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Air Safety Forum Speaker Aviation Security Forum Speaker Jumpseat Forum Speaker SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Pilot Assistance Forum Speaker Captain Terry Adams CIRP Vice Chair Continental Airlines MEC Terry Adams is one of the founding members of the Continental Airlines Critical Incident Response Team, and serves as the Continental MEC CIRP vice chair. Attending the University of North Dakota from 1981 to 1985, Terry began his aviation career as an undergraduate in aeronautical studies. Terry was first hired at Air Midwest in 1985 and later at Continental Airlines in 1987. Initially serving as a B-727 flight engineer based in Guam, Terry upgraded to first officer in 1988 and flew the MD-80, B-727, 757, 767, and 777 until upgrading to MD-80 captain in 1999. Currently flying as B-737 captain out of Houston, Tex., Terry resides in Carefree, Ariz. Mrs. Elizabeth Baker Senior Legislative Representative Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Elizabeth Baker is the senior legislative representative for the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), a labor organization representing more than 53,000 commercial airline pilots in the United States and Canada. As such, Elizabeth is involved in all federal legislative and regulatory matters related to aviation safety and security. She is also ALPA’s chief advocate on matters related to labor policy, international aviation, and economic issues. Prior to joining ALPA, Elizabeth was legislative director for the Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO, a Washington, D.C.-based labor organization representing several million workers in the private and public sectors of the aviation, rail, mass transit, trucking, highway, longshore, maritime, and related industries. In that role, Elizabeth managed TTD’s daily legislative initiatives, long-term legislative and policy planning, and legislative strategy in dealing with Capitol Hill, the administration, and regulatory agencies. In addition, she worked collaboratively with TTD’s 30 affiliated unions. Elizabeth started her career in Washington with U.S. Representative Jerry F. Costello (D-Ill.) where she served nine years as legislative assistant and legislative director, overseeing all federal policy issues. She handled federal budget issues during Costello’s tenure on the Budget Committee and staffed the congressman on transportation issues as he served on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. She has a master’s degree in social work from the Catholic University of America’s School of Social Service and an undergraduate degree in political science from Emory University. First Officer James Berzon Acting Chair, Jumpseat Council Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l James Berzon is a first officer on the B-737 for United Airlines. He started his career over 12 years ago after SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott). James was hired at SkyWest Airlines in 2000. When he left SkyWest after seven years of service, he was a designated examiner on the CRJ. This appointment afforded him interaction with many furloughed United Airlines pilots who received jobs at SkyWest after September 11, 2001. His pilot advocacy stems from this experience. James was hired at Continental Airlines in 2007, where he has been based in Newark and Houston both as a B-737 and B-757/767 first officer. It was shortly after he was hired at Continental that his desire and ability to help his fellow pilots was launched. As a company furlough threatened his own job, James significantly improved upon an outdated furlough program and became the Continental MEC furlough program coordinator; he aided 148 of his comrades through a trying time in their young careers. He is also a former member of Continental MEC Security Jumpseat committees. James believes strongly in the rights, rules, and regulations of flight deck access and jumpseating and employs this passion in his position as the ALPA national acting chair, Jumpseat Council. James has commuted for 12 years and has firsthand knowledge of the intricacies and importance of jumpseating. James lives in Prescott, Ariz., with his wife and fellow United (Continental) Airlines pilot, Lauren. He is an avid mountain biker and a student of finance. | Air Line Pilots Association, International 27 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Mr. Mike Blake National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) New England Regional Representative, NATCA Safety Committee Mike Blake’s career in the Federal Aviation Administration spans nearly three full decades. He is a charter member of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and currently serves as the New England regional representative for NATCA’s Safety Committee. Mike worked as an air traffic controller at Boston Center and also served as NATCA’s facility representative in the early and mid-1990s. He then ran unopposed in 1997 to become the New England regional vice president, serving on NATCA’s National Executive Board. Mike was reelected in 2000 and 2003, becoming one of only a select few leaders in NATCA’s history to serve three terms. Serving on NATCA’s Safety Committee for the past four years, Mike currently oversees the union’s participation in the Confidential Information Sharing Program with United, Southwest, and American Airlines; this program is the only one of its kind in the world. In addition, Mike leads NATCA’s participation in the Air Traffic Safety Action Program Analysis Team. He is also NATCA’s representative on both the Aviation Safety Information Analysis & Sharing Issues and Analysis Team and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team Joint Implementation Measurement Data Analysis Team. Captain Harry G. “Boomer” Bombardi Delta Air Lines Captain Bombardi first became involved with the issue of smoke/fire/fumes (SFF) in aircraft while flying the C-141 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force in 1984. After the loss of a C-141 crew due to smoke in the cockpit, Captain Bombardi became instrumental in rewriting C-141 SFF procedures. He also actively participated in the flight testing of the new procedures, at one point filling the entire C-141 cockpit with smoke in order to validate them. The Air Force eventually revised the SFF procedures for all of their aircraft. For his efforts, in 1986 he was awarded the Air Force Association Citation of Honor. After leaving the Air Force in 1987, Captain Bombardi was hired by Delta Air Lines as a second officer on the B-727. His Air Force experience with SFF was quickly put to the test—while on takeoff roll, the cabin began to rapidly fill with smoke. The crew followed the SFF procedures, but the condition only became worse. Second Officer Bombardi reverted back to his Air Force experience to clear the cabin of smoke. Subsequently, he became involved in rewriting the SFF procedures for Delta’s B-727 aircraft, and eventually, for the entire Delta fleet. For his work, Captain Bombardi was awarded the Delta Air Lines Master Executive Council’s Annual Leather Helmet Flying Award. Several years later, while flying a B-767 for Delta Air Lines, a circuit breaker shorted, causing smoke in the cockpit. An emergency was declared, followed by an uneventful landing. However, Captain Bombardi noted several discrepancies with the SFF checklists that the crew used during the event—this led to his involvement with the ALPA Air Safety Committee’s In-Flight Fire Project. In 2004, Captain Bombardi was appointed project team leader for the ALPA In-Flight Fire Project. In this capacity, Captain Bombardi is responsible for developing ALPA policy related to mitigating SFF events and the corresponding flight crew and aircraft requirements needed to ensure safety of flight. In 2005 Captain Bombardi was instrumental in the IATA/Flight Safety Foundation industry committee tasked with addressing global changes in the SFF checklists. He presented the results of the committee’s work to industry at the 2005 International Aviation Safety Symposium in Moscow. Captain Bombardi is also an Event Review Committee member for Delta’s Aviation Safety Action Program. Captain Bombardi has flown the C-141, T-39, B-727, L-1011, B-737 and B-757/767 airplanes, accumulating over 20,000 hours of flight time. He is currently flying the B-737-800 for Delta Air Lines and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is also a local ALPA Safety and Airport Liaison representative. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES 28 58th Annual ALPA Air Safety Forum | Washington Hilton | Washington, DC SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Mr. Robert Bray Assistant Administrator, Office of Law Enforcement/Director, Federal Air Marshal Service Transportation Security Administration Robert Bray was named assistant administrator for Law Enforcement and director of the Federal Air Marshal Service in June 2008. He also served as the TSA’s acting deputy administrator from April to June 2010. Bray began his career with the Federal Air Marshal Service on May 5, 2003, as the assistant special agent in charge of the Mission Operations Center at the FAA Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J. In November 2003, he was appointed as the deputy assistant director for the Office of Training and Development and subsequently selected as the assistant director, Office of Security Services and Assessments, in March 2006. During his 20-year career with U.S. Secret Service, Bray was assigned to offices in Denver, Palm Springs, Tulsa, and Washington, D.C. He served as a supervisor on the Vice Presidential Protective Division under Vice President Gore, and as a supervisor on the Presidential Protective Division under Presidents Clinton and Bush. Bray, as the special agent in charge of the Office of Administration, U.S. Secret Service, supervised the development and implementation of the annual budget for the Secret Service. He began his law enforcement career as a police officer for the Metro Dade Police Department in Miami, Fla. Bray then worked as a police agent for the Lakewood, Colo., Police Department, prior to his appointment to the U.S.