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Dr. Brendan Adams Dr. Brendan Adams currently serves as the medical director, Flight Operations, Air Canada Jazz Airlines. Through his private practice, he consults for many flight operations in Canada and has been involved in aviation medicine and aviation physiology research for approximately 30 years. The majority of his work concerns airline pilots who have lost their medical certification, serving them particularly in the area of addiction medicine. He consults for the Air Line Pilots Association Canada Board in this respect. Dr. Adams teaches extensively in the area of addictions and aviation medicine, having lectured in Canada, America, Nepal, and India. He teaches at the University of Calgary Medical School. Dr. Adams received both a Bachelor of Science degree in human physiology and a Master of Science from the University of Toronto, and his medical degree from the University of Calgary in 1981. He holds a Certification in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada and is a certified aerospace physiologist of the Aerospace Medical Association in America. He is a Fellow of the Board of Occupational Medicine (Canada) and has been certified since 1992. Lastly, he is certified in addiction medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Adams began flying in 1972 and is a captain on the Cessna 172!

Captain Dan Adamus President, Canada Board, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Captain Dan Adamus of Air Canada Jazz was elected executive vice president, Group C, of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. (ALPA), on Oct. 18, 2006, at ALPA’s biennial Board of Directors meeting. His term began on Jan. 1, 2007. Currently based at Toronto, Captain Adamus flies the CRJ-200/705. He was hired on Oct. 22, 1985, with , which merged with and was eventually renamed Air Canada Regional. Following additional mergers, Air Canada Regional was transformed into Air Canada Jazz. Adamus is the president of ALPA’s Canada Board and served two terms as Canada Board vice president/IFALPA director. He served as the Canada Board Government Relations Committee chairman from 1994 to 2006 and as the local Jumpseat Committee chair from 1988 to 2003. Born in Port Credit, Ontario, and raised in New Liskeard, Ontario, Captain Adamus resides in Ottawa with his wife, Francine, and their children, Kurtis (9), and Dana (8). He is the son of Mary Adamus and the late Don Adamus, of Temiskaming Shores, formerly New Liskeard, Ontario.

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Captain Dana Archibald HIMS Chair, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Captain Dana Archibald is a captain of 21 years. As an American Eagle pilot, he chairs the Eagle HIMS/Aeromedical Committee and serves as the chair of HIMS National. He currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife and three children. He enjoys golf, rock climbing, and scuba diving.

First Officer Dean Armstrong CIRP Chair, Northwest A graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Dean joined Northwest Airlines in 1996. He is currently a first officer and is the Northwest pilot group’s CIRP chair. Dean will discuss CIRP response to an international incident, including contacting support peers who can assist in Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world.

Captain Rick Bernskoetter CIRP and Communications Chair, Atlantic Southeast Captain Rick Bernskoetter serves as chair of the ASA MEC’s Critical Incident Response Program (CIRP) and Communications Committees. Captain Bernskoetter served in the U.S. Navy from 1977 to 1983. He was enlisted in the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program and served as engine room supervisor aboard the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625), completing nine deterrent patrols. Rick began flying in 1992 while working as a newspaper writer and photographer in the Florida Keys. His aviation career didn’t take off until 1995, however, when he became certified as a flight instructor and traded his word processor for an E-6B. Living in Key West at the time, Rick (reluctantly) moved north to Panama City, Florida, to begin work as an instructor for a flight school there. He served as a stage-check pilot for students in training and was promoted to assistant chief pilot before leaving to pursue a career hauling packages and people for hire. Captain Bernskoetter has been with Atlantic Southeast Airlines since 2000. Before that, he flew for two Part 135 operators, first in Be-18s, then in Shorts 330/360s (he assures us he’d heard all the jokes about pilots losing visual contact with his airplane when it flew over a trailer park, etc.). While at ASA, Rick has flown the ATR-72 and the CRJ- 200. He is currently a captain on the CRJ-200 and has more than 6,000 hours of flying time. Rick holds an Associate of Arts degree from Florida Keys Community College. In addition to his job as a pilot, Rick volunteers as a docent at the Memphis Zoo.

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First Officer Kandy Cassano CIRP Vice Chair, FedEx First Officer Kandy Cassano serves as the vice chair of the Critical Incident Response Program for FedEx Express. She is a graduate of several ALPA and International Critical Incident Stress Foundation courses, including Advanced CIRP, Grief Training, Group Crisis Intervention, Suicide Prevention/Intervention/Postvention, Stress Management for the Trauma Provider, and the ALPA Basic Safety School and Accident Investigation Course. She also completed Pilot Assistance Training with Brian Murray in 2007. First Officer Cassano began her career as a certified flight instructor. She has flown for several airlines, including Vanguard Airlines and ATA Airlines. She is type-rated in the B-737, B-757, B767, MD-11, and SA-227. She joined FedEx Express in 2004 as a second officer on the B-727. She is currently a first officer on the MD-11 with more than 7,000 flight hours. First Officer Cassano holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in geography from the University of California at Berkeley. She spends her time away from FedEx as a docent animal presenter at the Memphis Zoo.

First Officer Louise Cullinan CIRP Chair, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Louise is currently a first officer with , 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 chair, as well as the National CIRP chair. Louise has been volunteering in grief for over 20 years. Her experience began by volunteering at the American Cancer Society in Michigan and at her university after the crash of Northwest flight 255 in Detroit. She continues to volunteer her time in her hometown of Steamboat Springs, , where she is called upon to assist the community in dealing with tragedy and loss.

Pete Dillenbeck CIRP Administrator, FedEx Pete Dillenbeck has been a pilot and flight instructor with FedEx for over 18 years. He flew the B-727 for three years, and for the past 11 years he has worked in Flight Training as the basic indoc coordinator, bringing in over 2,250 new pilots. He has also spent 14 years developing the FedEx Flight Operations Critical Incident Response Team, with over 150 trained team members. He has worked with FedEx Flight Ops Management, ALPA, and the company’s EAP on four major accidents and numerous aircraft incidents since 1995. He is currently working with FedEx Flight Safety to update the company’s Emergency Response programs. Pete served eight years active duty in the Navy flying P-3C Orions. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in applied psychology from Tech, as well as a four-year NROTC scholarship.

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First Officer William B. “Brit” Etzold Director, ALPA Safety Information Analysis and Chief Accident Investigator, Northwest Airlines Brit began recruiting and organizing volunteers in 1981 while working for Bread for the World in Washington, DC, as a regional organizer serving the northern tier states from west to Oregon and Washington. He worked with college and church groups in seven states, both to build membership and teach public policy activism at the grassroots level. Mr. Etzold joined Northwest Airlines in 1998 where he has flown the DC-9 and B-727 and currently flies the Airbus 319/ 320 (and a 1951 C-170 when he can). He has been involved with ALPA Air Safety since 1999 with significant involvement in the development and operation of Northwest’s Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) and national data-sharing programs. He has been the chief accident Investigator at NWA since 2007. On the ALPA National level, he instructs at the ALPA Basic and Advanced Accident Investigation courses and is course director of the ALPA ASAP course for training Event Review Committee members and ALPA’s Safety Information Analysis group. Brit’s aviation career began with flight instructing and flying checks in Raleigh, North Carolina, He progressed through freight, charter, air ambulance, and over 10 years flying a variety of corporate jets for two major operators near Portland, Oregon. He is typed in the Citation 550, 650, Lear 24, 35, and Gulfstream 2. He holds a Bachelor of Science with a double major in physics and history from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Mr. Etzold currently lives near Stillwater, Minnesota, with his wife, Ginger, and daughters Sarah and Katie (plus six cats, one dog, and two gerbils).

Dr. Larry Fishel, PhD, LCSW-C

Keith Hagy Director of Engineering & Air Safety, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Since January 2004 Keith Hagy has served as the director of the Engineering and Air Safety Department of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. In coordination with Association leadership, Keith is responsible for guiding and directing all technical projects and programs relating to the Association’s safety, pilot assistance, and security goals throughout the United States and Canada. This includes managing liaison with external organizations, including U.S. and Canadian government agencies, Congress, the press, and private groups such as aircraft and equipment manufacturers, the airlines, consumer groups, and other associations. The director is responsible for providing engineering and/or technical support for members involved in a grievance hearing or certificate actions taken by FAA. Liaison is also maintained with international groups, e.g., the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations. Keith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace and ocean engineering from Virginia Tech University. Prior to joining ALPA in 1986, Keith spent a number of years as an aircraft stability and control analyst with the Boeing Company and focused on aircraft design and handling qualities evaluation and flight-testing. In 1986 Keith joined ALPA

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as a senior staff engineer in the Accident Investigation Department. He has participated in over 30 “major” aircraft accident investigations in the United States and Canada and in over 100 “minor” aircraft accident investigations. In 1992 Keith was promoted to manager of Engineering and Accident Investigation, responsible for managing all accident investigations in which the Association participated and for overseeing all engineering-related projects in the Association’s work program. Keith was awarded a patent for a stability augmentation system in use on Boeing B-737 aircraft. Keith is a licensed pilot and is a past three-term officer (secretary) of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI). He is the current chair of the International Advisory Committee of the Flight Safety Foundation.

Nancy Hay, M.A., L.P.C. Hay Counseling & Consulting Inc. Nancy Hay has been a licensed professional counselor and a certified addiction specialist for over 30 years and has worked with pilots and their families for 20 of those. She has been actively involved with CIRP and HIMS committees.

Dr. Don Hudson Aeromedical Advisor, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Since 1993, Don Hudson, MD, has served as aeromedical advisor for the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), and director of the ALPA Aeromedical Office located in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Hudson came to ALPA as an associate aeromedical advisor in July 1987. He is a 1978 graduate of the Mayo Medical School and certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in aerospace medicine. After graduating from the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Hudson completed residency training in psychiatry at the University of California–San Francisco, receiving extensive training in the treatment of alcohol and drug dependencies. He completed one year as a teaching instructor in psychiatry at Boston University Hospital before going on active duty with the United States Air Force as a flight surgeon in 1982. He served on active duty for five years, completing residency training in Aerospace Medicine and earning a Master’s Degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley. He was assigned for two years as chief flight surgeon at the NASA Ames Research Center’s Aeronautical Human Factors Research Office before joining ALPA’s aeromedical staff in 1987. In 1996, the Aerospace Medical Association presented him with the Boothby-Edwards Award as the leading practitioner of aviation medicine for professional pilots. He is also the 2006 recipient of the Aerospace Medical Association’s Raymond F. Longacre Award, presented for outstanding accomplishment in psychological and psychiatric aspects of aerospace medicine. Dr. Hudson is the former state air surgeon of the Colorado Air National Guard and is an active pilot with over 1,400 flight hours. He lives with his wife and three children in Golden, Colorado.

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Pete Janhunen Assistant Director of Communications, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Pete Janhunen has seen three professions up close during his career, and each has taught him a little more about what it means to be a professional. First, as an officer in the Army, he learned the importance of duty, leadership, and loyalty. After leaving the Army and attending graduate school, he worked for the International Association of Fire Fighters. As the Fire Fighters’ director of public relations before and after the events of September 11, he witnessed what dedication, teamwork, and physical courage truly mean to first responders and the people they serve. Pete joined ALPA in 2003. He oversees Association media relations, Web-based communications, publishing services, multimedia production, and Air Line Pilot magazine. From pilots, he has learned how important judgment and responsibility are to the piloting profession. Pete serves as a major in the Army Reserve. He has a Master’s Degree in public communications from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy.

Suzanne L. Kalfus Senior Attorney, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l 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. Suzanne 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 then a trainer for the “FACT HOTLINE,” a D.C. crisis hotline and referral service. Suzanne has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Cornell University and received her law degree from George Washington University.

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Captain Rob Keller Air Canada Jazz Captain Rob Keller has served as a pilot assistance volunteer with Air Canada Jazz for the past seven years, holds a Master’s degree in psychology and is currently completing work on his Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree. He has been a pilot with Air Canada Jazz for 18 years and is a captain on the CRJ based in Toronto.

Captain Jeffrey Kilmer Pilot Assistance Committee Chair, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Captain Jeffrey Kilmer serves as executive chair of the Pilot Assistance Committee for the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA). He represents ALPA pilots in airline health and safety matters arising within the industry. His responsibilities include oversight of approximately 500 pilot assistance representatives from 41 airlines in the United States and Canada, as well as budgetary and management supervision of over 50 projects within the ALPA pilot assistance structure. Prior to his current appointment, Captain Kilmer served as executive vice chair of the Pilot Assistance Committee and chair of ALPA’s Aeromedical Committee. He has also served as chair of the Critical Incident Response Committee for the Master Executive Council of FedEx Express and as Aeromedical chair for FedEx Express. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the FedEx Pilots Association. Captain Kilmer began his aviation career in 1985 as student naval aviator assigned to basic flight training at Naval Air Station–Pensacola, Florida. He served on active duty in both the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy flying the A-4 Skyhawk, the AV-8B Harrier, and the E-2C Hawkeye. Captain Kilmer began his airline career in 1996 with FedEx Express as a flight engineer on the DC-10. While at FedEx Express he has flown the B-727, the A300/310, and the MD-11. He served as a simulator instructor and proficiency check airman on the A300/310. He is rated on the B-727, B-737, A300/310, and MD-11. He currently is a captain on the MD-11 for FedEx Express and has more than 10,000 hours of flying time. Captain Kilmer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in risk management from the University of Florida and is completing work on his Master of Science in aviation safety management.

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Kevin T. McCauley, MD Institute for Addiction Study Dr. Kevin McCauley graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1992. He served in the U.S. Navy as flight surgeon to a Marine helicopter squadron at Marine Corps Air Station–Tustin in Orange County, California, and subsequently a Marine F/A-18 Hornet training squadron at Marine Corps Air Station–El Toro. Dr. McCauley became interested in the problem of addiction after witnessing the success of the Navy’s program for treating pilots with alcohol problems. Dr. McCauley now lives in Park City, Utah, and works for the Institute for Addiction Study, a nonprofit group that promotes greater understanding about addiction and its treatment.

Captain John McFadden Former CIRP Chair, Captain John McFadden is a former CIRP chair and B-737 captain for United Airlines. He has been involved in a variety of ALPA work since 1990, serving Hotel, Scheduling, and Communications committees as well as serving as ALPA first officer representative and vice chair for Council 12 in Chicago. His involvement in CIRP began shortly after hiring on at United in 1995. He subsequently assisted in facilitating CIRP classes, serving as a co-instructor at various CIRP Basic and Advanced classes between 1998 and 2000. John was also a first responder during 9/11/01, acting as the accident investigation liaison in Pennsylvania and then representing CIRP as the area coordinator in the New York City/Philadelphia area working with the local air safety and CIRP peers and MHPs. John was then elected as CIRP chair for the United MEC and served in that capacity from 2002 to 2007. His specialty and principal area of expertise is in helping others to succeed in developing and refining their CIRP programs, many times through the use of technology and teamwork building. John is also involved in the community, where he is one of the principal founders and webmaster for a faith-based organization that builds homes (both domestically and internationally) for those in need. Additionally, John serves as vice chair for the Education Commission at his children’s school. If John could pick only one achievement that he is most proud of, it is undoubtedly his role as a father and husband. He receives immense joy in seeing his children excel and grow. John resides with his very supportive and patient wife, Patty, and two kids, John and Megan, in Crystal Lake, IL.

Captain Murray Munro Canadian Pilot Assistance Chair, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Captain Munro, chair of Canadian Pilot Assistance, also serves as the chair of the Pilot Assistance Committee for Air Canada Jazz (ALPA). In his current 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.

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Prior to his current position, Captain Munro served as vice chair of the Pilot Assistance Committee. He 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 , flying everything from King Airs, in an air ambulance role, to hauling freight in a deHavilland Caribou. In the spring of 1986 he was involved with a project conducted by the U.S. Navy and flew 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 flow 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.

Reverend Brian Murray President, Humanitas Employee Assistance Programs Brian Murray is founder and president of Humanitas EAP Inc., which provides employee assistance, executive performance, and organizational consulting services to corporations. Brian’s consulting work is varied and eclectic. His training work includes conducting seminars and workshops for a variety of clients in the areas of team building, conflict management, and strategic planning. He is retained by the Air Canada Pilots Association to provide mental health assessment for their members. He has taught in high schools, community colleges, and university settings as well as serving in a variety of different positions involving training, consulting, and counseling. Brian holds a graduate degree in pastoral psychology from the University of Toronto, with postgraduate training both in ancient Near Eastern history and in marriage and family therapy. He is a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a past president of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Brian is a Fellow of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and a member of the International Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress. He is co-founder of Operation Bootstrap, a nationally recognized self-help program for unemployed people. He is an occasional lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Trinity College, University of Toronto. Brian has designed and written many workplace training programs and articles. He has trained many pilot assistants from a number of North in the ancient art of peer helping and has recently completed A Manual for Peer Helpers (in press). Brian has been married to Margaret for 39 years. They have three children and are now privileged to be part of the care and nurture of their two grandchildren, Lilly Margaret and Bob Dylan.

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Captain Steve Pocock CIRP Chair, United Airlines

Captain John Prater President, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Capt. John Prater is the eighth president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA). He was elected by the union’s Board of Directors on Oct. 18, 2006, and began his four-year term on Jan. 1, 2007. His election signaled a change in direction for the largest airline pilot union in the world, representing 56,000 pilots who fly for 41 U.S. and . Under Prater’s leadership, ALPA has taken an aggressive stance aimed at restoring strength within the union, defending the professional standards and interests of airline pilots, and reclaiming losses suffered when pilots helped to save the industry after the events of 9/11. As ALPA’s chief executive and administrative officer, Prater oversees daily operations of the Association and presides over the meetings of ALPA’s governing bodies, which set policy for the organization. He is also chief spokesman for the union, advancing pilots’ views before Congress, Parliament, government agencies, and the news media. Prater’s labor affiliations include membership on the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO and the Executive Committee of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. He also is a member of the Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee, the Air Traffic Management Steering Committee, the NGATS Institute Management Council (IMC), and the NGATS Institute Executive Committee, and was a member and co-chair of the FAA Age 60 Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). Prater, who comes from a family background of strong union supporters, is a 30-year veteran of ALPA. He served in positions ranging from strike committee chair to chair of the Continental pilots’ Master Executive Council (MEC), as well as vice chair of the international Wings Alliance (now part of the Skyteam Alliance). He helped to lead union fights against such notorious airline management figures as Frank Lorenzo, Carl Icahn, and Dick Ferris. Currently a B-767 captain, Prater has flown the B-727, DC-8, A300, B-757, and B-777 for passenger and cargo airlines during a piloting career that spans nearly three-and-a-half decades. Before joining Continental, he flew for a number of companies, including Buckeye, Skyway, the Wall Street Journal, and United (as an instructor), and contract freight for UPS/Airborne. His experience spans several eras: He flew as a single pilot on night freight runs in WWII-era propeller airplanes and, more recently, was a member of ALPA’s working group addressing the development of the B-787. A graduate of Parks College of St. Louis University with a bachelor’s degree in meteorology, Prater is a resident of Edwardsville, Ill., with his wife, Michele, and daughter, Alexandra.

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Captain Lyle Prouse Northwest Airlines (ret.) Captain Lyle Prouse joined the Marine Corps right after high school at 18, entered the Marine Aviation Cadet program, and successfully completed 18 months of flight training, gaining his gold wings and commission as a Marine second lieutenant. He emerged 11½ years later as a decorated jet attack pilot and senior Marine Corps captain. Captain Prouse joined Northwest Airlines in August 1968. On March 8, 1990, as the captain of Northwest Flight 650, he was arrested for flying drunk, along with his two fellow pilots. As he tells his story: “I returned home the next day, saw two doctors, and was in treatment that evening, going in with only the clothes on my back. One week later, I was fired by Northwest and lost all my FAA licenses. I completed treatment and was indicted on a federal felony. I was quickly convicted and immediately entered federal prison. I served 14 months of a 16-month sentence, came out broken and stripped of everything. “I became active in AA and continued my AA involvement upon my release from prison. Then the miracles began. Not quite four years from my arrest, I had regained all of my licenses, literally from the ground up. I then received a phone call telling me that the president/CEO of Northwest Airlines had made a personal decision to return me to full flight status. I flew nearly five years more at Northwest before retiring at the mandatory retirement age of 60. My return-to-work agreement had specified that I was never to be a captain, but even that changed, and I spent my last full year as a 747 captain. “I am active today in AA, and I speak all over the United States. I am also in Native American sobriety programs and events, and I try to support a Native American Treatment Center in Wisconsin when I have opportunities to do so. “The events on March 8, 1990, totally devastated my entire life. What I did not know on that morning was that one life was ending and another beginning. I am grateful for all that happened to me . . . for without that, none of the rest could have happened for me.”

Captain John Rosenberg Professional Standards Chair, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Captain John Rosenberg is a native of Omaha, . He is 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 Northwest Airlines as a proficiency/line check airman on the B-757. 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 chair twice and MEC

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Professional Standards chair for two-and-a-half years, he is currently the national chair of ALPA International’s Professional Standards Committee, which is a subcommittee under ALPA’s Pilot Assistance Committee. As the national chair, Captain Rosenberg provides oversight for all ALPA pilot groups’ Professional Standards Committees, ensuring compliance with ALPA policy and protocol. John plans and executes the Professional Standards activities at the annual Pilot Assistance conference. Captain Rosenberg is also active in the air safety arena. He is an active participant in NWA’s three-party ASAP program, representing ALPA as an alternate member of the Event Review Committee. In addition to ALPA, John is no stranger to volunteer work, as he has filled a number of roles in various organizations. Currently, he is a member of the board of directors of the 6,700-member ALPA Federal Credit Union located in Willowbrook, Illinois. Captain Rosenberg resides in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area with his wife, Sydney, and their two children, Sam and Emily. Both John and Sydney are involved parent volunteers at their children’s elementary school, and John helps coach his kids in their local Little League baseball association. John remains active in general aviation and flies a Beechcraft Bonanza.

Captain Steve Saplak Local Council 223 (YYZ) Pilot Assistance Chair, Air Canada Jazz Steve is the Local Council 223 Pilot Assistance chair, Air Canada Jazz, a post he has held for almost three years. Steve is captain on the CRJ 200 and CRJ 705(900) based in Toronto, Ontario. He has been with Air Canada Jazz since 1989. Steve started flying in 1981. His first job was flying a Cessna 180 on floats in Pickle Lake, Ontario, which is about 300 miles north of . After spending three seasons flying floats in and the North West Territories, he moved on to fly the Twin Otter for NorOntair. His career at Air Canada Jazz has included the BAe Jetstream 32, Dash 8, and F28, as well as the CRJ, based in Calgary and now Toronto. He was on furlough from late 1991 to early 1996. He had various positions in sales during this time. Steve graduated from Sheridan College with a diploma in advertising. He also is a sales rep for an automotive data service company in Mississauga, Ontario. He has done charity work for his church, including organizing the Ukraine pavilion for four years for Carabram, a multicultural festival held in Brampton, Ontario, the second week of July and one of the 50 best festivals in Ontario. Steve lives in Georgetown, Ontario, with his wife of almost 16 years, Heather, daughter Valerie, son Julian, a rabbit named Oreo, and three Degus (Chilean squirrels), Chilli, Arrow, and Sid. Steve likes to golf and work at the family cottage.

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First Officer Michael Sigman American Airlines First Officer Michael Sigman has been involved with Professional Standards since 1985, when he was named the LEC Professional Standards chair for Eastern Metro Express Airlines in . He was promoted to MEC Professional Standards chair for Metro Airlines and then for American Eagle, a position he held through December 2000. He then participated in the flow-through agreement whereby senior American Eagle pilots could gain employment with the parent company of American Eagle, American Airlines. First Officer Sigman has worked very closely with past ALPA National Professional Standards Committee chairs, and he authored the Professional Standards Committee manual currently in use by ALPA. He has also been a frequent presenter at past Professional Standards meetings and has been heavily involved with the training of Professional Standards Committee volunteers. First Officer Sigman is currently a member of both the Professional Standards Committee and the Aeromedical Committee for the Allied Pilots Association serving the pilots of American Airlines, and he flies the MD-80 based out of the DFW domicile. He and his wife Marilyn live in a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas and they celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary during the week of this year’s Pilot Assistance Forum.

Captain Jim Tucker FedEx Jim Tucker grew up in Miami Springs, Florida, bordering the Miami International Airport. Graduating from the University of Montevallo in 1974, he was accepted into the Navy’s flight program in 1975. After receiving wings in the jet syllabus, he was assigned to Attack Squadron Seventy-Two, flying the A-7E Corsair II from the carrier deck of the USS John F. Kennedy. He amassed over 100 night carrier landings during his first fleet assignment. Returning to Pensacola as an instructor in the advanced jet syllabus in the TA-4J Skyhawk, Tucker taught air combat maneuvering and weapons deployment (air to air and air to ground) and was a carrier-landing instructor. To be nearer his wife and new child, he left the Navy in 1981. For three years he flew the Boeing 737 for People Express Airlines. Hired by Federal Express in 1984, he worked his way up the seniority list to a position of captain and instructor/check airman on the DC-10. His professional flying career was cut short on April 7, 1994, by injuries sustained during the attempted hijack of Flight 705. Tucker had to undergo numerous surgeries and years of physical, occupational, and cognitive therapy during a prolonged recovery. He relocated his family from Memphis to Southeast to be closer to extended family and to enjoy the lifestyle of the outdoors. Although medically disqualified from returning to airline flying, Tucker owns an antique Luscombe and flies it regularly from a rural airport near his home. A married father of three, Tucker is an avid outdoorsman and aviation consultant.

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Currently, Tucker is a lay minister at a Lutheran Church near his home in Headland, AL, and is also active in the aviation community. He travels across the country telling the amazing story the Attempted Hijacking of FedEx 705. Tucker has received numerous individual military aviation awards, and collectively the crew of FedEx 705 received ALPA’s Gold Medal Award for heroism, and the Order of Daedalians’ Lieutenant General Harold L. George Civilian Airmanship Award.

Captain Jim Woodke CIRP Chair, American Eagle Airlines Captain James Woodke serves as chair of the Critical Incident Response Program for the Air Line Pilots Association at American Eagle Airlines. He is responsible for providing CISM services to over 2,900 pilots 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 served as the CIRP vice chair for the American Eagle Airlines pilot group, as well as its MEC and LEC Grievance chair, captain rep, and LEC chair. 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 (), and in 1987 he instructed 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 15,000 hours of flight time. Captain Woodke holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Northern Illinois University.

Barbara D. Woods, LCSW, ACSW National Marketing Director, Valley Hope Association

Dr. Dan Zenga, Ed.D. 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, leadership development, family relationships and psychology of birth order, domestic violence, and personality development. In addition to human services experiences, Dr. Zenga is an instructor for the Adler Graduate School, Richfield, Minnesota.

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