Gallagher retired from the United States Secret Service as the deputy special agent in charge of the Foreign Missions Branch, Uniformed Division. His 20-year career included assignments as the assistant special agent in charge of the Secret Service Training Center in Beltsville, Md., and Secret Service attaché in London. Mr. Gallagher was also assigned to the Presidential Protective Division, Counter Assault Team and Dignitary Protective Division. Field assignments included the San Francisco, Washington, and New Haven field offices. Mr. Gallagher has additional law enforcement experience as a United States Park Police officer; a detective with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office; an officer with USSS/Uniformed Division, assigned to the Foreign Missions Branch; and a senior criminal investigator with the General Accountability Office. Mr. Gallagher graduated from St. John’s University, Queens, NY, with a B.S. in criminal justice. biographies biographies

50 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies representatives. Karinworks collaborative tobuildandsustain relationshipswithaviation stakeholders. ALPA andotherunion groupsaswell as ATA, RAA, ACAA, NACA, and individualaircarrier corporatesecurity representing TSA as a senior point of contact on policy and programs with airline stakeholders, including asthebranchKarin serves chief for Airline Stakeholder Affairs within TSA’s Commercial Aviation Office, Director, AirlineStakeholder Affairs,Transportation Security Administration She isalsoawellness expert andapublishedauthor. Counties. “Homicide Response,” which wasAchievement the2000 Award fromtheNational Winner Association of working for theShelbygovernment County inMemphis, shewas co-developer of Tennessee’s modelprogram Susan hasamasterofeducationdegreeinhumandevelopment counselingfrom Vanderbilt University. While mediator, andonthefacultyfor theInternationalCriticalIncidentStressFoundation. in traumaticstress(diplomate, American Academy ofExpertsin Traumatic Stress),andaworkplace conflict provider,health service anational-certifiedcounselor, acertifiedtraumaspecialist,board-certified expert Over 15 years experience inbehavioral health,sheisa Tennessee-licensed professional counselorandmental traumatic event intheworkplace. growth trainings, as well as providing immediate on-site post-incident behavioral health care (CISM) after any Susan leadsavarietyofcomprehensive crisisprevention andresponseprogramspersonalprofessional As crisismanagementspecialistwithCenterstone,theninthlargestbehavioral healthorganizationinthenation, Crisis ManagementSpecialist, Centerstone Ray lives inRockland, withhiswife, Ontario, Colleen,andtheirtwochildren. Halifax, aswell asatotherCanadianairports,following theterrorist attacks on9/11. Citation for greeting and offering assistance to almost every pilot from the 44 aircraft diverted and stranded in Ray and a group of Halifax-based and other ALPA-Canada pilots were recognized by an IFALPA Presidential Citation for the work done during that investigation. and IFALPA investigators who participated in the Swissair 111 investigation were awarded the IFALPAand heiscurrently assignedasan PresidentialAIB membertoongoing TSBC andNTSBinvestigations. Heand the other ALPA As an ALPA-trained accidentinvestigator, Ray participateddirectlyintheinvestigation oftheSwissair 111 accident, since June 2007, andthenew ALPA Accident Analysis andPrevention GroupChairman sinceMay 2007. IFALPA regionalvice-presidentfor Canada/Arcticsince2001, Air CanadaJazz MECchief accidentinvestigator Advanced Accident Investigator Courseinstructor since2003, Accident Investigation Board membersince2002, 2001, Basic Safety School 2007, coursedirectorsinceJanuary Accident Investigator Courseinstructor since2007, pilot strike, ALPA Air Safety Communicationscoordinator—andcurrently, Basic Safety School instructor since Committee member/chairman, Central Air Safety chairman at his airline, strike media spokesperson for the 1997 As an ALPA volunteer, Ray hasheldthefollowing positions: ATS Committee member, ATS Enforcement representative for theCanadian Air LinePilots Association onthe Air Traffic Committee. Services While working with Air Nova in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1990, he began his ALPA volunteer work as a pilot safety and company chief pilot. Voyageur Airways ofNorthBay, Ontario. While at Voyageur, Ray check heldthepositionsoftrainingcaptain, pilot, and flying Beechcraft King Air90, A100, andPiper PA-31 aircraft inpassengerandair-ambulance operations for His flyingcareerhasincludedbeingaflightinstructor withNighthawk FlyingClubinIroquois Falls,Ontario, accumulated 14,000 flyinghours. Canadian Air Cadets. Flying professionally since 1984, Ray holds a Canadian airline transport license and has Ray beganflying by earninghisGliderPilotwingsin 1981 andhis Private Pilotwingsin 1982 throughthe Royal aswelland 300, astheBAe 146-100 for and200, Air CanadaJazz. He beganhisemployment with Air Nova (now Air CanadaJazz) inMay 1988 andhasalsoflown theDash-8 100 Ray at isflyingasalinetrainingcaptain AirCanada Jazz ontheCRJ and705basedin100/200 Toronto, Ontario. Accident AnalysisandPreventionGroup Chairman,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Susan Gillpatrick Captain Ray Gelinas,ACJ Karin E.Glasgow 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 51 Karin started with TSA in 2005 as the director of Aviation Stakeholder Affairs in the Office of Transportation Security Policy after working in the aviation industry for a number of years in several capacities. She had served as a director in United Airlines’ Government Affairs office in Washington, DC, focusing on federal safety and security issues. In 2002, she received a political appointment to serve in the Secretary of Transportation’s Office of Government Affairs. In her two years at DOT, Karin’s primary area of responsibility was aviation, working closely with the FAA and the newly formed TSA. Prior to DOT, Karin worked on converting the former Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro into a commercial airport in Orange County, California. Karin began her career on Capitol Hill working for two Southern California congressmen for nearly six years. She is a native of Orange County, California, and graduated from UCLA.

Dr. Paul Grippo Assistant Research Professor, Northwestern University Dr. Paul Grippo is an assistant research professor in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University. Over the past decade, he has been focused on engineering and generating mouse models of pancreatic cancer and using these models to improve the understanding of disease progression and its underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. In addition, several of his projects focus on early detection, chemoprevention, and therapy using these genetically modified mice with the ultimate goal of improving patient quality of life and survival. Dr. Grippo is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Pancreatic Association (APA). He has authored several peer-reviewed articles and serves as a reviewer for notable journals and a federal study section that reviews grant applications for the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH). He has received funding from the Rolfe Foundation, Lustgarten Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and NCI/NIH. Dr. Grippo received his PhD degree in 2000 from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in 2002 at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. His first appointment at Northwestern University was as a research associate until his current appointment in 2004.

First Officer Marc Henegar, ALA Director, RNAV-RNP Initiatives, and Vice Chairman, Air Traffic Services Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, International Marc Henegar is director of RNAV-RNP Initiatives and vice chairman of the Air Traffic Services Committee for the Air Line Pilots Association, International, working with government, industry, and local stakeholders to help build safe, efficient, environmentally friendly departure and arrival procedures in the national airspace system for today and tomorrow. He also works with industry and the FAA to develop criteria as well as training and operational guidelines for RNAV and RNP operations in the NAS. Marc flies the Boeing 737 for Alaska Airlines, where he also spent five years as a technical pilot, developing Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedures for challenging environments in southeast Alaska, Palm Springs, Washington, DC, and San Francisco. Prior to Alaska Airlines, he flew a Cessna Citation X for NetJets and a Canadair Challenger for a private charter company. Marc began his flying career in 1988 while still an air traffic controller for the Federal Aviation Administration. In addition, he has extensive experience in the avionics industry and aviation/aerospace insurance brokerage. An Orange County, CA, native, he holds a bachelor’s degree from California State University–Fullerton in geography and computer science and an MBA from the University of Georgia. He is a part time feature contributor to AOPA Pilot magazine. He lives in Bend, Oregon, and is an avid mountain biker.

Captain Charles Hogeman, UAL Human Factors and Training Group Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Charles “Chuck” Hogeman is chairman of ALPA’s Human Factors and Training Group. From 2003 until 2006 he served as director of pilot training for ALPA and chairman of the ALPA Training Council. During this period he led the effort to establish ALPA policy regarding Crew Resource Management (CRM) training and the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP). biographies biographies

52 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies Professor Hutchins’ current research isfundedby Boeing’s FlightDeck ConceptCenterandconcernstherolesof Safety program.In1999 hewas amemberofthe and2000 Airbus HumanFactors Audit team. procedures. From 1989 through2001, Professor Hutchins’ research was fundedby NASA’s Aviation Automation decades, hehasbeeninvolved inthedesignofflightpath automationinterfaces, training systems, andoperating Since 1989 Professor Hutchins has focused on cognition in commercial airline flight decks. Over the pasttwo cognition. MacArthur “genius grant,” inrecognitionofhisaccomplishmentsdocumentingtherelationsculture and In 1985 Professor Hutchins was awarded aprestigiousMacArthurFoundation Fellowship, alsoknown asthe based trainingsystems. This ledtothepublication in1995 ofhisbook, worked for theU.S. Navyanalyzingwork practicesonthenavigation bridgeoflargeshipsanddesigningcomputer- Following earlywork onlitigationinPapua, Newnavigation Guinea,andtraditionallong-distance inMicronesia,he Professor Hutchins specializes inthestudy ofthinkinginreal-world settings. Originally trainedasacognitive andcultural anthropologist(Ph.D., UniversityofCalifornia–San Diego,1978), Cognitive Science, UniversityofCaliforniaatSan Diego in Golden,Colorado. flightsurgeon.Heliveshas loggedoverwithhiswife hoursasaprivate 1,400 pilotandmilitary three children Dr. HudsonistheformerairsurgeonofColorado state Air NationalGuardand,whilenolongeranactive pilot, and return tothecockpit ofairlinepilotssuffering fromalcoholismandotherchemical dependencies. Study (HIMS)program,anFAA contracttothe Air LinePilots Association dealingwiththeidentification,treatment, aspects ofaerospacemedicine.Heiscurrently theprogramdirectorforandMotivation theHumanIntervention Association’s Raymond F. Longacre Award, foraccomplishmentinthepsychological outstanding andpsychiatric practitioner ofaviation medicinefor professional recipientofthe pilots.Heisalsothe2006 Aerospace Medical In 1996, the Aerospace Medical Association presentedDr. HudsonwiththeBoothby-Edwards Award as theleading Aeronautical HumanFactors Research Office before joining ALPA’s aeromedicalstaff in 1987. California–Berkeley. Hewas assignedfor twoyears aschief flightsurgeonatthe NASA Ames Research Center’s residency traininginaerospacemedicineandearningamaster’s degreeinpublichealthfromtheUniversity of duty with the U.S. Air Force as a flight surgeon in 1982. He served on active duty for five years, completing training inpsychiatry attheUniversityofCalifornia–San Francisco andBoston Universitybefore goingonactive in Aerospace Medicine. After graduating from Mayo Clinic, Dr. Hudson underwent three years of residency He isa1978 graduateoftheMayo MedicalSchool andcertified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine ALPA as an associate aeromedical advisor in July 1987. International, and director of the Aviation Medicine Advisory Service in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Hudson came to Since 1993, DonaldE.Hudson,M.D, M.P.H., asaeromedicaladvisorfor hasserved the Air LinePilots Association, Aeromedical Advisor,Air LinePilotsAssociation,International science degreeintechnical communicationfromtheUniversityofColorado. bachelor ofsciencedegreeinbusinessmanagementfromSouthernNew HampshireCollege,andamasterof Certificate. He holds an associate of science degree in aeronautical engineering from Daniel Webster College, a Currently, HogemanisaB-737pilotforcurrent FAA Captain United.Healsomaintains GoldSealFlightInstructor operational simulationtrainingprogramfor allfleets. Qualification Program. From hemanagedand oversaw1996 until2000, thedevelopment ofUnited’s line program. In 1994, he was selected as one of the initial pilot instructors to develop United’s B-777 Advanced In 1991 hewas hiredasapilotby United Airlines andwas selectedasapilotinstructor intheB-757/B-767 merged into Air Wisconsin. aircraft. Healsohelddirectoroftrainingandchief pilotpositionsinhis13 years at Aspen Airways, which later and BAe146Convair580 check as flying later and airman, Denver-based pilot, joined line a as Aspen Airways NY. Binghamton, in Airlines 1978,1977Commuter In in he with career airline his began Hogeman Captain License (MPL). the resultofworkHogemanledeffort onthispanel, Captain tocreate ALPA policyontheMulti-crew Pilot Training Panel. This panelrevisedfor internationalstandards thelicensingandtrainingofpilotcrewmembers. As In 2003, Captain Hogeman was designated as an ALPA advisor to the FAA at ICAO’s Flight Crew Licensing and Professor Edwin Hutchins Professor EdwinHutchins Dr. DonaldE.Hudson 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Cognition in the Wild the in Cognition Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l .

biographies 53 language and culture in flight deck operations at airlines based outside the United States. Professor Hutchins is a member of the Flight Safety Foundation’s Icarus committee. He holds a commercial pilot certificate and is rated on the Douglas DC-3 and Cessna Citation (CE-500) business jet.

First Officer Mark Ingram, CAL Chairman, Continental MEC Security Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, International Continental Airlines 777 First Officer Mark Ingram took his first flying lesson in an Ercoupe, at age 9, soloed on his 16th birthday, and obtained his Private Pilot certificate on his 17th birthday. He paid his way through college working as a lineman, charter pilot, and flight instructor at an FBO and Cessna dealership, and then held various corporate piloting and management posts until taking his first airline job with a small commuter operator in 1980. Since that time, F/O Ingram has flown for various airlines, including Frontier and Braniff II, and was a member of the “Group of 570” at United Airlines in 1985. Today, he flies the Boeing 777 for Continental on international routes. F/O Ingram serves on the ALPA National Charting and Instrument Procedures (CHIPs) Committee, is chairman of the Continental MEC Security Committee, and participated in a series of FFDO focus and working group meetings with the Federal Air Marshal Service. After organizing the ALPA unit at a commuter airline in the early 1980s, F/O Ingram moved on to Frontier Airlines, where he began work on a monthly newsletter for the ALPA-represented pilots there, but that effort was cut short when the airline shut down. In the mid-1990s he was recruited by Capt. Wally Roberts (TWA, Ret.) to become involved with ALPA’s CHIPs Committee. Upon Continental’s return to the ALPA fold in 2001, F/O Ingram became the CHIPs project manager for the FAA’s semiannual Government/Industry Aeronautical Charting (and Instrument Procedures) Forum (ACF) in Washington, DC, and he continues in that role. A past president of the Ozark Festival Orchestra, he has served as a regional resource person for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum and is a current local volunteer for the National Weather Service’s Community Weather Involvement Program. F/O Ingram is a former principal trumpet player for a regional orchestra; and the organizer, music arranger/director, and principal trumpet player of a classical brass quintet/sextet. He is also an information technology consultant for computer desktop publishing, servers, and high-speed local and metropolitan area networks.

Suzanne L. Kalfus Senior Attorney, Air Line Pilots Association, International Suzanne is a senior attorney in ALPA’s Legal Department, where she has worked as a lawyer since 1988. As a Legal Department lawyer, Suzanne represents individual pilots and the Association in a wide variety of litigation, as well as in System Board and FAA enforcement hearings. Besides her participation in litigation and administrative hearings, Suzanne drafts comments on behalf of the Association in rulemaking proceedings. She is the Association’s expert on drug and alcohol testing and has authored numerous articles on these and related issues. She has been involved in addressing various security-related issues, including some of the legal issues related to the criminal history record checks, now required for unescorted access to airport secured areas. Suzanne also serves as the legal advisor to the HIMS Advisory Board and works closely with ALPA’s Aeromedical Office on substance dependency and other medical/legal issues. She also provides legal support to ALPA’s Pilot Assistance, Professional Standards, Aeromedical, CIRP, and other committees. Suzanne is a trained mediator. She previously mediated intra-family and small claims disputes for the D.C. Center for Community Justice. Additionally, she was co-director of the D.C. Consumer Protection Center, a consumer mediation service affiliated with a local television station. She has also served as a telephone counselor and as a trainer for the “Fact Hotline,” a D.C. crisis hotline and referral service. Suzanne has a B.A. in psychology from Cornell University and received her law degree from George Washington University. biographies biographies

54 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies representative for theformer Northwest pilotsdivision of ALPA. Hehaschaired theNorthwest ALPA Technical While working ontheMMELcommittee onnumerousother hehasalsoserved Air Safety committees asa 25 years ofdomesticoperations. North Central,Republic, Northwest,airlines,he hasflown andDelta morethan27,000 hours, includingmorethan iscurrently flyingasaDelta AirlinesB-747-400 Landry Captain Duringhis30-year captain. career asapilot for line pilotandan A+P mechanic toMMELdeliberations. chairman of the ALPA MasterMinimum EquipmentList(MMEL)Committee. Hebringstheperspective ofbotha on numerous hasserved ALPA DennisJ.Captain Landry Air Safety committees asthe andiscurrently serving Director, Master Minimum EquipmentList,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International completing work onhismaster’s ofscienceinaviation safety management. KilmerholdsabachelorCaptain ofsciencedegreeinriskmanagementfromtheUniversityFlorida andis the MD-11 for FedEx Expressandhasmorethan11,000 hoursofflyingtime. check airmanonthe A300/310. HeisratedontheB-727, B-737, A300/310, andMD-11. on Hecurrently isacaptain FedEx Expresshehasflown theB-727, A300/310, andMD-11. asasimulatorinstructor Heserved andproficiency KilmerbeganhisairlinecareerwithFedExCaptain Expressin1996 asaflightengineerontheDC-10. Whileat the A-4 Skyhawk, the AV-8B Harrier, and the E-2C Hawkeye. Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. He served on active duty in both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S Navy flying KilmerbeganhisaviationCaptain careerin1985 asstudent naval aviator assignedtobasicflighttrainingatNaval He isaformer memberoftheBoard ofDirectorstheFedEx Pilots Association. Committee for theMasterExecutive CouncilofFedEx Expressandas Aeromedical chairman for FedEx Express. and chairman of ALPA’s Aeromedical Committee. aschair Hehasalsoserved oftheCriticalIncidentResponse Prior to his current appointment, Captain Kilmer served as executive vice chair of the Pilot Assistance Committee the ALPA structure. pilotassistance ofover andmanagementsupervision 50projectswithin andCanada,aswellin theUnitedStates asbudgetary industry. Hisresponsibilitiesincludeoversightrepresentativesfrom36airlines pilotassistance ofmorethan500 Association, International (ALPA). He represents ALPA pilots in airline health and safety matters arising within the JeffreyCaptain asexecutive Kilmerserves chairman ofthePilot CommitteeAssistance for the Air LinePilots Executive PilotAssistanceChairman,Air LinePilotsAssociation,International Kay,Captain originallyfromtheChannelIslandofGuernsey, lives withhiswife andtwochildren in Warrenton, Virginia. 727. hours.Heholdsan flighttimeisaround Histotal 18,000 FAA andUKCAA Airline Transport pilot’s license. Boeing 777, 767, 757, 727, and 737,Currently, Kay Rory isaBoeing 767 and andlinecheckAirbus and757captain 320 and 319 airmanfor United Airlines. Heisratedonthe family. He was an FAA check captain on the Boeing West Africa. checking pilotfor British Aerospace, aswell asmanagingaFlightDepartmentfor adiamondminingoperationin flying instructor, teaching airlinepilotstudents fromall over the world. Hesubsequently worked asatrainingand KayCaptain beganflyingin 1974 andattended theOxford Air Training School, wherehe worked asacommercial He alsoworked assafety coordinatorfor the Association ofSTAR Alliance Pilots(ASAP). Prior KayasCentral tohiscurrent appointment,Captain served Air Safety chairman for theUnited Airlines MEC. former member of the Operations Committee. KayCaptain chairs theSteeringandOversight Committee for the ALPA, International,Safety Structure andisa Safety structure. ofover andmanagementsupervision 100 andCanadaaswell projectswithinthe States asbudgetary ALPA His responsibilitiesincludetheoversight safety ofmorethan300 representativesfrom36airlinesintheUnited He represents ALPA pilotsinairlinesafety andengineeringmatters andgovernment. arisingwithintheindustry KayasExecutive Rory serves Captain Air Safety chairman for the Air LinePilots Association, International(ALPA). Executive AirSafety Chairman,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Captain DennisJ.Landry,DAL Captain JeffreyKilmer,FDX Captain Rory Kay,UAL 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 55 Operations, Special Projects, Winter Operations, Powerback, MEM Local Air Safety, and Hotel committees during nearly two decades of ALPA volunteer endeavors. A 1975 graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, he earned multiple degrees in aeronautical science and aviation management disciplines. Captain Landry was a flight instructor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for three years, a commuter airline captain for Air Carolina for three years, and for over 30 years has been an airline transport pilot for North Central, Republic, Northwest, and Delta airlines. He is type-rated on the Convair 440/580, Douglas DC-9, Airbus A320, Douglas DC-10, and Boeing B-747-400.

Captain Stephen A. Luckey, NWA (Ret.) Special Security Advisor to the President, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Steve Luckey is enjoying his 41st year of ALPA work! Retiring from a rewarding 33-year career as a 747-400 captain with Northwest Airlines, he is an award-winning international aviation security specialist serving as the special security advisor to the president of the Air Line Pilots Association. He served as the chairman of ALPA’s National Security Committee for 11 years. Captain Luckey’s military career included duty as an aircraft carrier qualified U.S. Marine attack pilot, flying the A4 Skyhawk and several other high-performance fighter aircraft. He flew numerous combat missions in Southeast Asia. As a decorated Marine captain and in addition to flight duties, he saw extensive combat duty on the ground as a special-operations commander and counterinsurgency specialist, serving with units of the U.S. Special Forces, Korean Marines, Army of Vietnam, and the elite U.S. Air Force Air Commandoes. He originated the highly successful Kit Carson Scout program, conceiving and implementing the concept of utilizing repatriated Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers for specialized counterinsurgency warfare missions, for which he received the Bronze Star medal with Combat V. In addition to his military and airline training, Captain Luckey has actively participated in numerous antiterrorist training schools and has trained with the FBI and other federal agencies in aircraft-related SWAT procedures, including tactical explosive entry. He helped originate ALPA’s International Aviation Security Academy, teaching security specialists from all over the world. He regularly works with government and local law enforcement groups on the development of tactical procedures designed to improve coordination between airlines and tactical LEO units involving crimes aboard aircraft. Captain Luckey is a former deputy sheriff and certified firearms instructor. Captain Luckey served as a member of the Baseline Working Group of the Vice Presidential Commission on Aviation Safety and Security and on the Gore Commission, and has chaired working groups of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the congressionally mandated TSA Research, Engineering, and Development Advisory Committee, and the Transportation Security Agency’s Aviation Security division. He also served as the U.S. representative and former vice chairman of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Association’s Security Committee. As an internationally recognized authority on aviation crime, Captain Luckey makes frequent presentations to professional law enforcement organizations, and he has addressed both the U.S. House and Senate congressional committees on various aviation security issues, as well as the International Congress of Aviation Organizations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and several other federal law enforcement agencies. He has appeared on several popular television and radio shows, including Good Morning America, ABC’s 20-20, Fox News Live, Inside Edition, 60 Minutes, NBC’s Today Show, America’s Most Wanted, and the Law Enforcement Television Network Series. His security articles have been published in several books and periodicals, and his commentaries continue to appear in hundreds of major news media publications worldwide. Captain Luckey played a significant role in the highly successful aviation security accomplishment, providing a lethal force capability in the cockpit through the creation of the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program. Initially highly controversial, the currently applauded FFDO program was recently recognized by the TSA to be one of the most effective deterrents to terrorist hijacking of commercial aircraft. Captain Luckey participated as both a student and official observer in the first class of armed pilots trained at the Glynco Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia. biographies biographies

56 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies Besides hisIFALPA work, F/OMcKenney isacurrent memberoftheHumanFactors and Training Groupfor factors for standards internationalaviation, which arepromotedattheICAO level. and trainingaspectsofhuman performance asthey relatetopilots.Hisresponsibilities includedeveloping human safety andadvisestheIFALPA principalofficers onmatters toaeromedical,human pertaining factors, licensing, International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA). F/O McKenney represents IFALPA pilots in airline First Officer Dave McKenney serves as vice chair (Human Factors) for the Human Performance Committee for the Associations Vice Chairman,HumanPerformanceCommittee,International FederationofAirLinePilots’ He andhiswife, Malinda,live inScottsdale, Arizona. They have threegrown daughtersandtwograndchildren. National vicechairman for Professional for Standards thepasttwoyears. He hasheldpositionsonthecommittee asLECleadfor twoyears, MEC chairman for five years, andthe ALPA McDermottCaptain joinedthe ALPA Professional Committee Standards asavolunteer memberinMay 2001. science inaviation technology in1981. and hasflown theB-737since 1999. Hebeganhis aviation careerat Purdue University, receivingabachelor of McDermott Jerry Captain hasbeenwithContinental Airlines sinceJune 1987. HeisbasedinNewark, New Jersey, National ViceChairman,ProfessionalStandards, AirLinePilotsAssociation, International wife, Kathy, is a34-year flightattendant for United Airlines. Captain Lynch is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. He is married with four grown children. His the toolsnow usedby airlinesafety departmentsinthegeneralaviation businessjetandhelicoptercommunities. Operations Performance System (GA-OPS) managedby Booz-Allen-Hamilton. This programwillimplement many of Captain Lynch is currently serving as deputy program manager for a new NASA program, the General Aviation United Airlines, the Air Line Pilots Association, and NASA. LynchCaptain hasreceived manyawards, aviation industry including Achievement Awards fromtheU.S. Air Force, space shuttle cockpit instrumentation. LynchCaptain withtheNASA alsoserved SpaceShuttle Cockpit Council,assistingintheredesignandupgradeof (ASIAS) system. in theUnitedStates. The Archives arenow acentralpieceoftheFAA Aviation Safety Information andSharing the development ofthefirstcomprehensivecollectionandanalysis andimplementation flightdata program Lynch Battelle Captain director, AviationSafety wasappointed National Archives, oversee 2005, November to In APMS development teamandisnamedasaninventor onover adozen patents. programs worldwide. While managing this operation, Captain Lynch also served as a working member of the numberofnewanalysisa substantial flightdata tools,many ofthemnow anormalpartofairlineflightsafety Lynch’sUnder Captain direction,theNASA APMS programdeveloped, demonstrated,andpatented prototyped, program. This programwas taskedwithdeveloping next-generation technology for airlineflightsafety programs. and was appointedprojectmanager oftheNASA Aviation Performance MeasuringSystem (APMS)research Upon retirementfromUnited LynchAirlines, Captain joinedBattelle MemorialInstitute asaseniorconsultant logged overhoursasapilot. 20,000 type ratings in B-727 and DC-10 aircraft and served as an FAA-designated line check airman. Captain Lynch has and captain qualified in narrow-body and wide-body aircraft in domestic and international operations. He holds LynchCaptain left the Air Force tojoinUnited Airlines asapilot,completing30-year careerasalinecaptain/pilot asaninstructor/evaluatorserved ontheSAC Evaluation Standardization Board. sixyearsand served asanofficer inthe U.S. Air Force asmemberofacombat-readycrew inB-52aircraft. Healso RobertCaptain Lynch isagraduateofthe Air Force Aviation Cadetprogram(predecessortothe Air Force Academy) major U.S. airlines. that arethebasisfor thecurrent ALPA NationalProfessional program,which Standards iscurrently inuseatmost programs. HeauthoredtheoriginalProfessional programproceduresandtrainingsyllabusdocuments Standards Captain Lynch served as chairman of both the United Airlines and the ALPA National Professional Standards First OfficerDavidMcKenney,UAL Captain Robert E.Lynch,UAL(Ret.) Captain JerryMcDermott,CAL 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 57 the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), Safety Structure. He represents ALPA pilots as the co- chair of a national Flight Deck Automation Working Group established jointly by two national safety groups, the Performance-based operations Aviation Rulemaking Committee (PARC) and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST). He also serves as the Human Factors representative to the ALPA Aircraft Development and Evaluation Committee for the Boeing 787, predominantly dealing with flight deck design. F/O McKenney served as an IFALPA advisor to the ICAO Flight Crew Licensing and Training Panel (FCLTP), which developed changes to ICAO Annex I that were published in 2006, including the new Multi-crew Pilots License (MPL). He also served as an ALPA representative to the global forum organized by the Flight Safety Foundation to define the international operational requirements and guidelines for Ultra Long-Range (ULR) flights, having block times greater than 16 hours. Dave McKenney is a first officer on the Boeing B-747-400 for United Airlines. He is rated on the B-747, B-747-400, and B-777. He worked as an instructor on the B-747-100 and -400 aircraft. He has more than 15,000 hours of total flying time, including over 6,000 hours instructor time. Prior to his airline career, F/O McKenney served in the U.S. Air Force as a flight instructor and flew C-141s and C-130s worldwide. He also served as an assistant professor of computer science at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He retired as a lieutenant colonel with over 20 years of active and reserve duty. He holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master of science degree in computer science from the University of Utah, specializing in artificial intelligence and human-machine interface.

Janelle Miller Director of Security and Compliance, Alaska Airlines Janelle Miller’s aviation experience spans 26 years with Alaska Airlines. Her varied managerial background has been both operational and administrative. Following several years as director of policy, procedure, and training for customer service and ground operations functions, she assumed a regulatory role as liaison to the FAA. After 9/11, she became the director of aviation security for Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air. She currently oversees the Operational Security Department for both carriers. Her responsibilities include regulatory as well as operational security functions. Janelle holds a certificate from the University of Southern California’s Safety and Security Program and is a member of the Security Councils of the Air Transport Association, Regional Airline Association, and International Air Transport Association.

Captain Murray Munro, ACJ National Pilot Assistance Chairman, Canada, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Munro (ACJ) serves as Pilot Assistance chairman for Canada and National Pilot Assistance chairman, Canada, for ALPA’s National Pilot Assistance Committee. In this role he provides guidance to pilot peers and pilots alike in all aspects of pilots’ health and well-being. His main responsibility is to oversee pilot peers as they work one on one with pilots at Jazz as well as all the administrative duties associated with committee work. Prior to his current position, Captain Munro served as vice chairman of the Human Performance Committee, Canada. Captain Munro has been involved with this type of work with the pilot community since 1990, starting as a pilot peer (pilot assistance) with CALPA. Captain Munro is a graduate of the Mount Royal College Aviation Program. He started his flying career in northern Canada as a bush pilot, flying in the high Arctic and specializing in off-strip work. One of his first positions was with Kenn Borek Air, flying everything from King Airs in an air ambulance role to hauling freight in a DeHaviland Caribou. In the spring of 1986 he was involved with a project conducted by the U.S. Navy, flying logistical support for a research team conducting experiments 235 miles off the north coast of Greenland. It was the first time a non-ski- equipped aircraft had been used to land on an ice strip built on moving floe ice in the high Arctic. In February 1990 Captain Munro joined Air BC, part of the Air Canada family. As well as volunteering his time with ALPA, Captain Munro sits on the Board of Directors for a nonprofit theatre group in Red Deer, Alberta. biographies biographies

58 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies Airlines Security Committee chairman. duties, hepreviouslyas the served ALPA Committee NationalSecurity directorofoperationsand asthePiedmont Administration andFederal andprofessional Inadditiontohiscurrent security airlinepilot Air Marshal Service. enforcement entities and continues to provide an important aviation perspective to the Transportation Security O’BrienCaptain isarecognizedprofessional. security inaliaisonroletomajorfederal Hehasserved law proactive vigilancemeasuresthatcombinebothtechnical andhumanfactor aspects. including budgetoversight andprojectmentoring. A dedicatedadvocate ofaviation security, heencourages As vicechairman, heisresponsibleforCommittee coordinatingallaspectsoftheNationalSecurity mission, Captain Todd O’Brien isthevicechairman ofthe Air LinePilots Association (ALPA) Committee. NationalSecurity Vice Chairman,NationalSecurity Committee,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Agency, andthe Federal Air MarshalService. He has31years oflaw enforcement experience with the U.S. theEnvironmentalProtection SecretService, (COOP); theFederal FlightDeck Officer (FFDO) Program; anddomesticinternationalliaisonactivities. FAMS System Operation Control Division (SOCD); the Emergency Preparednessof flightoperations,withresponsibilities for the Division; TSA’s Continuity of Operations OperationCenter(TSOC);theOLE/ Security Transportation directorfor director astheassistant fieldoperationspriortobeingassigned asassistant Field Operations.Heserved Mr. Novak director, beganhiscareerwiththeFederal assistant inJuneas deputy 2002 OfficeAir MarshalService of LE) Program; andManpower Operations. Program; theGlobalResponse Teams (GRT); the FederalAssistant Directorfor Security Law Enforcement (AFSD/ Information Branch; theJoint CoordinationCenter(JCC);the Visible IntermodalPrevention andResponse (VIPR) Compliance Unit (PCU); the Investigations Division, which includes the Counterterrorism Branch and whereheisresponsiblefor all21fieldoffices,Service, includingthe fourresidentagent Transportationoffices; theand Policy John A. Novak currently serves as the assistant director of the Office of Field Operations, Federal Air Marshal Assistant Director,FieldOperations,Federal AirMarshalService aspiring professional pilots. Recognizing thatallpilotswere oncelow experience, Leja leadsaformal mentoringandleadershipprogramfor beginning her professional pilot career. in flightoperationstwofor airlinesas well asanoperationalsupportsquadron for the U.S. Air Force priorto ontheCanadairregionaljet,LejaCurrently aline captain Noehasadiverse background inaviation. Sheworked focusing hergraduatestudies onhumanfactor issuessurrounding low-experienced pilots. Captain Noe also co-chairs the Low Experience Pilot Workgroup for ALPA’s Human FactorMesa Air Groupsafety and structure. Training Council and is Int’l. Sherepresentsover pilotsinmatters 1,300 ofsafety andprovides leadershipfor projectmanagerswithinthe LejaastheMesa Captain Noeserves Air GroupCentral Air Safety chairman for the Air LinePilots Association, Central AirSafety Chairman,MesaAirGroup Sweden, wherehestudied underDr. Sidney Dekker. project team leader. He has a master’s degree in human factors and system safety from Lund University in on August 27, 2006. For the last two years Paul has been involved in the ADS-B project and is presently the recently asan ALPA memberoftheNTSBinvestigation oftheComairFlight5191 accidentinLexington, Kentucky, As an ALPA safety volunteer, hehasbeenaninvestigator onseveral aircraft incidentsandaccidents,most him involved inthe Air LinePilots Association safety structure for over adecade. flight instruction, His andairlinetransportflying. keeninterestinsafety, especiallyincomplex systems, has kept Paul ontheCanadairregionaljetwithover Nelsonisacaptain 23years ofpilotingexperience ingeneralaviation, ADS-B Project Lead,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Captain ToddO’Brien,PDT Captain LejaNoe,MAG Captain PaulNelson,CMR John A. Novak 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 59 A professional pilot, Captain O’Brien possesses a broad spectrum of qualifications, including air transport pilot, commercial pilot, and flight instructor. Currently flying the DeHavilland DHC-8 for Piedmont Airlines, he has flown for Central Air Southwest and Kansas State University. Captain O’Brien holds a degree in aviation science from Kansas State University, and is a combat veteran of the U.S. Army.

First Officer Rich Odbert, FDX National Chairman, ALPA Jumpseat Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, International As National Jumpseat Committee chairman, First Officer Rich Odbert’s most recent activities include meeting with, and re-establishing a positive position with, the TSA regarding the value of PIC authority as it applies to aircraft security and operational safety in day-to-day line haul operations. He has also been updating the ALPA policy manual to reflect a stronger position on PIC authority and protect the human element over automated systems now in place for security. Rich Odbert formerly served as National Jumpseat vice chairman and FedEx Jumpseat Committee chairman, and he created and chaired an ALPA Operational Oversight Committee as a direct liaison to senior flight management while employed by a previous FAR 121 passenger carrier. This committee dealt with line issues regarding safety and improving customer services and integrating new fleet types to the airline operation. First Officer Odbert is presently an MD F/O with FedEx, based in KMEM. He previously was a B-727 F/O and flight engineer. He has served on the FedEx ALPA MEC since 2003. First Officer Odbert’s aviation background consists of limited military service, six FAR 121s, two FAR 135s, and Part 91 past employments. His line captain and LCA experience was mostly in passenger airline operations. His previous airline jobs were with America West, B-737 (ALPA); Air Wisconsin, when it was a UAL subsidiary corporation, on the BAe-146 and DO-328 (ALPA); Mountain Air Express (division of Western Pacific), DO-328; Big Sky Airlines, Metro and C-402; Air Methods, air ambulance BE-20; Corporate Air, BE-1900, B-99, and AC-500/680; and Alpine Aviation, B-99. Rich Odbert has been a four-time ALPA member since 1997, including nonactive continued membership before again going active when the FedEx Pilots Association voted to rejoin ALPA. He has been a career commuter via the jumpseat since 1993 and has been quite creative at times while commuting from places such as Kalispell, Montana, and North Platte, Nebraska. Rich believes that flight deck access security and jumpseat issues are always best dealt with by the Pilot in Command. He works to ensure that regulations continue to embrace this time-honored, safe, and proven relationship between access and the PIC. He believes that the flight deck crew is the first line of safety and the last layer of defense in air carrier line operations. He continues to study counterterrorism techniques and effective security and defense mechanisms in aviation, especially as they relate to flight deck access.

Captain Linda M. Orlady, UAL Executive Air Safety Vice Chairman and Director, Safety Management System Project Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Linda Orlady was appointed ALPA’s executive air safety vice chairman in January and remains the Safety Management System (SMS) project director. Captain Orlady is a member of the FAA SMS Focus Group and the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) Safety Working Group. She was appointed to serve as one of the tri-chairs for the FAA’s SMS ARC (Aviation Rulemaking Committee), which has just begun the process of developing SMS rulemaking recommendations. Captain Orlady has been involved in aviation and human factors for 30 years as author, researcher, instructor, and lecturer. She helped to organize the first International Symposium on Aviation Psychology in 1981 and later served as technical chair. She has been a NASA-sponsored researcher for Yale and Harvard University on a research project investigating crew complement, procedures, and automation. With her late father, Harry Orlady, Linda co-authored a 600-page book, Human Factors in Multi-Crew Flight Operations, published by Ashgate Publications in 1999. Captain Orlady is a third-generation pilot. She received her initial flight training at Ohio State University while completing a master’s in business administration with concentration in organizational behavior and human factors. She flew for several corporations and for Henson and Comair Airlines in the early ’80s. She was hired by United Airlines as a line pilot in 1985 and has flown the Airbus A-319, A-320, Boeing B-737, and B-747-400. Captain Orlady also worked in United’s Crew Resource Management Department and was the program manager. She presently biographies biographies

60 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies internationally recognized expertandterrorism. onhotelsecurity Senate Committee on Homeland Security in January 2009, and was introduced by Senator Lieberman as an foreign governments onhotelsecurity. Following theMumbaiterror attacks, Mr. Orlobtestifiedbefore the U.S. and was astakeholderonRANDinitiative oncounter-surveillance. Inthisrole,hehasconsultedwithseveral has served as a consultant with the U.S. State Department’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program on hotel security Mr. Orlob is a member of the Board of Directors of ISMA, the International Security Management Association. He Bob isanactivewithJazz hoursofflighttime. linecaptain ontheCRJandhasaccumulatedapproximately 26,000 member ontheICAO Aerodromes panel. Canada andNav CanadaandisamemberoftheICAO Visual Aids Working Group.Healsositsas theIFALPA he holdsatIFALPA aswell. committees Bob sits onnumerousregulatory andworking groupswith Transport Bob currently holds the position of air safety coordinator–Canada, as well as being the AGE Group chair, a position chair for atimeatCALPA andwas namedtheCanada Air Safety chairman after CALPA mergedwith ALPA. pilot council at the old CALPA. Switching from the political side to the air safety side, Bob was the Air Safety vice Bob has also been involved with pilot associations for a long time and was the first chairman of the Austin Airways onwhich 500, hours. aCessnaCitation he logged around2,500 Ontario, instrumental inthedevelopment ofthefirstdedicatedairambulancefixed-wing andimplementation aircraftin ofaircrafttype theairlinehasoperatedover theyears, withtheexception oftheDC-3andCanso,was Throughout theyears, Bob hasflown acrossCanada, andnorthtothe Arctic.Hehasloggedtimeonvirtually every gamation withtheother Air Canada connectorsinto Air CanadaRegional, andfinallythe formation of Jazz AirInc. would seetheacquisitionof Austin Airways andGreatLakes Airlines, thetransformation into theamal Air Ontario, training school in Kapuskasing, Ontario. This was the beginning of a long relationship with the Deluce family,In 1973, Bob quitCentraltotakeapositionaschief (andonly)flyinginstructor at which WhiteRiver flight AirServices schools inCanada. chiefto thepositionofassistant flyinginstructor atCentral Airways. Atthetime,it was oneofthebusiestflying Commercial, multi-engine,andIFRratingsfollowed, asdidaClassIIinstructor’s which rating, allowed Bob torise Airways school, washing andfuelingaircraft andkeeping track oftheflightsschool’s student pilots. Cadets. After graduation,andwithabrandnew private pilot’s license,hebeganworking part-timeattheCentral Bob beganhisflyingcareerin 1968 at Toronto’s Island Airportonaflying scholarship withthe Royal Canadian Air Airport andGroundEnvironment(AGE)GroupChairman,AirLinePilotsAssociation,International this subjectaswell asachapter inthebook identified assofttargets canprotectthemselves againstthethreatof terrorism. Hehaswritten several articleson Mr. Orlob has been a frequent speaker on terrorism in different venues worldwide, especially in how businesses directors fromthemajorhotelchains. Washington, HeorganizedGroup,agroupofhotelcorporatesecurity DC–basedthinktank. theHotelSecurity Council(OSAC),Advisory advisortotheCenterfor andasecurity StrategicInternational Studies (CSIS),a Mr. Orlobisamemberandformer committee chairman oftheU.S. Department’s State Overseas Security Special Forces, forof24years. bothactiveandreserve, acombinedtotal duty andhadbeenthedirectorofpublicsafetywithU.S.close protectiondetail, atSnowbird,Heserved Utah. Army Prior toworking for Marriott, Alan wasdirectorfor thecorporatesecurity Al GhanimInternational,managinga its safetyoperationsandmanagesthecrisismanagementprogram. andsecurity Alan Orlob, the vice president of corporate security for Marriott’s International Lodging Organization, oversees all Vice President, Corporate Security, Marriott InternationalLodging withherhusband,John OrladyresidesinLothian,Cirino,andfourCaptain Maryland, dogs. for theFoundation. asatrustee Shealsoserves for the Vaughn Collegeof Aeronautics and Technology inNew York. OrladyisthechairCaptain oftheFlightSafety Foundation Icarus Committee ontheBoard andserves ofGovernors commercial rotorcraft rating. flies domesticandinternationalroutesonthe Boeing B-757andB-767 outof a Washington, DC.Shealsoholds Captain Robert Perkins, ACJ J. AlanOrlob Homeland Security Homeland , publishedby McGraw-Hill. 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l -

biographies 61 Rick Pipkin, Ph.D. Employee Assistance Manager/Corporate HIMS Director, American/American Eagle Airlines Dr. Rick Pipkin is the Employee Assistance manager and corporate HIMS director for American Airlines and American Eagle. Dr. Pipkin has been in practice in the Dallas- Fort Worth area for over 20 years. He has a tremendous amount of experience in working with psychiatric hospital patients and families with substance abuse and chemical dependency issues. Dr. Pipkin brings with him years of management and clinical expertise in the psychiatric field. He has served as clinical director for several treatment centers and psychiatric hospitals in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Dr. Pipkin is a licensed professional counselor, a certified chemical dependency specialist, and a substance abuse professional. He is an adjunct professor of psychology at a local university and has presented numerous workshops and seminars on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. He holds degrees from Freed-Hardeman University, Western Illinois University, LaSalle University, and Texas A&M University. His humor and direct approach to problem-solving have led to invitations to present at the Fifth International Congress on Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, the National Labor Assistance Professionals Conference, the ALPA HIMS National Conference, and the International Order of Foresters. He has made numerous radio appearances in the DFW market.

Dr. Carlos R. Porges Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr. Carlos Porges is a clinical neuropsychologist and an airline pilot. He has a private practice in Orlando, Florida, and is a B-757-767 pilot for Continental Airlines. Working in both professions helps him to provide a special perspective on the challenges faced by, and demands placed upon, airline pilots. Dr. Porges works closely with ALPA, the HIMS program, various airlines, universities, aviation training programs, and the FAA. The main thrust of his work lies in helping sick pilots get back to work, and assisting in selection, training, and performance issues. Dr. Porges is originally from Colombia. He completed undergraduate work in psychology and political science at Ithaca College in 1985 and then completed a doctorate in clinical psychology at Nova University in 1992. He was an intern at Boston City Hospital, holding an appointment as a fellow of the Boston University School of Medicine. He was offered a fellowship in neuropsychology at the Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital, then completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Boston University School of Medicine at the New England Rehabilitation Hospital. He then moved to Orlando, where he worked as a neuropsychologist at Florida Hospital’s Rehabilitation Center. About five years later, he moved into private practice and became the first Hispanic psychologist to be board-certified in rehabilitation psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He now has a small, aviation-focused private practice in Orlando. A passionate love for aviation had been a consistent theme in his life, and he obtained his private pilot’s license during his internship year at Boston City Hospital. Over the next 10 years he flew as much as he could afford (about 50−60 hours a year). By the late 1990s, at age 36, he decided to become an airline pilot. He took a job as a traffic watch pilot over Orlando’s congested roads and flew about 1,500 hours in the following year and a half. He then flew for ASA, flying EMB-120 Brasilia and CRJ aircraft. While doing this he decided to focus his practice on getting sick pilots back to work. This started many years of collaborative work with ALPA, HIMS, the FAA, and many other organizations and institutions. Presently, Dr. Porges is on the B-757/767 at Continental Airlines. He currently has about 6,500 hours total time, of which roughly 4,500 hours are in transport category turbine aircraft operated under Part 121 rules. About three months ago, he took a company-offered leave of absence (COLA) from Continental and is focused exclusively on his clinical and consulting practice. He is scheduled to return to the line in March 2010. He remains committed to helping sick pilots return to work, and is very interested in human factors and cross-cultural issues in aviation.

Captain Robert M. Powers, ALA National Security Committee Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Robert Powers began his airline career at Mesaba Airlines in 1992 as a pilot flying Fokker F-27s, Fairchild Metro IIIs, and deHaviland Dash-8s. He later served as a check airman and instructor for the commuter airline. Currently, Captain Powers is flying the Boeing 737 for Alaska Airlines. He has amassed over 11,000 hours during his tenure. biographies biographies

62 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies He retiredinMarch of17,524 withatotal 2009 flighthours. projects for theChiefPilot’s Department. ontheB-737in1989,as acaptain andontheB-747-400 Beginning in2005. 1978 hedidanumberofdifferent first officer ontheB-727in 1974 andontheB-747-200 in 1981,asaseniorfirst officeronthe B-747-200 in 1988, Rahman didabinitiotrainingwithLufthansa Flight Training from 1972 to1974. Hebeganflying for Lufthansaa as boardmember.an honorary The foundation hasbeenexpanding into CISM for flightandcabincrews since 1998. Hans Rahmann was co-founder of Stiftung Mayday—Mayday Foundation—pilots helping pilots, in 1994 and is now CISM Coordinator, Stiftung MaydayandLufthansa Edwardsville, Ill.,withhiswife, Michele, anddaughter, Alexandra. A graduateofParks CollegeofSt.Louis Universitywithabachelor’s degreeinmeteorology, Prater isaresidentof addressing thedevelopment oftheB-787. freight runs in World War II–era propeller airplanes and, more recently, was a member of ALPA’s workingand contractfreightfor UPS/Airborne.Hisexperience spansseveral group eras:Heflew asasinglepilotonnight flew for anumberofcompanies,includingBuckeye, Skyway, the Wall Street Journal, andUnited(asaninstructor), cargo airlinesduringapilotingcareerthatspansnearlythreeandhalfdecades.Before he joiningContinental, Currently a B-767 captain, Prater has flown the B-727, DC-8, DC-10, A300, B-757, and B-777 for passenger and to lead union fights against such notorious airline management figures as Frank Lorenzo, Carl Icahn, and Dick Ferris. (MEC), as well as vice chairman of the international Wings Alliance (now part of the SkyTeam positions rangingfromStrikeAlliance). Committee chairman to chairmanHe pilots’helped oftheContinental MasterExecutive Council Prater, whocomesfromafamily background ofstrongunionsupporters,isa31-year veteran of ALPA. in Heserved Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) MidTerm Implementation Task Force. Committee, theNGATS Institute ManagementCouncil(IMC),theNGATS Institute Executive Committee, andthe He also is a member of the Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee, the Air Traffic Management Steering Committee ofthe Transportation Trades Departmentofthe AFL-CIO. Prater’s labor affiliations include membership on the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO and the Executive the union,advancing pilots’ views before Congress,Parliament, government agencies,andthenews media. over themeetingsof ALPA’s governing bodies,which setpolicyfor theorganization.Heisalsochief spokesman for As ALPA’s chief executive and administrative officer, Prater oversees daily operationsafter theevents of9/11. of the Association and presides andinterestsofairlinepilots,reclaiminglossessufferedstandards whenpilotshelpedtosave theindustry ALPA hastakenanaggressiveaimedatrestoringstrengthwithintheunion,defending stance theprofessional His electionsignaledachange indirectionfor thelargestairlinepilotunioninworld. UnderPrater’s leadership, the union’s Board ofDirectorsonOct.18, andbeganhisfour-year 2006, termonJan. 1,2007. JohnCaptain Prater istheeighth presidentofthe Air LinePilots Association, International(ALPA). Hewas electedby President, AirLinePilotsAssociation,International resides nearSeattle, Washington. Robb hasabachelor’s degreefromtheUniversityofPuget Sound,ismarried, andhasonechild. Hecurrently performance during23years oflaw enforcementwork. andsecurity officer andlaterasafieldtraining officer. Heistherecipientofnumerous letters ofcommendationhis for Department. After graduating from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center, he served as a patrol In 1986, Powers Captain was hiredasapolicepatrolofficer offor thecity Tacoma, Washington, Police chairman of ALPA’s Committee. NationalSecurity officer programmanager, directorofcommunications,andoperations.Currently, Captain Powers isthe 2001, Robb hasserved ALPA’s Committee NationalSecurity innumerouscapacities,includingfederal flightdeck included providingtolaw assistance enforcement, theairline,andemployees onaviationmatters. security Since Primarily, hehasworked coordinatorfor asthesecurity Alaska Airlines MasterExecutive Council.Hisduties While workingPowers asapilot,Captain hasvolunteered numeroushoursto ALPA inanumberofcapacities. Hans Rahmann Captain JohnPrater,CAL 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 63 Captain Everett Reese III, XJT National Security Committee Director of Operations, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Everett Reese is the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l’s National Security Committee director of operations and training. He is responsible for daily operations, project management, and oversight of the NSC Security Training programs. Captain Reese is a member of the National Security Steering and Oversight Committee and is the chairman of the ExpressJet Security Committee. He is also a member of the ALPA Security Council. Everett began flying in 2000. He has held fight instructing positions and worked as a Part 135 charter pilot before he began his career at ExpressJet in 2004. Captain Reese holds an airline transport pilot’s license and is type-rated on the EMB-145.

Michael Rigney Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Flight Programs Division, Federal Air Marshal Service Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Michael Rigney began his career in federal law enforcement with the U.S. Border Patrol in 1999. In 2002, he transferred to the Federal Air Marshal Service, where he was assigned to the Washington Field Office and as a temporary instructor for defensive measures at the Federal Air Marshal Service Training Center. In 2005, Mr. Rigney was assigned to the FAMS Headquarters Liaison Division, where he was responsible for several areas, including acting as the Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge (ATSAC) of the Air Carrier Liaison Section. Currently, ASAC Rigney is assigned as the program manager of the Crew Member Self-Defense Program within the Flight Programs Division.

Captain Pedro Rivas, DAL Director, Charting and Instrument Procedures Committee (CHIPs), Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Pedro Rivas, director of ALPA’s Charting and Instrument Procedures Committee, chairs the SAE G-10 Charting Committee and has been integrally involved in the development of Required Navigation Performance (RNP) instrument procedure design criteria. He is the ALPA representative to the FAA’s Performance-Based Aviation Rulemaking Committee (PARC), where he serves as the lead for the PARC RNP Charting and Navigation Data Currency Working Groups. He is also the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) representative to the ICAO Performance-Based Navigation Study Group. Captain Rivas began flying in 1975 in Britain and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1980. During his 26-year combined active duty and reserve Air Force career, he acted as an instructor pilot and flight examiner on the C-141 and C-17 and was a member of the C-17 Initial Cadre. He joined Delta Air Lines in 1987 and is rated on the Boeing 737NG, 757, and 767. Captain Rivas served two years in the Delta Training Department and has a combined total flight time of approximately 16,000 hours.

Captain John Rosenberg, DAL National Professional Standards Committee Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain John Rosenberg is a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and a 1974 graduate of Purdue University, holding a B.S. degree in technology through the Aviation Technology School’s Professional Flight program. Upon graduation, John returned to Omaha and worked for a Piper dealer before joining a large Omaha-based savings and loan association as their first corporate pilot. In 1978, John joined North Central Airlines as a Convair 580 first officer. Today, he flies for Delta Air Lines as a check airman on the B-757/767. John has a long history of ALPA volunteer participation, having spent almost his entire career as a member of ALPA’s Professional Standards Committee. After having served as his local council’s Professional Standards chairman twice and MEC Professional Standards chairman for two-and-a-half years, he is currently the national chairman of ALPA International’s Professional Standards Committee, which is a subcommittee under ALPA’s Pilot Assistance Committee. biographies biographies

64 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies Virginia, with her husband, Gary Schaffer.Virginia, withherhusband,Gary In additiontoherwork for ALPA, Schaffer Captain isacorporatecounselfor CSSIInc.Shelives in Alexandria, University, Washington CollegeofLaw. honors inpsychology andaPh.D. inneurosciencefromtheUniversityof Texas Medical Branch in 1990. Dr. Shappellreceived aB.S. inpsychology (1983) from Wright University, State graduating system safety, operations,andfatigue. sustained spatial disorientation, He haspublished/presentedwell over inthefieldsofaccidentinvestigation, papers,books,andpresentations 200 overIn addition,hehasserved 16 years intheU.S. Navyasanaerospaceexperimentalpsychologist. Clemson, Dr. Shappellwas theHumanFactors research branch manager attheCivil Aerospace Medical Institute. Dr. Scott A. Shappellisaprofessor ofindustrialengineeringatClemsonUniversity. Before joiningthefacultyat Professor, Industrial Engineering, ClemsonUniversity andajurisdoctor,aeronautical science,withdistinction,fromEmbry-Riddle, ambitions. Sheholdsabachelor ofengineeringinelectricalfrom Vanderbilt University, amaster’s of SchafferCaptain beganhercareerasanelectricalengineerworking onspaceprogramsbefore pursuingherflying years Schaffer atUnited,Captain flew for Presidential Airways. council safety chairman, flight manager, domicile safety officer, and flight operationsduty manager. Prior to her 20 andcheckthe B-727ascaptain airman,andtheB-777B-737asfirstofficer. asalocal Shehasalsoserved Currently flying for United Airlinesasan Schaffer Airbus320captain, hasflown theB-757andB-767 ascaptain, Week Forum, andparticipatedonanenvironmentalpanelatNATCA’s Communicatingfor Safety conference. Subcommittee on Aviation, provided written testimony to other congressional committees, presented SchafferCaptain at an force assumedtheleadofthistask inMayandhassincetestifiedfrontHouse Aviation 2008 policy andproceduresresultingfromenvironmentalinitiatives. Environment for the Air LinePilots Association, International. This force task was createdtoensurepilotinput Ann Schaffer Mary Captain asthechairman serves ofthePresident’s Task on Aviation andthe Sustainability Air LinePilotsAssociation,International Chairman, President’sTaskForceonAviationSustainability andtheEnvironment, ARINC’s ACARS linknetworkinto data Asia. FromCommunications Services. 1995 healsoledtheengineeringteamcharged to2000, withtheexpansion of Mr. Ryan joined ARINC in1989. Prior tohiscurrent assignment,hewas programdirectorfor allofthe Aviation issues withtheindividualairlines,androll-outofanationwide service. service—CrewPASS. Inthiscapacity, heisresponsiblefor coordinatinggovernance issueswith TSA, operational decision-making tools,andflightdeck support.Mr. data Ryan iscurrently theprogramdirector for ARINC’s newest at ARINC. and services This management,dispatch collectionincludesapplicationsassociatedwithidentity Tim Ryan leadsthebusiness growth andexpansion efforts for theInformation ManagementPortfolio of products Director, BusinessDevelopment,ARINC aviation sharingownership inaBeechcraft Bonanza. John andSydney areinvolved parentvolunteers intheirchildren’s activities,andJohn remainsactive ingeneral Captain Rosenberg resides in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with his wife, Sydney, and their two children. Both Union locatedin Willowbrook, Illinois,andthe Adler GraduateSchool inMinneapolis,Minnesota. organizations. Currently, heisamemberoftwoboardsdirectors—the6,700-member ALPA Federal Credit In additionto ALPA, John isnostrangertovolunteer work, ashehasfulfilledanumberofrolesin various representing ALPA asanalternatememberoftheEvent Review Committee. RosenbergCaptain isalsoactive intheairsafety arena.HeisaparticipantinDelta’s three-party ASAP program, Professional activitiesattheannualPilot Standards Forum.Assistance CommitteesStandards ensuringcompliancewith ALPA policyand protocol.John plansandexecutes the As the national chairman, Captain Rosenberg provides oversight for all of ALPA pilot groups’ Professional Scott A.Shappell, Ph.D. Captain MaryAnnSchaffer, UAL Tim Ryan 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S magna cum laude cum magna Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l summa cum laude cum summa

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biographies 65 Larry Smith Chemical Dependency Counselor Larry J. Smith, CAS, is a chemical dependency counselor and lecturer. He was a pilot for Braniff Airlines and now flies 747s for United Airlines. He has been an ALPA EAP rep since being released from monitoring in 2004. Larry enlisted at the age of 17 and is now retired from the Air Force Reserve, where he served as a fighter pilot and transport pilot. He is certified in EEG neurotherapy and attends the Optimum Health Institute in San Diego. He is a group facilitator at many Southern California Treatment Centers. Larry resides in San Clemente, California. Both of his sessions will include parts of “my story.” First session: “The Hijacked Brain” (in layman’s terms, electrical and chemical brain regulation); second session: “The Progression of Addiction and the Progression of Recovery.”

Captain Shannon Smith, CAL National Jumpseat Committee Member, Air Line Pilots Association, International Shannon Smith, currently a B-756 captain based in Newark, New Jersey, has been employed with Continental Airlines since July 1994. From 1994 to 1998 he flew with the wholly owned subsidiary Continental Express, where he flew the ATR as both F/O and captain. Since 1998 he has been with CAL mainline and has flown every aircraft in the current CAL fleet, from the B-737 to the B-777 and from every base, including Guam. Captain Smith graduated from the Alabama Aviation College and later attended Embry-Riddle through the Dept. of Independent Studies while flying for Continental Express. It is there that his union work began. During his 3½ years at CALX he was a member of the RJ, Strike, and Jumpseat Committees. He was also an elected IAH captain representative for the IACP, now merged into ALPA. Since joining CAL mainline, he has remained active as a Jumpseat coordinator and is now the CAL ALPA Jumpseat chairman and recently was added to the ALPA National Jumpseat Committee. He considers his greatest union work to be the time spent on the flow-through negotiations that ultimately led to over 1,400 pilots’ moving over from CALX to better-paying mainline jobs with Continental. Captain Smith’s aviation background is civilian only, with stints as a flight instructor, corporate pilot, Part 135 on demand night freight, regional airline, and finally major airline experience. He remains active in general aviation and at times is known to own several aircraft types. He resides in Campbellsville, Kentucky, with his wife, April, and their two daughters. He and his wife own and operate CENTURY 21 Smith Realty Group, a real estate and auction company.

Quay Snyder, MD, MSPH Associate Aeromedical Advisor, Air Line Pilots Association, International Dr. Quay Snyder serves as associate ALPA Aeromedical advisor and president of Virtual Flight Surgeons. He provides advice on aeromedical certification and aviation medicine safety issues to ALPA pilots and ALPA leadership. His duties include direct advocacy for individual pilots with FAA Aeromedical Offices, and consultation with ALPA legal staff members, Pilot Assistance Committee members, and MEC representatives on a broad variety of safety and health topics. Dr. Snyder is a member of the joint FAA-ALPA HIMS Advisory Board and the Flight Safety Foundation. He is a frequent speaker at numerous aviation safety seminars, including the ALPA-NATCA Communicating for Safety Seminar. He also serves on the editorial board of the scientific journalAviation, Space and Environmental Medicine. Prior to beginning work at the ALPA Aeromedical Office, Dr. Snyder served as a flight surgeon and instructor pilot (gliders) in the U.S. Air Force. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Duke University School of Medicine, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences. He maintains board certification in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, and family practice. Dr. Snyder has been an active certified flight instructor since 1975, an FAA-designated pilot examiner (private, commercial, and CFI), and an FAA Safety Team representative for the Denver FSDO. He is a four-time Master CFI designee with the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators and the National Association of Flight Instructors. As an owner of a Schleicher ASW-24B single-seat glider, he spends his leisure time soaring on long-distance cross-country flights through the Rocky Mountains. biographies biographies

66 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists,andtheInternationalCriticalIncidentStress Foundation. employee assistance professional. She is a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, the Traumatic Stress, certified as a trauma specialist by the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists, and a certified In addition, she is certified in acute traumatic stress management by the American Academy of Experts in certified expert intraumaticstressandadiplomateofthe American Association ofExpertsin Traumatic Stress. Ms. Stollisalicensedclinicalsocialworker with12 years ofbehavioral healthexperience. Sheisaboard- received hermaster’s inthescienceofsocialwork fromtheUniversityof Tennessee inNashville. Ms. Stoll graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, with a BS in psychology. She Strategies. Becky Stoll is responsiblefor theoverall operationofCenterstone’s aswell asCrisisManagement CrisisServices Director ofCrisisServices andCrisisManagementStrategies, Centerstone Boeing 727, 737, 757, 767, MD-11, andLear Jet.flighttimeisapproximately hours. Histotal 18,000 Currently, Craig is a captain on the Boeing 767/757 international operation for Delta Air Lines. He is rated on the night freight,corporatepilot,andcharter priortojoiningDelta AirLinesin flying, 1990. After graduation,hefollowed aciviliancareerpath,which includedflightinstruction, pilot for askydivingoperation, StephensbeganflyingwhileinhighschoolCaptain andattended Purdue Universitystudying aviation technology. for Council108, aswell asworking ontheLegislative Affairs Committee. Council. Previously he has served as second officer representative for Council 43 and first officer representative Captain Stephens also serves on the Hotel Committee and System Board for Delta Air Lines Master Executive national arenaoffocus isoninternationalaccessandissuessurrounding internationaljumpseating. MEC Jumpseat Committee. andgovernment. Herepresentspilotjumpseataccessissueswithintheindustry His Captain Craig Stephens serves as a National Jumpseat Committee member as well as South chairman of the DAL National JumpseatCommitteeMember, AirLinePilotsAssociation,International Bob residesinOrmondBeach, Florida,withhisfamily offive. 319/320, and Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757,world except 767, Australia and ratingsinBeechAfrica. Hecurrently holdscaptain 1900, 350,Saab340, 300, Airbus 777 aircraft. Hyannis, Massachusetts. Bob’s flying experience of takenover hourshashimtocontinentofthe every 18,000 and Asia. Prior toUnited Airlines, hewas employed withBar Harbor Airlines ofBangor, Maine,and Will’s Air of Bob has been employed with United Airlines since 1989 and is currently flying international routes in Europe instructor for thisinstitution, teaching U.S. andinternationalstudents how tofly. CollegeaviationState managementbachelor ofscienceprogram.Upongraduation,hewas employed asaflight Bob beganflyingin hisprivate1979 andobtained pilot’s licenseinhighschool. HeisagraduateoftheBridgewater reciprocalagreements,andassistingfellowestablishing jumpseatchairpersons withoperationaldifficulties. jumpseat verification system for United Airlines.Heisresponsible for overseeing alljumpseatoperations, and commuting by jumpseat date back over 25 years. In 2003, he was instrumental in procuring the CASS and in 2006 was elected to the chairman’s position. His experience with all aspects of jumpseat administration RobertCaptain “Bob” SpadeahasbeenamemberoftheUnited Airlines MECJumpseat Committee since2002, United MECJumpseatCommitteeChairman in MayHehasbeenmarried tohiswife, 2008. Beth, for 30years andhasthreechildren. He hasheldseveral volunteer positionswithDelta’s LEC/MECbefore acceptingthepositionof Aeromedical chairman Navy flyingthe A-6Intruder. Captain Robert A. Solik has been flying for Delta Air Lines for 23 years. He received his pilot training from the National AeromedicalChairman,Air LinePilotsAssociation,International Becky Stoll Captain CraigStephens, UAL Captain Robert M.Spadea, UAL Captain Robert A.Solik, DAL 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 67 Her professional experience has included both clinical and management responsibilities. Ms. Stoll’s clinical concentration has covered such areas as assessment and diagnosis, individual and family therapy, critical incident stress management, and mental health disaster response. Ms. Stoll is on the faculty of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and serves as the chair of its Board of Directors. She has received the ICISF’s Certificate of Specialized Training in (1) mass disaster and terrorism, (2) schools and children crisis response, (3) workplace and industrial application, (4) emergency services, and (5) substance abuse crisis response. Ms. Stoll has provided disaster response training to area school districts, banks, business/industry, emergency responders, and civic groups.

Joseph P. Terrell Federal Security Director, Pittsburgh International Airport, Transportation Security Administration Joe Terrell is the federal security director at Pittsburgh International Airport and, as such, is senior representative for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Western Pennsylvania. Currently overseeing, managing, and promoting the agency’s security interests in an area that is characterized by both a diverse and robust transportation network and infrastructure, Mr. Terrell has well over 20 years of civil aviation security experience. Mr. Terrell has been with TSA since its inception, joining directly after having spent 15 years with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). While he spent two tours at FAA headquarters in Washington focused on policy issues as they relate to civil aviation security, Mr. Terrell spent the majority of his FAA career deeply involved in the agency’s international civil aviation security program. He represented the agency overseas for seven years, four of which were spent as the manager of the FAA International Field Office in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Terrell has worked with representatives of nearly 30 nations on four continents in an effort to promote global standards of civil aviation security.

David J. Thatcher CASS Program Manager, ARINC David Thatcher is a program manager at ARINC in the Aviation Solutions Division, Annapolis, Maryland. He graduated from Old Dominion University in 1984 with a B.S. in electrical engineering and earned a M.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins in 1994. Dave’s first job was as a supervisory electronics engineer with the Air Force at the Inertial Guidance Test Facility at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. He followed with 12 years in the development of process control software for industrial gauging and communications systems with several companies in the Washington, DC, area. Dave joined ARINC in 1997 and worked on the ACARS HF Datalink Ground Station and the ACARS Message Processor for several years before moving to the Aviation Solutions Organization, where he has worked on the Centralized ADS Waypoint Reporting Service (CADS), the Oceanic Clearance Delivery Service (OCD) for Gander, and the Centralized FMC Waypoint Reporting Service (CFRS). Dave has been involved in the development and deployment of the Cockpit Access Security System (CASS) since the initial prototype demonstrations at Reagan National Airport in December 2002.

Captain R. “Rip” Torn, DAL Air Traffic Services Group Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Torn serves as the Air Traffic Services (ATS) Group chairman for the Air Line Pilots Association, International. As the recently appointed chairman of the Air Traffic Services Group, he leads a group of staff, consultants, and pilot volunteers working on technical issues covering current and future technology applications and procedures in air traffic control, flight information services, meteorological, and other related issues. Captain Torn is a member of the Steering and Oversight Committee for the ALPA Safety Structure. Most recently he was a founding member and former chair of the now defunct Presidential Committee on NAS Modernization. This committee was formed to focus work on projects involving future communications, navigation, surveillance, traffic management, and unmanned air vehicles. Rip is a longtime advocate for aviation safety, and he has been involved through the ALPA Air Safety Committee at local, national, and international levels. In addition to chairing the group, he is the team leader for Future Communications Data Link projects. He is the designated representative to the IFALPA ATS Committee and also serves as the vice chairman for that group. Through IFALPA he is the representative to the ICAO Operational Data Link Panel, working directly with ICAO. biographies biographies

68 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies guides research ofnew technologies thatcanbeappliedtowildlife mitigation. methodologies to manage airport wildlife hazards, provides technical guidance to FAA offices and airports, and federal regulations for management of wildlife issues at or near airports. He develops programs and control dramatically on the national consciousness. His role with the FAA is to determine national strategies and John Weller arrived attheFAA inFebruary ata timewhenthehazardsofbirdstrikes 2009 hadplayed out Staff WildlifeBiologist, FAAOfficeofAirport Safety and Operations Committee Stakeholder Advisory Group on Aviation Security. He hasrepresentedtheEuropeanCockpit attheECACAssociation since2003 andisalsoontheEuropean and Training. member oftheICAO AVSEC Panel working groupson Annex 17, New andEmerging Threats, GuidanceMaterial, on Amendment 11 for Annex 17, andamemberoftheworkingOfficers. grouponIn-FlightSecurity Nowa heis Since 2002, he has been the IFALPA observer at the ICAO AVSEC Panel. He was part of the ICAO working group atICAO,representation IATA, ACI, andotherinternationalorganizations. was electedIFALPA Committee Security chairman. As chairman, heisresponsiblefor internationalsecurity 11 attacks of2001, hewas electedtobevicechairman oftheIFALPA Committee. Security InMarch he 2009 In 1999, Captain Voorbach becametheDutch ALPA Committee Security chairman, andfollowing theSeptember currently flies the Boeing 777 for KLM. pilot with the Dutch National Police. In 1992 he joined KLM, where he was promoted to captain in 1993. He Nico Captain Voorbach beganhiscareerasapoliceofficer intheNetherlands,and 1987 hebecameapolice Security CommitteeChairman,InternationalFederationofAir LinePilots’Associations Electra aircraft. Bob holds a FAA airline transport pilot’s license and is rated in the Boeing 737, Beechcraft King Air, and Lockheed Web supporting the Navy’s Web-enabling initiative. In March 2002, Bob was hired by Titan Systems Corporation in Arlington, Virginia, and was assigned to Task Force Airways asafirstofficer. He flew the Boeing737from 2002. ReaganNational Airportuntilfurloughedin January from a number of locations throughout Europe and Western Pacific. After retirement, Bob was hired by US Bob retiredfromtheNavyinJuly 1999 after 21years asanaval serving aviator. HeoperatedtheP3Orionaircraft the Universityof West FloridainMay 1986. Bob isa1978 graduateoftheU.S. Naval Academy. Hereceived amaster’s degree inbusinessadministrationfrom position asthePSIfor Continental Airlines inJunePreviously, 2008. Bob was thePSIfor American Airlines. compliance withaviationregulationsandprograms.Bob security was assignedtohiscurrent liaisonbetween inspector (PSI),heistheprimary TSA headquartersandassignedaircraft operators.Heinterprets Bob Vogt joined TSA inFebruary andisassignedtotheCommercial 2003 Airlines division. As aprincipalsecurity Principal Security Inspector,Commercial AirlinesDivision,TransportationSecurity Administration Captain Torn, originallyfromGermany, ismarried withthreechildren andlives in Austin, Texas. holds aFAA airlinetransportpilot’s license. Boeing 737 and a flight engineer on the L-1011 and B-727. His total flight time is around hours,12,000 Currently,and he RipisaBoeing 767 basedinNew and757captain York for City Delta Air Lines.Heisalsoratedonthe flightsaftermaintenance acceptance extensive rework oftheaircraft. instructor T-38 atReese AFB, Texas. Healsowas afunctionalcheck pilotinthe T-37,He flew theRF-4Cstationed inGermanytwiceandT-38, reconnaissance fighterwasanadvanced flighttraining andlaterRF-4 performing Captain Torn beganflyingin 1978 asapilotwiththe U.S. Air Force, wherehetrainedat Vance AFB, Oklahoma. he was arepresentativefor theassociationwhenthey receivedCollier the2008 Trophy Team recipient. representative. While amemberoftheNAS MODCommittee andformer projectleadofthe ADS-B Project Team, Air Traffic Services member and chairman, Accident Investigator Team member, DALPACaptain Jumpseat CommitteeTorn started his ALPA career in March 1993 and has served as the Delta MEC Air Safety Committee John Weller Captain Nico Voorbach Robert A.Vogt 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 69 Prior to this latest appointment he was a USDA wildlife biologist for 5 years mitigating wildlife hazards at 75 airports in North Carolina. Earlier experience included 17 years wildlife management for the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state and local wildlife agencies, the private sector, and a nonprofit organization. Much of this work involved the restoration, inventory, monitoring, and research of endangered species, large carnivores, and avifauna.

Captain James Woodke, EGL National CIRP Vice Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain James Woodke is chairperson of the Critical Incident Response Program for the Air Line Pilots Association at American Eagle Airlines and the national vice chairman of the Critical Incident Response Program for the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. He is responsible for providing CISM services to over 2,900 pilots at American Eagle Airlines in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. He also currently serves as the damage assessment coordinator for the Village of Antioch Emergency Management Agency (Illinois). Prior to his current appointment, Captain Woodke was the CIRP vice chairman for the American Eagle Airlines pilot group, where he has also served as the MEC and LEC Grievance chairman, the captain rep, and LEC chairman. Captain Woodke began his aviation career in 1982, flight instructing at various locations in Wisconsin, Virginia, and Texas. In 1986–1987 he instructed at the University of Dubuque (Iowa) and in 1987 at Chadron State College (Nebraska). He began his airline career in 1987 with G.P. Express Airlines as a C402 first officer. Since 1988 he has worked for Simmons/American Eagle Airlines, serving as captain on SD-3, ATR-42, ATR-72, and EMB-135, 140, and 145 aircraft with more than 16,000 hours of flight time. Captain Woodke holds a bachelor of science degree in economics from Northern Illinois University. He is an ICISF- approved instructor for individual crisis intervention and peer support as well as group crisis intervention. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, a Board-certified expert in traumatic stress, a Board-certified expert in emergency crisis response, and a Board-certified expert in school crisis response. He is certified in Acute Traumatic Stress Management and listed in the International Registry of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Dale Wright Director, Safety and Technology, National Air Traffic Controllers Association Dale Wright was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1975 he entered the U.S. Air Force and in 1976 was assigned to Berlin Center, Germany, as an air traffic controller. In 1978 he transferred to England AFB, Louisiana, where he was assigned until he was discharged in June 1983. Wright was hired by the FAA in June 1983 and, upon completion of FAA Academy training, was assigned to Charlotte Tower as an air traffic controller. In 1987 he was transferred to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. During the assignment to ATL, he served as an air traffic controller, a training specialist, and one year as a supervisor. In 1993 he transferred to Charlotte, NC, as an air traffic controller and remained there until 2000. In 2000 Wright became a liaison between the FAA and NATCA to the Requirements branch of the FAA in Washington, DC, and four years later became a liaison between NATCA and the JPDO, working on the initial development of NextGen. These two positions enabled him to represent the air traffic controllers by ensuring their issues were addressed during the development of equipment and procedures. In 2005 Wright returned to Charlotte as an air traffic controller and retired on September 7, 2007. He has served as the director of safety and technology for NATCA since then. In 1982 Wright received his private pilot’s license and has since added an instrument rating. He has been a member of AOPA for over 25 years and active in the Charlotte flying community for over 15 years as an aircraft owner.

Captain Gregory Wright, ALA Assistant Director of Operations–Law Enforcement Affairs, National Security Committee Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Greg Wright has just been appointed as the assistant director of operations–Law Enforcement Affairs for the NSC. In this capacity, he will assist the NSC director of operations as a liaison between ALPA and federal law enforcement agencies. In addition to this national post, Captain Wright serves as the chairman of the Alaska Airlines Security Committee. Newly appointed to this position as well, Captain Wright brings with him 10 years of experience as the MEC vice chairman of Security. biographies biographies

70 55th ALPA Air Safety Forum . Omni Shoreham Hotel . Washington, DC biographies environmental media,including climatechange, hazardousandsolidwaste, fuelmanagement,spillprevention, withrespectto awiderangeof other industries,providing andlitigationservices comprehensive regulatory partner. There, Ms. Young worked extensively intheaviationareasandwithavarietyof andtransportation Ms. Young returned to ATA fromthelaw in2007 firmof Beveridge &Diamond, P.C., whereshe was aprincipal/ development anddeployment ofcommerciallyviable,environmentallyfriendlyalternative jetfuels. Steering Group of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI), which is working to hasten the industry.on otherenvironmentalissuesofsignificancetotheairtransportation Ms. onthe Young alsoserves negotiations over new aircraft andprovides noiseandemissionstandards, counselto ATA anditsmembers In thiscapacity, Ms. Young directs ATA’s environmentalprograms,representsthe ATA airlinesininternational Nancy N. Young is the vice president of environmental affairs at the Air Transport Association of America Inc. (ATA). Vice President, Environmental Affairs,AirTransport Association ofAmerica the CentralIntelligence Agency. terrorism and intelligence topics with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and a master’s degree in public administration from Marist College, and he has completed additional training in Kevin has a bachelor of science degree in transportation management from New York Maritime College and international terrorism investigations andoperations. Joint Terrorism Task Force and spent seven years working on some of the nation’s most seriousand theOrganized and CrimeControlBureau.Immediatelyafter sensitive the9/11 attack, Kevin was assignedtotheNY served on patrol in Manhattan South and Brooklyn and in investigative assignments in the Detective Bureau A 25-year NYPDveteran, withover 40awards for braveryandexceptional policework, Kevin haspreviously officers deployed in countries around the globe. directoroftheNYPD’s asdeputy He currently serves uniqueoverseas liaisonprogram,which has11 NYPD Lieutenant Kevin Yorke andintelligenceofficer isasenior supervisor assignedtotheNYPD’s IntelligenceDivision. Lieutenant DetectiveCommander,IntelligenceDivision,NewYork City PoliceDepartment Professional by the ofIndustrialSecurity.American Society Mr. Wright isagraduateof Auburn University, aflightinstructor, andholdsthedesignationofCertified Protection he was employed asamanagementinternattheBirminghamInternational Airport, Alabama. responsible for supportingthatorganization’s committee security andairporttechnical group.Prior tojoining AOCI, International (now Airports Council International–North America) in Washington, D.C. In that position, he was Prior tobeingemployed by ALPA, asthedirectoroftechnical for heserved the services Airport OperatorsCouncil experience inthepromotion ofsafety- andsecurity-relatedpolicyinthenational internationalarenas. Factors and Training, Airport andGroundEnvironment, andCargocommittees. Hehasmorethan23years of position, where he oversees and directs the staff support of the National Security, Pilot Assistance, Human He was subsequentlypromoted tothepositionofseniorstaff engineer, andpromotedagainin1999 tohiscurrent assigned tosupportthe Association’s andaviationefforts. airportstandards security Air Safety Department.Hehas beenwith ALPA morethan20years andwas initiallyemployed asastaff engineer Jerry Wright isthemanagerof Air LinePilots Association’s SafetysectionoftheEngineeringand andSecurity Manager, Safety andSecurity, AirLinePilotsAssociation,International freighter, 737-700, 737-800, and737-900. Airlines since1996 andhasflown over hours.Hefliesthe Boeing737-400, 14,000 737-400 combi,737-400 for several years before beginninghisairlinecareerat West Air Airlines. Captain Wright hasbeenwith Alaska Upon graduationfromCWU, Captain Wright asaflightandgroundinstructor served at Fort Lewis, Washington, sheriff.and deputy Hewas amemberofthe Washington MarijuanaEradication State Task Force. bachelor ofsciencedegreeinaerospacescience.Duringthattime,healsoworked asafirefighter, police officer, Washington, before transferring toCentral Washington UniversityinEllensburg, Washington, a whereheobtained Captain Wright beganflyingin 1980 andattended flight school atBigCollegeinMosesLake, BendCommunity Nancy N.Young Kevin Yorke Jerry Wright 55 A I R S A F E T Y F O R U M th S Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

biographies 71 air quality, noise, and water quality. Ms. Young served as co-chair of the firm’s Climate Change and Waste Management and Recycling practices. Ms. Young is a graduate of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (B.A., 1986) and of Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1990), where she served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal on Legislation. She served as a legislative assistant to Congressman E. Thomas Coleman (MO) from 1986 to 1987. Ms. Young is a member of the bar in Virginia and the District of Columbia. She is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Air and Space Law and the International Aviation Women’s Association and participates in several of the working groups under the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection.

Daniel W. Zenga Licensed Psychologist Dr. Daniel Zenga is a licensed psychologist in clinical practice in Mankato, Minnesota. He has provided training and consultation to education, business, legal, medical, and religious organizations throughout the United States. His professional areas of interest include stress management, conflict resolution, family relationships, psychology of birth order, domestic violence, personality development, and veterans’ issues. In addition to human service experiences, Dr. Zenga is an instructor at the Adler Graduate School, Richfield, Minnesota. He lives in Mankato, Minnesota, with his wife, Ruth. They have five grown children and eight grandchildren. biographies biographies

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