What To Know At The 42nd Annual Convention Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Please join us Monday Afternoon for the ribbon cutting! Festivities begin at the entrance to the Exhibit Hall in the Convention Center at 4:30pm. Connect With #RAA17Attendees Join the conversation using #RAA17; follow us @RAAtweets Download The App For up-to-date content, guides and more, download the RAA app! Search “42nd RAA” and then enter password “palmbeach17” (case sensitive) for access. Feelin’ Lucky? Visit the following companies in the Exhibit Hall for special raffle prizes. Aero Parts Mart Booth 336 JD Aero Technical Inc. Booth 731 AeroShell Booth 708 Q1 Aviation Booth 744 Aviatron Booth 721 Skyservice Booth 712 Bose Booth 137 StandardAero Booth 326 Eagle Cap Booth 232 Vanguard Aerospace LLC Booth 135 eTT Aviation Booth 205 Wings Financial Credit Union Booth 216 2 3 4 5 REGIONAL AIRLINES ImportantB THE Regional StatsUBERS and Trends Over The Last Ten Years Regional Airlines Provide the Sole Link to Global Air Transportation for Many U.S. Communities Regional Airlines Regional airlines Regional airlines provide service to provide the ONLY operated source of air service to 95% 64% 42% of U.S. airports of U.S. airports with scheduled with scheduled of scheduled passenger passenger passenger air service in 2016 air service in 2016 departures in 2016 6 Major Airlines Hiring Forecast 3x today’s RAA pilot workforce 5,000 50,000 4,000 Equal to today’s 40,000 RAA pilot YEARLY workforce CUMULATIVE 3,000 30,000 PILOTS PILOTS NEEDED 2,000 20,000 NEEDED 1,000 10,000 0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 RETIREMENTS GROWTH ATTRITION CUMULATIVE Source: University of North Dakota Pilot Supply Forecast 2016 Shrinking Hireable Pilot Pool Estimated active pilot certificates held by category (Ages 20-59) 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 Source: FAA U.S. Civil 0 Airmen Statistics 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Table 12 -19.7% since ‘09 -951 per month -32 per day PRIVATE COMMERCIAL ATP THE PILOT SHORTAGE IS A TOP ISSUE WITHIN THE MILITARY TOO “The Air Force has a huge requirement to retain pilots, (Gen. Carl) Everhart said, and the airlines have a huge requirement to hire them, so both parties are working toward solutions that complement — instead of hinder — one another.” “ - IR OBIITY OD TURS TO IRE OR IDES TO IX ITS IOT RETETIO ROBE IR ORE TIES 7 Opening General Session MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - 3:30PM - 4:15PM - BALLROOM AB (2ND LEVEL) Sponsored by FlightSafety International Welcome Remarks State of the Industry from Faye Malarkey Black with Bryan Bedford PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, & CEO REGIONAL AIRLINE ASSOCIATION REPUBLIC AIRLINE & CHAIR, RAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Silent Auction hours Auction are Monday 5pm - 6:30pm & Tuesday 10am - 4pm. Thank you to the following companies for their generous donations for the auction! Thanks to your participation, the scholarship award this year to four $4,000 scholarships. A special thanks goes to Air Wisconsin for their cash donation. DONOR ITEMS FOR BIDDING DONOR ITEMS FOR BIDDING ARGUS International (ARGUS PROS) 2 Complimentary ALAT Courses Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) Leather Passport Cover and Luggage Tag ATR Aircraft models Kamatics Powerbank Bombardier Bluetooth Headphones Micro-Surface Finishing Products, KR-70 Restoral Kit Bombardier 1 Cseries CS100 1/55 scale model Inc. Bose Corporation Bose SoundLink Mini ll MTU Maintenance Airfoil-model (CF34) C&L Aviation Group YETI Cooler - Tundra 105 Piedmont Airlines ERJ 145 American Eagle model (2) CapeAir 2 round-trip, system-wide tickets Piedmont Propulsion Systems, LLC ATR Propeller Blade (full-size decorative item) CommutAir Aircraft models Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics Myrtle Beach Getaway w/Garment Bag Embraer 2 ERJ 135, 1 ERJ 145, 1 E175 generic paint scheme, 1:75 scale models Pratt & Whitney Canada Tegra-Lite® International Slim Carry-On Empire Airlines FedEx ATR model Pratt and Whitney Commercial Two golf clubs (putter) Engines ExpressJet Airlines Picture of ExpressJet Aircraft, auto- graphed by Terry Vais PSA Airlines Aircraft models FlightSafety International 2 Amazon Echo Dots Republic Airline 3 Aircraft Models - Signed by Bryan B Fokker Services Americas CRJ900 model 1/72 scale Republic Airline 3 gift packs HEICO Apple Watch S1 Rockwell Collins Back Pack/Travel Bag fi lled with some trinkets Hilton West Palm Beach Hotel Certifi cate Scenic / Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Tour Horizon Air Aircraft models - Alaska 737, Horizon E175 Sterling Courier Shipping for auction items HQ Aero Management (US) Inc. 1930's Vintage Cards (John Player & TransStates Holdings American Eagle E175; TransStates E145 Sons) Universal Avionics Systems Corp. Away Carry-On luggage Jazz Aviation (Air Canada Jazz) Aircraft Model Women in Aviation International WAI Jewelry & Cosmetic Case Kamatics Powerbank 8 9 Featured Content Collaboratively Managing Risk in Daily Operations Room 1DE - Convention Center - Tuesday 9/26 10:00AM to 12:00PM (Open to airline employees & by invitation only) Operators and OEMs take a collaborative approach to mitigate and prevent turbulence injuries and runway incursion/excursion events. Panel A: Turbulence Injury Prevention & Mitigation -- 10:00AM - 11:00AM Moderator: Andy Hamilton, Sr. Manager Flight Quality & Regulatory Compliance, Republic Airline Panelist: Latricia Foulger, Director Inflight Standards, SkyWest Airlines Panelist: Dan Ramirez, Air Safety Officer, Embraer Aircraft Panelist: Scott Trepinski, Vice President Safety Security & Environmental, Envoy Air Panelist: Ed Bagden, Manager Flight Operations, Republic Airline Panel B: Runway Incursion/Excursion Prevention & Mitigation -- 11:00AM - 12:00PM Moderator: Andy Hamilton, Sr. Manager Flight Quality & Regulatory Compliance, Republic Airline Panelist: Maze Hobeyn, Manager Mtc Admin, Shops & GSE, Jazz Aviation LP Panelist: Ed Bagden, Manager Flight Operations, Republic Airline Panelist: Logan Phipps, Managing Director – Safety, SkyWest Airlines Panelist: Dan Ramirez, Air Safety Officer, Embraer Aircraft The Art and Science of SMS Implementation Room 1D - Convention Center - Tuesday 9/26 1:30PM to 5:00PM (Open to all attendees) With the deadline for part 5 compliance just months away, airline personnel are completing their final imple- mentation tasks. This three-part session will feature a compliance status update from the FAA, lessons learned from several airline’s journeys to part 5 approval, and a cross-divisional panel discussion on successfully imple- menting and sustaining an SMS. Speaker: John Duncan, Director, Flight Standards Service, FAA -- 1:30PM to 2:00PM Join a collaborative discussion as FAA Director of FSS, John Duncan, discusses FAA reorganization and other important topics. Panel: Journey to Part 5 Approval -- 2:00PM to 3:00PM Hear from airlines with (nearly) approved SMS programs including challenges, successes, and lessons learned along the way. Moderator: Chris White, Vice President – Safety and Security, Air Wisconsin Airlines Panelist: Randy Fusi, Vice President of Safety, PSA Airlines Panelist: Kevin O’Connor, Director – Corporate Safety, Security, & Compliance, ExpressJet Airlines Panelist: Logan Phipps, Managing Director – Safety, SkyWest Airlines Panelist: Andy Hamilton, Sr. Manager Flight Quality & Regulatory Compliance, Republic Airline Panel: Beyond the Safety Department -- 3:30PM to 5:00PM A cross-divisional perspective of SMS implementation. Team members representing various operational disciplines gather to discuss: managing manufacturer changes within the SMS process; managing multiple codeshare partner standards, products, and procedures; determining when safety risk assessments are required; the critical role of employee reporting and data analysis in upholding the SMS; and beyond! Moderator: Chris White, Vice President – Safety and Security, Air Wisconsin Airlines Panelist: Michael Dee, Director of Flight Training, Republic Airline Panelist: Beth Blair, Manager of Inflight Standards and Compliance, Compass Airlines Panelist: Dan Ramirez, Air Safety Officer, Embraer Aircraft Panelist: Jim Boothe, Director of Quality Assurance, Republic Airline 10 Speaker Information Ed Bagden is the Manager of Flight Operations at Republic Airline. He started with Republic in 2012 as a pilot on the DHC-8 Q400. Ed has served as a Ground Instructor and Edward Manager of Republic Assistant Manager of Flight Operations. Ed serves as the primary company representative for the Flight and Dispatch ASAP Event Review Committees as well as the Fatigue Bagden Flight Operations Airline Management Review Team. He is a subject matter expert on the Flight Operations Manual and International Operations guide, and is line-qualifi ed as a Captain on the Embraer 170/175. Beth Blair is Manager, Infl ight Standards at Compass Airlines where she has also worked as a fl ight attendant and infl ight ground instructor. She started her fl ight attendant Manager, Infl ight Compass career in 1998 at a Newark-based 727 charter operation. She later worked the ticket counter and gates at Frontier Airlines before going infl ight at Southwest Airlines. Beth Beth Blair Standards Airline then pursued a career as a travel and aviation author and journalist. She contributed to various publications including Aviation Security International Magazine, BBC.com and Forbes Travel Guide. Over 27 years’ experience in the airline industry and a licensed A&P Mechanic and Private Pilot. I joined Republic Airlines in August 2004 as the Director Quality Assurance to Jim