BIOGRAPHIES - Air Safety Forum - ALPA

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Dr. Kathy AbbottChief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Flight Deck Human Factors, Federal Aviation AdministrationDr. 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 AgencyDr. 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. AltmanExecutive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels InitiativeRich 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.

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AIR SAFETY FORUMS August 3–6, 2009 omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC

55th ALPA Air Safety Forum

Safety Security Jumpseat Pilot Assistance

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iesHe is a founding member of the U.S. Transportation Research Board Committee on Aviation Effects on the

Environment, and is the author of its papers on Technology Deployment and Alternative Fuels. He is a member of the FAA PARTNER Center of Excellence Advisory Board, which includes alternative fuels “well to wake” CO2 life-cycle modeling and small-particle measurement among its projects. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research Program advisory panel, monitoring its project to create an alternative fuels handbook for airports and alternative fuel suppliers.

Rich holds engineering degrees from the Brooklyn and Rennselaer Polytechnic Institutes and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

James G. AndresakesSupervisor, Aviation Security, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalJim Andresakes began work as a senior security specialist with ALPA in September 2002. In that role, he provided staff support to ALPA’s National Security Committee and coordinated with U.S. and Canadian government and industry representatives on a variety of issues impacting the security of ALPA’s membership and the aviation industry in general. In September 2006, he was appointed supervisor of aviation security.

Some of the security initiatives in which Jim participates include liaison with the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Air Marshal Service, Transport Canada, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program (armed pilots); the Common Strategy (passenger and all-cargo); secondary barriers; cargo security; MANPADS (surface-to-air missiles); threatened airspace management; NORAD/NorthCom; flight deck jumpseat security; and interaction with various additional government and industry agencies.

Jim was an Arlington County, Va., police officer from 1971 to 1998 and served in a variety of assignments both in uniform and as a criminal investigator. The last few years of his law enforcement career were spent on assignment with the U.S. Secret Service, where he served on an alien fraud task force and a federal drug task force responsible for investigating money laundering by major narcotics traffickers.

In 1998, Jim accepted a position as asset protection manager within the Corporate Security Department of US Airways. He ultimately was promoted to manager of security, second in command to the airline’s director of security. He remained there until beginning work with the Air Line Pilots Association.

Jim is a graduate of Georgetown University, and a member of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) and of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Center for Aerospace Safety/Security Education (C.A.S.E.) Advisory Council.

Captain Dana C. Archibald, EGLNational HIMS Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Dana C. Archibald is the chairman of ALPA’s Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program, serving 36 airlines and nearly 54,000 pilots. He is also Aeromedical/HIMS chairman for American Eagle Airlines, serving 3,000 pilots.

Captain Archibald graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1986 with a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical studies. He has been employed with American Eagle Airlines for 21 years. Currently, he holds the title of captain/check airman on the EMB-145 aircraft in New York with over 18,500 flight hours. Over the years, Captain Archibald has volunteered his services to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, where he has had the opportunity to fly children and their families to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. His dedication to helping others was rewarded by American Eagle Airlines’ dedicating an aircraft in his name.

For the past 11 years, Captain Archibald has gone through many training courses on chemical dependence at the Betty Ford Center, the Hazelden Foundation, Valley Hope Treatment Centers, and the Pilot Assistance Program in Toronto, Canada. He currently is a Labor Assistance Professional Counselor (LAP-C), National Certified Addiction Counselor (NCAC), and chairman of the FAA Advisory Board for the HIMS program.

Captain Archibald resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife and three children.


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First Officer Dolores Argento, UALNational Aeromedical Vice Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalDolores 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, DALMEC CIRP Chairman, Delta Air Lines, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalDean 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 BabbittAdministrator, Federal Aviation AdministrationRandy 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, EGLSecurity Council Chairman, National Security Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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.

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Director of Aircraft Evaluation, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Bob Baker serves as director of aircraft evaluation for the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA). He represents ALPA pilots in the evaluation of all new and existing aircraft flown for commercial purposes. Captain Baker started flying in 1974 and graduated from Navy flight training in December 1976. He is a TOPGUN graduate while flying the F-14 TOMCAT. Captain Baker is a Graduate with Distinction from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, serving as the F-14 program manager at Strike Aircraft Test Directorate. He also served as a test pilot instructor at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD.

Captain Baker has flown over 15,000 hours in over 80 different air vehicles and has 750 carrier landings.

Captain Baker is currently a 737 captain with Alaska Airlines and also has a type rating on the MD-80 series aircraft. He holds an FAA airline transport pilot’s license.

Christine Clifford Beckwith, CSPHumorist, Author, Professional Speaker, President/Chief Executive Officer of The Cancer Club®Christine Clifford Beckwith’s experience taught her how to market and sell products, services, and herself. Now she shares that message with others. She cracked the “glass ceiling” by age 40 when she became senior executive vice president for the SPAR Group, an international marketing services firm in New York.

As the top salesperson in the multi-billion-dollar retail services industry for eight years, Christine’s accounts included Kmart, Toys “R” Us, WalMart, AT&T, Mattel Toys, and Revlon. Taking her company from a million-dollar-per-year loss to over $54 million in sales, Christine signed the largest contract in the history of her industry with Procter & Gamble, doubling the size of her company overnight.

Diagnosed with breast cancer in December of ’94, Christine went on to write five award-winning portrayals of her story in books that included her best-seller, Not Now . . . I’m Having a No Hair Day! Her latest book, which she co-authored with her husband Harry—You, Inc. The Art of Selling Yourself—was released by Warner Books.

She has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, MORE magazine, SELF, American Health, Golf Digest, Worthwhile, The Singapore Women’s Weekly, and Hindu in India. Christine appeared on CNN Live as “one of the world’s leading authorities on the use of therapeutic humor.”

Host of the Christine Clifford Celebrity Golf International, a benefit for breast cancer research, Christine has made a total contribution of over $1 million.

Christine received her Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association. She is married to speaker/author Harry Beckwith (Selling the Invisibles), and between them they have five boys, a daughter, a dog, and a cat. Christine lives in Minneapolis.

Mark Berg Professional Counselor and Senior Manager of EAP, ExpressJet AirlinesMark Berg is senior manager of EAP at ExpressJet Airlines. A licensed professional counselor, he is also a Certified Employee Assistance Professional, a substance abuse professional for the Department of Transportation, and a certified trainer for ICISF and the University of Maryland. He is a member of ExpressJet’s Emergency Response Team and coordinator of the CISM Response Program, and a member of the ALPA CIRP team.

Mr. Berg’s clinical experience includes providing therapy for foster children through Therapeutic Family Life Inc. in Houston; a private therapy practice serving individuals, families, and couples; EAP coordinator for IRG in Houston; therapist, researcher, and supervisor for Project Support at the University of Houston; and director of intake/outreach and center activities at Covenant House Texas. He has done research in a variety of venues, as well as presentations and critical incident responses for corporations, airlines, and government entities, and has coordinated disaster drills and disaster operations. He is a member of the National Employee Assistance Professionals Association.

Mr. Berg has a bachelor of science in sociology/psychology and a master of arts in marriage and family therapy from the University of Houston–Clear Lake. He is single, with three children, and lives in Baytown, Texas.


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Greg BergnerAviation Safety and Security Specialist, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalIn 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 BertSpecial Agent in Charge, Flight Programs Division, Federal Air Marshal Service, Transportation Security AdministrationSpecial 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, CALNational Vice Chairman, Jumpseat Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalJames 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

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ieschairman and the ALPA National Jumpseat Committee vice chairman. James is still dedicated to and most proud

of his work as CAL MEC Furlough Program coordinator. He is also an FFDO on the CAL MEC Security Committee.

James lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife and fellow Continental Airlines pilot, Lauren.

Captain Pierre Bigelow, DALMEC CIRP Co-Chairman/HIMS Chairman, ASTAR AirlinesHired in 1988 at DHL/ASTAR, Pierre Bigelow is currently a captain on the Airbus A300. He is cochair with Mark Christensen of the CIRP Committee at ASTAR and chair of the HIMS Committee.

Pierre’s interest in CISM started in the law enforcement community. His first practical experience with CISM debriefings, of multiple types, came while assisting in the recovery efforts at Ground Zero after 9/11, where he lost both family and friends. While he was acting as the HIMS chair, the DHL shutdown was announced, and to fill the need for CIRP, Pierre and Mark joined forces to create a unique and progressive CISM team.

A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Pierre lives in northern Arizona with his wife, Triscia, and their two daughters.

Captain Victor Cabot, EGLOperations Committee Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International

Nancy Clark BurtonIndustrial Hygiene Team Leader, National Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthNancy Clark Burton has a Ph.D. in environmental health from the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, and a M.P.H. from the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry. She is also a certified industrial hygienist. She has worked for NIOSH for 18 years in the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, conducting health hazard evaluations. She is currently an industrial hygiene team leader.

Her research interests include the evaluation and control of potential exposures to microorganisms and their emissions, especially in indoor environments and the wastewater treatment industry. She serves as a member of the U.S. EPA Pathogen Equivalency Committee.

Captain Marc Champion, UALFOQA/ASAP Project Team Lead, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalMarc Champion serves ALPA on the FOQA/ASAP Project Team. He is responsible for coordination of ALPA activities related to voluntary safety reporting programs, provides policy guidance to ALPA executive leadership, and serves as the ALPA liaison to industry and FAA counterparts. Marc is employed by United Airlines and has been an ALPA member and volunteer for 24 years.

He is an Airbus A320 captain and represents ALPA as a member of the United Airlines ASAP Event Review Committee. He is a former chairman of the UAL MEC Training Committee. In addition to his present assignment on the project team, he is involved in the evaluation of fatigue risk mitigation systems and has provided expertise to the Air Traffic Safety Action Program.

Captain Champion holds a degree in aerospace science from Metropolitan State College and has worked as an instructor or check airman on the DC-10, B-737, B727, B-747, and B-747-400. He resides and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Captain Ellis M. Chernoff, FDXUAS Team Lead ADO Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalSince 2004, Captain Chernoff has served the ATS and NASMOD Committees in developing positions in response to expanded use and emerging technologies of Unmanned Aircraft Systems. He has represented the Air Line Pilots Association, International, as an NAS stakeholder in meetings with government, industry, and other interests.

Among those groups working to integrate UAS into civil airspace, Captain Chernoff has been an active participant in RTCA SC-203 since its inception. During the past year, he was an important member of the FAA Small UAS ARC helping to deliver a final package for eventual FAA rulemaking. He is also currently a member of the ICAO


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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 ChildsFederal Air Marshal, FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, SacramentoTimothy 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, ASTARMEC CIRP Co-Chairman/Aeromedical Chairman, ASTARMark 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, DALCaptain 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, InternationalLouise 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.

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iesLouise has been volunteering in grief work 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, Colorado, where she is called upon to assist the community in dealing with tragedy and loss.

Captain Bill de Groh, EGLAircraft Design and Operations (ADO) Group Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalBill currently flies for American Eagle Airlines and is the Aircraft Design and Operations Group chairman.

He earned his bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University in 1986. After graduation Bill spent 11 years working for McDonnell Douglas Aerospace as a flight test engineer on the AV-8B Harrier II and the F/A-18 Hornet. After the merger with Boeing, Bill worked as a mission systems engineer on the F/A-18 Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System.

Bill earned his first pilot certificate in 1980, and his journey to the left seat included time as a flight instructor, Patuxent River Navy Flying Club chief pilot, glider tow pilot, and skydive pilot in both the DHC-6 and King Air. He holds a commercial glider pilot certificate and the FAA Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor Certificates. He is typed in both the Saab 340 and the Embraer 145.

Bill began his involvement with ALPA Air Safety in 2001, attending Basic Safety School during the events of September 11. He has served as an LEC Safety representative and is currently the Central Air Safety Committee vice chairman at American Eagle. In 2002, Bill became involved in the ADO Group as a member of the Aircraft Manufacturer Liaison project for the Embraer products. In 2003 he was a member of the ALPA team that participated in a flight evaluation of the EMB 170 at the Embraer facilities in Brazil. In 2004 Bill was named the director of the Aircraft Performance project, becoming deeply involved in the slippery and contaminated runway problem. In November 2005 he presented a paper on rejected takeoffs at the International Aviation Safety Seminar in Moscow, sponsored by the Flight Safety Foundation. He also testified, on behalf of ALPA, at the NTSB public hearing following the runway overrun accident at Chicago’s Midway airport.

In March 2007 Bill was named ADO chairman and continues working on the slippery/contaminated runway problem and, as the U.S. representative to the International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Association’s (IFALPA) ADO Group, through the Flight Safety Foundation Runway Safety Initiative. He currently serves on the steering committee of the FAA-sponsored Aviation Rulemaking Committee regarding Takeoff and Landing Distance Reassessment.

Bill and his wife, Sandy, live in Saginaw, Texas, with their four children.

Dr. Richard DolbeerFormer National Coordinator, Airport Wildlife Hazards Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife ServicesDr. Richard Dolbeer retired in September 2008 as the national coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Airport Wildlife Hazards Program.

Richard was a scientist with USDA Wildlife Services for 36 years. He led a series of research projects to resolve conflicts between humans and wildlife in the United States and abroad (Africa, Asia, Latin America).

He has published over 170 scientific papers and book chapters. He was the 2005 winner of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration “Excellence in Aviation Research” award. He has been recognized twice with “Excellence in Research” awards by the Jack Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management and is the 2008 winner of the Caesar Kleberg Award for Applied Wildlife Research, presented by The Wildlife Society.

Richard served as chairperson of Bird Strike Committee–USA from 1997 to 2008. He was publicly elected to two four-year terms on the Board of Education in Huron, Ohio, and served as president of the Board for two years.

Richard received degrees from the University of the South (B.A., Biology), the University of Tennessee (M.S., Zoology), and Colorado State University (Ph.D., Wildlife Biology). He currently works as a consultant in the aviation industry regarding bird hazards to flight safety.


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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 EleyDirector General, Civil Aviation, Transport CanadaMartin 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 ElmoreManager, 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.

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Director of Human Factors, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalKarl is currently flying as first officer and instructing on the B-777 for United Airlines. He is the director of Human Factors for ALPA. Karl earned his bachelor’s degree in 1988 from Miami University and earned his master’s degree in cognitive psychology/human factors from the University of Denver in 1993. He flew C-130s in the Air Force Reserve for several years.

Karl has provided human factors expertise on various projects, including the intelligent search engine and the electronic flight bag. He has worked as a researcher and collaborator for various NASA aviation projects leading to better understanding of automation issues as well as improved design and training. Karl helped Boeing to improve training as an instructional designer on the Boeing 787 training program.

Karl has been involved in ALPA safety for several years, including UAL Council 93 Local Safety chairman, Central Air Safety Human Factors member, Human Factors program member, and now director of Human Factors. He was project lead on the ALPA Automation position paper that outlines the need for human factors in new and existing automation and procedures design.

Karl lives in Evergreen, Colorado, with his wife and two boys.

Captain Glen Finch, ACJ Pilot Training Program Director, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalGlen Finch has been ALPA’s director of pilot training since early 2006 and chairs ALPA Training Council. Glen has been actively involved in ALPA air safety work since 1990 and has held Central Air Safety chairman and Training Committee chairman positions for his pilot group. He has been involved in national pilot training work, beginning in 1992, for the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association (CALPA) and remained active as a member of ALPA’s Pilot Training Committee following the merger between CALPA and ALPA in 1997.

Glen’s career began flying a variety of aircraft from light singles to DC-3s in northern Canada. In 1988 he was hired by AirBC, which subsequently merged to become Air Canada Jazz. He has held instructor pilot and Transport Canada-approved check pilot authority for his airline in the past.

With 29 years of professional pilot experience amounting to nearly 18,000 hours, Glen is currently a CRJ line captain based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with Katharin and his two daughters.

First Officer Robert Frank, ARWNational Jumpseat Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalRobert Frank graduated from the University of North Dakota with a B.S. in commerical aviation. After UND he was hired at Piedmont Airlines and joined the Piedmont Jumpseat Committee in 2005. In 2006 he moved to Air Wisconsin as a CRJ-200 first officer and immediately joined the ARW Jumpseat Committee as a new-hire.

In February 2007 the ARW MEC named Rob the ARW Jumpseat Committee chairman. In September 2008 he was asked by FedEx First Officer/Jumpseat Chairman Rich Odbert to join him on the ALPA National Jumpseat Committee as the regional airline representative. In February 2009 the ARW MEC named him chairman of the ARW Security Committee.

Michael E. Fredericks Sr. Aviation Security Specialist, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalMr. Fredericks has been with ALPA as an aviation security specialist since January 2004. He provides staff support to the activities, programs, and initiatives of the ALPA National Security and Jumpseat Committees and to ALPA MEC Security coordinators. He coordinates with government law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence entities at DHS, TSA, FAMS, FBI, NCTC, FAA, DOS, DOD, and the IC, and maintains established relationships with industry representatives and airline and airport security directors.

Mike drafts policies, correspondence, and other written communications in furtherance of ALPA security interests as well as conducting security training programs. In providing staff support to multiple ALPA security initiatives, he supports portfolios on classified and sensitive issues such as MANPADS, Laser Illumination, the Risk Management Assessment Program (RMAP) Working Group, RTCA SC-221 (secondary barriers), and other subjects.

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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, DALPandemic Group Team Manager, ALPA Aeromedical, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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, NaverusSteve 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 GallagherSpecial Agent in Charge, Liaison Division, Federal Air Marshal ServiceMr. 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.

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Accident Analysis and Prevention Group Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalRay is flying as a line training captain at Air Canada Jazz on the CRJ 100/200 and 705 based in Toronto, Ontario. He began his employment with Air Nova (now Air Canada Jazz) in May 1988 and has also flown the Dash-8 100 and 300, as well as the BAe 146-100 and 200, for Air Canada Jazz.

Ray began flying by earning his Glider Pilot wings in 1981 and his Private Pilot wings in 1982 through the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Flying professionally since 1984, Ray holds a Canadian airline transport license and has accumulated 14,000 flying hours.

His flying career has included being a flight instructor with Nighthawk Flying Club in Iroquois Falls, Ontario, and flying Beechcraft King Air 90, A100, and Piper PA-31 aircraft in passenger and air-ambulance operations for Voyageur Airways of North Bay, Ontario. While at Voyageur, Ray held the positions of training captain, check pilot, and company chief pilot.

While working with Air Nova in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1990, he began his ALPA volunteer work as a pilot safety representative for the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association on the Air Traffic Services Committee.

As an ALPA volunteer, Ray has held the following positions: ATS Committee member, ATS Enforcement Committee member/chairman, Central Air Safety chairman at his airline, strike media spokesperson for the 1997 pilot strike, ALPA Air Safety Communications coordinator—and currently, Basic Safety School instructor since 2001, Basic Safety School course director since January 2007, Accident Investigator Course instructor since 2007, Advanced Accident Investigator Course instructor since 2003, Accident Investigation Board member since 2002, IFALPA regional vice-president for Canada/Arctic since 2001, Air Canada Jazz MEC chief accident investigator since June 2007, and the new ALPA Accident Analysis and Prevention Group Chairman since May 2007.

As an ALPA-trained accident investigator, Ray participated directly in the investigation of the Swissair 111 accident, and he is currently assigned as an AIB member to ongoing TSBC and NTSB investigations. He and the other ALPA and IFALPA investigators who participated in the Swissair 111 investigation were awarded the IFALPA Presidential Citation for the work done during that investigation.

Ray and a group of Halifax-based and other ALPA-Canada pilots were recognized by an IFALPA Presidential Citation for greeting and offering assistance to almost every pilot from the 44 aircraft diverted and stranded in Halifax, as well as at other Canadian airports, following the terrorist attacks on 9/11.

Ray lives in Rockland, Ontario, with his wife, Colleen, and their two children.

Susan GillpatrickCrisis Management Specialist, CenterstoneAs crisis management specialist with Centerstone, the ninth largest behavioral health organization in the nation, Susan leads a variety of comprehensive crisis prevention and response programs and personal and professional growth trainings, as well as providing immediate on-site post-incident behavioral health care (CISM) after any traumatic event in the workplace.

Over 15 years experience in behavioral health, she is a Tennessee-licensed professional counselor and mental health service provider, a national-certified counselor, a certified trauma specialist, a board-certified expert in traumatic stress (diplomate, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress), and a workplace conflict mediator, and on the faculty for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

Susan has a master of education degree in human development counseling from Vanderbilt University. While working for the Shelby County government in Memphis, she was co-developer of Tennessee’s model program “Homicide Response,” which was the 2000 Achievement Award Winner from the National Association of Counties.

She is also a wellness expert and a published author.

Karin E. GlasgowDirector, Airline Stakeholder Affairs, Transportation Security AdministrationKarin serves as the branch chief for Airline Stakeholder Affairs within TSA’s Commercial Aviation Office, representing TSA as a senior point of contact on policy and programs with airline stakeholders, including ALPA and other union groups as well as ATA, RAA, ACAA, NACA, and individual air carrier corporate security representatives. Karin works to build and sustain collaborative relationships with aviation stakeholders.


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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 GrippoAssistant Research Professor, Northwestern UniversityDr. 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, ALADirector, RNAV-RNP Initiatives, and Vice Chairman, Air Traffic Services Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalMarc 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, UALHuman Factors and Training Group Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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).

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iesIn 2003, Captain Hogeman was designated as an ALPA advisor to the FAA at ICAO’s Flight Crew Licensing and

Training Panel. This panel revised international standards for the licensing and training of pilot crewmembers. As the result of work on this panel, Captain Hogeman led the effort to create ALPA policy on the Multi-crew Pilot License (MPL).

Captain Hogeman began his airline career in 1977 with Commuter Airlines in Binghamton, NY. In 1978, he joined Denver-based Aspen Airways as a line pilot, and later as check airman, flying Convair 580 and BAe146 aircraft. He also held director of training and chief pilot positions in his 13 years at Aspen Airways, which later merged into Air Wisconsin.

In 1991 he was hired as a pilot by United Airlines and was selected as a pilot instructor in the B-757/B-767 program. In 1994, he was selected as one of the initial pilot instructors to develop United’s B-777 Advanced Qualification Program. From 1996 until 2000, he managed and oversaw the development of United’s line operational simulation training program for all fleets.

Currently, Captain Hogeman is a B-737 pilot for United. He also maintains a current FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor Certificate. He holds an associate of science degree in aeronautical engineering from Daniel Webster College, a bachelor of science degree in business management from Southern New Hampshire College, and a master of science degree in technical communication from the University of Colorado.

Dr. Donald E. HudsonAeromedical Advisor, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalSince 1993, Donald E. Hudson, M.D, M.P.H., has served as aeromedical advisor for the Air Line Pilots Association, International, and director of the Aviation Medicine Advisory Service 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 Mayo Clinic, Dr. Hudson underwent three years of residency training in psychiatry at the University of California–San Francisco and Boston University before going on active duty with the U.S. 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 Dr. Hudson 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, for outstanding accomplishment in the psychological and psychiatric aspects of aerospace medicine. He is currently the program director for the Human Intervention and Motivation Study (HIMS) program, an FAA contract to the Air Line Pilots Association dealing with the identification, treatment, and return to the cockpit of airline pilots suffering from alcoholism and other chemical dependencies.

Dr. Hudson is the former state air surgeon of the Colorado Air National Guard and, while no longer an active pilot, has logged over 1,400 hours as a private pilot and military flight surgeon. He lives with his wife and three children in Golden, Colorado.

Professor Edwin Hutchins Cognitive Science, University of California at San DiegoOriginally trained as a cognitive and cultural anthropologist (Ph.D., University of California–San Diego, 1978), Professor Hutchins specializes in the study of thinking in real-world settings.

Following early work on litigation in Papua, New Guinea, and traditional long-distance navigation in Micronesia, he worked for the U.S. Navy analyzing work practices on the navigation bridge of large ships and designing computer-based training systems. This led to the publication in 1995 of his book, Cognition in the Wild.

In 1985 Professor Hutchins was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, also known as the MacArthur “genius grant,” in recognition of his accomplishments in documenting the relations of culture and cognition.

Since 1989 Professor Hutchins has focused on cognition in commercial airline flight decks. Over the past two decades, he has been involved in the design of flight path automation interfaces, training systems, and operating procedures. From 1989 through 2001, Professor Hutchins’ research was funded by NASA’s Aviation Automation Safety program. In 1999 and 2000 he was a member of the Airbus Human Factors Audit team.

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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, CALChairman, Continental MEC Security Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalContinental 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. KalfusSenior Attorney, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalSuzanne 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.

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Executive Air Safety Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Rory Kay serves as Executive Air Safety chairman for the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA). He represents ALPA pilots in airline safety and engineering matters arising within the industry and government. His responsibilities include the oversight of more than 300 safety representatives from 36 airlines in the United States and Canada as well as budgetary and management supervision of over 100 projects within the ALPA Safety structure.

Captain Kay chairs the Steering and Oversight Committee for the ALPA, International, Safety Structure and is a former member of the Operations Committee.

Prior to his current appointment, Captain Kay served as Central Air Safety chairman for the United Airlines MEC. He also worked as safety coordinator for the Association of STAR Alliance Pilots (ASAP).

Captain Kay began flying in 1974 and attended the Oxford Air Training School, where he worked as a commercial flying instructor, teaching airline pilot students from all over the world. He subsequently worked as a training and checking pilot for British Aerospace, as well as managing a Flight Department for a diamond mining operation in West Africa.

Currently, Rory Kay is a Boeing 767 and 757 captain and line check airman for United Airlines. He is rated on the Boeing 777, 767, 757, 727, and 737, and Airbus 320 and 319 family. He was an FAA check captain on the Boeing 727. His total flight time is around 18,000 hours. He holds an FAA and UK CAA Airline Transport pilot’s license.

Captain Kay, originally from the Channel Island of Guernsey, lives with his wife and two children in Warrenton, Virginia.

Captain Jeffrey Kilmer, FDXExecutive Pilot Assistance Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Jeffrey Kilmer serves as executive chairman 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 more than 500 pilot assistance representatives from 36 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 chairman 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 chairman 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 the U.S Navy flying the A-4 Skyhawk, the AV-8B Harrier, and the E-2C Hawkeye.

Captain Kilmer began his airline career with FedEx Express in 1996 as a flight engineer on the DC-10. While at FedEx Express he has flown the B-727, A300/310, and 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 11,000 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’s of science in aviation safety management.

Captain Dennis J. Landry, DALDirector, Master Minimum Equipment List, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Dennis J. Landry has served on numerous ALPA Air Safety committees and is currently serving as the chairman of the ALPA Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL) Committee. He brings the perspective of both a line pilot and an A+P mechanic to MMEL deliberations.

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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, InternationalCaptain 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.

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iesCaptain Robert E. Lynch, UAL (Ret.)

Captain Lynch served as chairman of both the United Airlines and the ALPA National Professional Standards programs. He authored the original Professional Standards program procedures and training syllabus documents that are the basis for the current ALPA National Professional Standards program, which is currently in use at most major U.S. airlines.

Captain Robert Lynch is a graduate of the Air Force Aviation Cadet program (predecessor to the Air Force Academy) and served six years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force as member of a combat-ready crew in B-52 aircraft. He also served as an instructor/evaluator on the SAC Standardization Evaluation Board.

Captain Lynch left the Air Force to join United Airlines as a pilot, completing a 30-year career as a line captain/pilot and captain qualified in narrow-body and wide-body aircraft in domestic and international operations. He holds type ratings in B-727 and DC-10 aircraft and served as an FAA-designated line check airman. Captain Lynch has logged over 20,000 hours as a pilot.

Upon retirement from United Airlines, Captain Lynch joined Battelle Memorial Institute as a senior consultant and was appointed project manager of the NASA Aviation Performance Measuring System (APMS) research program. This program was tasked with developing next-generation technology for airline flight safety programs. Under Captain Lynch’s direction, the NASA APMS program developed, prototyped, demonstrated, and patented a substantial number of new flight data analysis tools, many of them now a normal part of airline flight safety programs worldwide. While managing this operation, Captain Lynch also served as a working member of the APMS development team and is named as an inventor on over a dozen patents.

In November 2005, Captain Lynch was appointed Battelle director, National Aviation Safety Archives, to oversee the development and implementation of the first comprehensive flight data collection and analysis program in the United States. The Archives are now a central piece of the FAA Aviation Safety Information and Sharing (ASIAS) system.

Captain Lynch also served with the NASA Space Shuttle Cockpit Council, assisting in the redesign and upgrade of space shuttle cockpit instrumentation.

Captain Lynch has received many aviation industry awards, including Achievement Awards from the U.S. Air Force, United Airlines, the Air Line Pilots Association, and NASA.

Captain Lynch is currently serving as deputy program manager for a new NASA program, the General Aviation Operations Performance System (GA-OPS) managed by Booz-Allen-Hamilton. This program will implement many of the tools now used by airline safety departments in the general aviation business jet and helicopter communities.

Captain Lynch is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. He is married with four grown children. His wife, Kathy, is a 34-year flight attendant for United Airlines.

Captain Jerry McDermott, CALNational Vice Chairman, Professional Standards, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Jerry McDermott has been with Continental Airlines since June 1987. He is based in Newark, New Jersey, and has flown the B-737 since 1999. He began his aviation career at Purdue University, receiving a bachelor of science in aviation technology in 1981.

Captain McDermott joined the ALPA Professional Standards Committee as a volunteer member in May 2001. He has held positions on the committee as LEC lead for two years, MEC chairman for five years, and the ALPA National vice chairman for Professional Standards for the past two years.

He and his wife, Malinda, live in Scottsdale, Arizona. They have three grown daughters and two grandchildren.

First Officer David McKenney, UALVice Chairman, Human Performance Committee, International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ AssociationsFirst Officer Dave McKenney serves as vice chair (Human Factors) for the Human Performance Committee for the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA). F/O McKenney represents IFALPA pilots in airline safety and advises the IFALPA principal officers on matters pertaining to aeromedical, human factors, licensing, and training aspects of human performance as they relate to pilots. His responsibilities include developing human factors standards for international aviation, which are promoted at the ICAO level.

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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 MillerDirector of Security and Compliance, Alaska AirlinesJanelle 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, ACJNational Pilot Assistance Chairman, Canada, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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.

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ADS-B Project Lead, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalPaul Nelson is a captain on the Canadair regional jet with over 23 years of piloting experience in general aviation, flight instruction, and airline transport flying. His keen interest in safety, especially in complex systems, has kept him involved in the Air Line Pilots Association safety structure for over a decade.

As an ALPA safety volunteer, he has been an investigator on several aircraft incidents and accidents, most recently as an ALPA member of the NTSB investigation of the Comair Flight 5191 accident in Lexington, Kentucky, on August 27, 2006. For the last two years Paul has been involved in the ADS-B project and is presently the project team leader. He has a master’s degree in human factors and system safety from Lund University in Sweden, where he studied under Dr. Sidney Dekker.

Captain Leja Noe, MAGCentral Air Safety Chairman, Mesa Air GroupCaptain Leja Noe serves as the Mesa Air Group Central Air Safety chairman for the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. She represents over 1,300 pilots in matters of safety and provides leadership for project managers within the Mesa Air Group safety structure.

Captain Noe also co-chairs the Low Experience Pilot Workgroup for ALPA’s Human Factor and Training Council and is focusing her graduate studies on human factor issues surrounding low-experienced pilots.

Currently a line captain on the Canadair regional jet, Leja Noe has a diverse background in aviation. She worked in flight operations for two airlines as well as an operational support squadron for the U.S. Air Force prior to beginning her professional pilot career.

Recognizing that all pilots were once low experience, Leja leads a formal mentoring and leadership program for aspiring professional pilots.

John A. Novak Assistant Director, Field Operations, Federal Air Marshal ServiceJohn A. Novak currently serves as the assistant director of the Office of Field Operations, Federal Air Marshal Service, where he is responsible for all 21 field offices, including the four resident agent offices; the Policy and Compliance Unit (PCU); the Investigations Division, which includes the Counterterrorism Branch and Transportation Information Branch; the Joint Coordination Center (JCC); the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) Program; the Global Response Teams (GRT); the Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement (AFSD/LE) Program; and Manpower Operations.

Mr. Novak began his career with the Federal Air Marshal Service in June 2002 as deputy assistant director, Office of Field Operations. He served as the assistant director for field operations prior to being assigned as assistant director of flight operations, with responsibilities for the TSA’s Transportation Security Operation Center (TSOC); the OLE/FAMS System Operation Control Division (SOCD); the Emergency Preparedness Division; Continuity of Operations (COOP); the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program; and domestic and international liaison activities.

He has 31 years of law enforcement experience with the U.S. Secret Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Air Marshal Service.

Captain Todd O’Brien, PDTVice Chairman, National Security Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Todd O’Brien is the vice chairman of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) National Security Committee. As vice chairman, he is responsible for coordinating all aspects of the National Security Committee mission, including budget oversight and project mentoring. A dedicated advocate of aviation security, he encourages proactive vigilance measures that combine both technical and human factor aspects.

Captain O’Brien is a recognized security professional. He has served in a liaison role to major federal law enforcement entities and continues to provide an important aviation perspective to the Transportation Security Administration and Federal Air Marshal Service. In addition to his current security and professional airline pilot duties, he previously served as the ALPA National Security Committee director of operations and as the Piedmont Airlines Security Committee chairman.


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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, FDXNational Chairman, ALPA Jumpseat Committee, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalAs 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, UALExecutive 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

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Captain Orlady is the chair of the Flight Safety Foundation Icarus Committee and serves on the Board of Governors for the Foundation. She also serves as a trustee for the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York.

Captain Orlady resides in Lothian, Maryland, with her husband, John Cirino, and four dogs.

J. Alan OrlobVice President, Corporate Security, Marriott International LodgingAlan Orlob, the vice president of corporate security for Marriott’s International Lodging Organization, oversees all its safety and security operations and manages the crisis management program.

Prior to working for Marriott, Alan was the corporate security director for Al Ghanim International, managing a close protection detail, and had been the director of public safety at Snowbird, Utah. He served with U.S. Army Special Forces, both active duty and reserve, for a combined total of 24 years.

Mr. Orlob is a member and former committee chairman of the U.S. State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), and a security advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington, DC–based think tank. He organized the Hotel Security Group, a group of hotel corporate security directors from the major hotel chains.

Mr. Orlob has been a frequent speaker on terrorism in different venues worldwide, especially in how businesses identified as soft targets can protect themselves against the threat of terrorism. He has written several articles on this subject as well as a chapter in the book Homeland Security, published by McGraw-Hill.

Mr. Orlob is a member of the Board of Directors of ISMA, the International Security Management Association. He has served as a consultant with the U.S. State Department’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program on hotel security and was a stakeholder on a RAND initiative on counter-surveillance. In this role, he has consulted with several foreign governments on hotel security. Following the Mumbai terror attacks, Mr. Orlob testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security in January 2009, and was introduced by Senator Lieberman as an internationally recognized expert on hotel security and terrorism.

Captain Robert Perkins, ACJ Airport and Ground Environment (AGE) Group Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalBob began his flying career in 1968 at Toronto’s Island Airport on a flying scholarship with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. After graduation, and with a brand new private pilot’s license, he began working part-time at the Central Airways school, washing and fueling aircraft and keeping track of the flights of the school’s student pilots.

Commercial, multi-engine, and IFR ratings followed, as did a Class II instructor’s rating, which allowed Bob to rise to the position of assistant chief flying instructor at Central Airways. At the time, it was one of the busiest flying schools in Canada.

In 1973, Bob quit Central to take a position as chief (and only) flying instructor at White River Air Services flight training school in Kapuskasing, Ontario. This was the beginning of a long relationship with the Deluce family, which would see the acquisition of Austin Airways and Great Lakes Airlines, the transformation into Air Ontario, the amal-gamation with the other Air Canada connectors into Air Canada Regional, and finally the formation of Jazz Air Inc.

Throughout the years, Bob has flown across Canada, and north to the Arctic. He has logged time on virtually every type of aircraft the airline has operated over the years, with the exception of the DC-3 and the Canso, and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the first dedicated air ambulance fixed-wing aircraft in Ontario, a Cessna Citation 500, on which he logged around 2,500 hours.

Bob has also been involved with pilot associations for a long time and was the first chairman of the Austin Airways pilot council at the old CALPA. Switching from the political side to the air safety side, Bob was the Air Safety vice chair for a time at CALPA and was named the Canada Air Safety chairman after CALPA merged with ALPA.

Bob currently holds the position of air safety coordinator–Canada, as well as being the AGE Group chair, a position he holds at IFALPA as well. Bob sits on numerous regulatory committees and working groups with Transport Canada and Nav Canada and is a member of the ICAO Visual Aids Working Group. He also sits as the IFALPA member on the ICAO Aerodromes panel.

Bob is an active line captain with Jazz on the CRJ and has accumulated approximately 26,000 hours of flight time.


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Rick Pipkin, Ph.D.Employee Assistance Manager/Corporate HIMS Director, American/American Eagle AirlinesDr. 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. PorgesClinical NeuropsychologistDr. 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, ALANational Security Committee Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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.

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Primarily, he has worked as the security coordinator for the Alaska Airlines Master Executive Council. His duties included providing assistance to law enforcement, the airline, and employees on aviation security matters. Since 2001, Robb has served ALPA’s National Security Committee in numerous capacities, including federal flight deck officer program manager, director of communications, and director of operations. Currently, Captain Powers is the chairman of ALPA’s National Security Committee.

In 1986, Captain Powers was hired as a police patrol officer for the city of Tacoma, Washington, Police Department. After graduating from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center, he served as a patrol officer and later as a field training officer. He is the recipient of numerous letters of commendation for his performance during 23 years of law enforcement and security work.

Robb has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound, is married, and has one child. He currently resides near Seattle, Washington.

Captain John Prater, CALPresident, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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. 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), the NGATS Institute Executive Committee, and the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) MidTerm Implementation Task Force.

Prater, who comes from a family background of strong union supporters, is a 31-year veteran of ALPA. He served in positions ranging from Strike Committee chairman to chairman of the Continental pilots’ Master Executive Council (MEC), as well as vice chairman 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, DC-10, 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 World War II–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.

Hans RahmannCISM Coordinator, Stiftung Mayday and LufthansaHans Rahmann was co-founder of Stiftung Mayday—Mayday Foundation—pilots helping pilots, in 1994 and is now an honorary board member. The foundation has been expanding into CISM for flight and cabin crews since 1998.

Rahman did ab initio training with Lufthansa Flight Training from 1972 to 1974. He began flying for Lufthansa as a first officer on the B-727 in 1974 and on the B-747-200 in 1981, as a senior first officer on the B-747-200 in 1988, as a captain on the B-737 in 1989, and on the B-747-400 in 2005. Beginning in 1978 he did a number of different projects for the Chief Pilot’s Department.

He retired in March 2009 with a total of 17,524 flight hours.


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Captain Everett Reese III, XJTNational Security Committee Director of Operations, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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 RigneyAssistant Special Agent in Charge, Flight Programs Division, Federal Air Marshal ServiceAssistant 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, DALDirector, Charting and Instrument Procedures Committee (CHIPs), Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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, InternationalCaptain 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.

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Standards Committees ensuring compliance with ALPA policy and protocol. John plans and executes the Professional Standards activities at the annual Pilot Assistance Forum.

Captain Rosenberg is also active in the air safety arena. He is a participant in Delta’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 fulfilled a number of roles in various organizations. Currently, he is a member of two boards of directors—the 6,700-member ALPA Federal Credit Union located in Willowbrook, Illinois, and the Adler Graduate School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Captain Rosenberg resides in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with his wife, Sydney, and their two children. Both John and Sydney are involved parent volunteers in their children’s activities, and John remains active in general aviation sharing ownership in a Beechcraft Bonanza.

Tim RyanDirector, Business Development, ARINCTim Ryan leads the business growth and expansion efforts for the Information Management Portfolio of products and services at ARINC. This collection includes applications associated with identity management, dispatch decision-making tools, and flight deck data support. Mr. Ryan is currently the program director for ARINC’s newest service—CrewPASS. In this capacity, he is responsible for coordinating governance issues with TSA, operational issues with the individual airlines, and roll-out of a nationwide service.

Mr. Ryan joined ARINC in 1989. Prior to his current assignment, he was program director for all of the Aviation Communications Services. From 1995 to 2000, he also led the engineering team charged with the expansion of ARINC’s ACARS data link network into Asia.

Captain Mary Ann Schaffer, UALChairman, President’s Task Force on Aviation Sustainability and the Environment, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Mary Ann Schaffer serves as the chairman of the President’s Task on Aviation Sustainability and the Environment for the Air Line Pilots Association, International. This task force was created to ensure pilot input to policy and procedures resulting from environmental initiatives.

Captain Schaffer assumed the lead of this task force in May 2008 and has since testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, provided written testimony to other congressional committees, presented at an Aviation Week Forum, and participated on an environmental panel at NATCA’s Communicating for Safety conference.

Currently flying for United Airlines as an Airbus 320 captain, Schaffer has flown the B-757 and B-767 as captain, the B-727 as captain and check airman, and the B-777 and B-737 as first officer. She has also served as a local council safety chairman, flight manager, domicile safety officer, and flight operations duty manager. Prior to her 20 years at United, Captain Schaffer flew for Presidential Airways.

Captain Schaffer began her career as an electrical engineer working on space programs before pursuing her flying ambitions. She holds a bachelor of engineering in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University, a master’s of aeronautical science, with distinction, from Embry-Riddle, and a juris doctor, magna cum laude, from American University, Washington College of Law.

In addition to her work for ALPA, Captain Schaffer is a corporate counsel for CSSI Inc. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, Gary Schaffer.

Scott A. Shappell, Ph.D.Professor, Industrial Engineering, Clemson UniversityDr. Scott A. Shappell is a professor of industrial engineering at Clemson University. Before joining the faculty at Clemson, Dr. Shappell was the Human Factors research branch manager at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. In addition, he has served over 16 years in the U.S. Navy as an aerospace experimental psychologist.

He has published/presented well over 200 papers, books, and presentations in the fields of accident investigation, system safety, spatial disorientation, sustained operations, and fatigue.

Dr. Shappell received a B.S. in psychology (1983) from Wright State University, graduating summa cum laude with honors in psychology and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1990.


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Larry SmithChemical Dependency CounselorLarry 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, CALNational Jumpseat Committee Member, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalShannon 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, MSPHAssociate Aeromedical Advisor, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalDr. 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 journal Aviation, 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.

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National Aeromedical Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Robert A. Solik has been flying for Delta Air Lines for 23 years. He received his pilot training from the Navy flying the A-6 Intruder.

He has held several volunteer positions with Delta’s LEC/MEC before accepting the position of Aeromedical chairman in May 2008. He has been married to his wife, Beth, for 30 years and has three children.

Captain Robert M. Spadea, UALUnited MEC Jumpseat Committee ChairmanCaptain Robert “Bob” Spadea has been a member of the United Airlines MEC Jumpseat Committee since 2002, and in 2006 was elected to the chairman’s position. His experience with all aspects of jumpseat administration and commuting by jumpseat date back over 25 years. In 2003, he was instrumental in procuring the CASS jumpseat verification system for United Airlines. He is responsible for overseeing all jumpseat operations, establishing reciprocal agreements, and assisting fellow jumpseat chairpersons with operational difficulties.

Bob began flying in 1979 and obtained his private pilot’s license in high school. He is a graduate of the Bridgewater State College aviation management bachelor of science program. Upon graduation, he was employed as a flight instructor for this institution, teaching U.S. and international students how to fly.

Bob has been employed with United Airlines since 1989 and is currently flying international routes in Europe and Asia. Prior to United Airlines, he was employed with Bar Harbor Airlines of Bangor, Maine, and Will’s Air of Hyannis, Massachusetts. Bob’s flying experience of over 18,000 hours has taken him to every continent of the world except Australia and Africa. He currently holds captain ratings in Beech 1900, 300, 350, Saab 340, Airbus 319/320, and Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 aircraft.

Bob resides in Ormond Beach, Florida, with his family of five.

Captain Craig Stephens, UALNational Jumpseat Committee Member, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain Craig Stephens serves as a National Jumpseat Committee member as well as South chairman of the DAL MEC Jumpseat Committee. He represents pilot jumpseat access issues within the industry and government. His national arena of focus is on international access and issues surrounding international jumpseating.

Captain Stephens also serves on the Hotel Committee and System Board for Delta Air Lines Master Executive Council. Previously he has served as second officer representative for Council 43 and first officer representative for Council 108, as well as working on the Legislative Affairs Committee.

Captain Stephens began flying while in high school and attended Purdue University studying aviation technology. After graduation, he followed a civilian career path, which included flight instruction, pilot for a skydiving operation, night freight, corporate pilot, and charter flying, prior to joining Delta Air Lines in 1990.

Currently, Craig is a captain on the Boeing 767/757 international operation for Delta Air Lines. He is rated on the Boeing 727, 737, 757, 767, MD-11, and Lear Jet. His total flight time is approximately 18,000 hours.

Becky StollDirector of Crisis Services and Crisis Management Strategies, CenterstoneBecky Stoll is responsible for the overall operation of Centerstone’s Crisis Services as well as Crisis Management Strategies.

Ms. Stoll graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, with a BS in psychology. She received her master’s in the science of social work from the University of Tennessee in Nashville.

Ms. Stoll is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of behavioral health experience. She is a board-certified expert in traumatic stress and a diplomate of the American Association of Experts in Traumatic Stress. In addition, she is certified in acute traumatic stress management by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, certified as a trauma specialist by the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists, and a certified employee assistance professional. She is a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists, and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.


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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. TerrellFederal 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. ThatcherCASS Program Manager, ARINCDavid 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, DALAir Traffic Services Group Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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.

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iesCaptain Torn started his ALPA career in March 1993 and has served as the Delta MEC Air Safety Committee

Air Traffic Services member and chairman, Accident Investigator Team member, DALPA Jumpseat Committee representative. While a member of the NAS MOD Committee and former project lead of the ADS-B Project Team, he was a representative for the association when they received the 2008 Collier Trophy Team recipient.

Captain Torn began flying in 1978 as a pilot with the U.S. Air Force, where he trained at Vance AFB, Oklahoma. He flew the RF-4C reconnaissance fighter stationed in Germany twice and was an advanced flight training instructor T-38 at Reese AFB, Texas. He also was a functional check pilot in the T-37, T-38, and later RF-4 performing maintenance acceptance flights after extensive rework of the aircraft.

Currently, Rip is a Boeing 767 and 757 captain based in New York City for Delta Air Lines. He is also rated on the Boeing 737 and a flight engineer on the L-1011 and B-727. His total flight time is around 12,000 hours, and he holds a FAA airline transport pilot’s license.

Captain Torn, originally from Germany, is married with three children and lives in Austin, Texas.

Robert A. VogtPrincipal Security Inspector, Commercial Airlines Division, Transportation Security AdministrationBob Vogt joined TSA in February 2003 and is assigned to the Commercial Airlines division. As a principal security inspector (PSI), he is the primary liaison between TSA headquarters and assigned aircraft operators. He interprets compliance with aviation security regulations and aviation security programs. Bob was assigned to his current position as the PSI for Continental Airlines in June 2008. Previously, Bob was the PSI for American Airlines.

Bob is a 1978 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He received a master’s degree in business administration from the University of West Florida in May 1986.

Bob retired from the Navy in July 1999 after serving 21 years as a naval aviator. He operated the P3 Orion aircraft from a number of locations throughout Europe and Western Pacific. After retirement, Bob was hired by US Airways as a first officer. He flew the Boeing 737 from Reagan National Airport until furloughed in January 2002. In March 2002, Bob was hired by Titan Systems Corporation in Arlington, Virginia, and was assigned to Task Force Web supporting the Navy’s Web-enabling initiative.

Bob holds a FAA airline transport pilot’s license and is rated in the Boeing 737, Beechcraft King Air, and Lockheed Electra aircraft.

Captain Nico Voorbach Security Committee Chairman, International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ AssociationsCaptain Nico Voorbach began his career as a police officer in the Netherlands, and in 1987 he became a police pilot with the Dutch National Police. In 1992 he joined KLM, where he was promoted to captain in 1993. He currently flies the Boeing 777 for KLM.

In 1999, Captain Voorbach became the Dutch ALPA Security Committee chairman, and following the September 11 attacks of 2001, he was elected to be vice chairman of the IFALPA Security Committee. In March 2009 he was elected IFALPA Security Committee chairman. As chairman, he is responsible for international security representation at ICAO, IATA, ACI, and other international organizations.

Since 2002, he has been the IFALPA observer at the ICAO AVSEC Panel. He was part of the ICAO working group on Amendment 11 for Annex 17, and a member of the working group on In-Flight Security Officers. Now he is a member of the ICAO AVSEC Panel working groups on Annex 17, New and Emerging Threats, Guidance Material, and Training.

He has represented the European Cockpit Association since 2003 at the ECAC and is also on the European Committee Stakeholder Advisory Group on Aviation Security.

John WellerStaff Wildlife Biologist, FAA Office of Airport Safety and OperationsJohn Weller arrived at the FAA in February 2009 at a time when the hazards of bird strikes had played out dramatically on the national consciousness. His role with the FAA is to determine national strategies and federal regulations for management of wildlife issues at or near airports. He develops programs and control methodologies to manage airport wildlife hazards, provides technical guidance to FAA offices and airports, and guides research of new technologies that can be applied to wildlife mitigation.


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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, InternationalCaptain 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 WrightDirector, Safety and Technology, National Air Traffic Controllers AssociationDale 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, ALAAssistant Director of Operations–Law Enforcement Affairs, National Security Committee Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCaptain 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.

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iesCaptain Wright began flying in 1980 and attended flight school at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake,

Washington, before transferring to Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, where he obtained a bachelor of science degree in aerospace science. During that time, he also worked as a firefighter, police officer, and deputy sheriff. He was a member of the Washington State Marijuana Eradication Task Force.

Upon graduation from CWU, Captain Wright served as a flight and ground instructor at Fort Lewis, Washington, for several years before beginning his airline career at West Air Airlines. Captain Wright has been with Alaska Airlines since 1996 and has flown over 14,000 hours. He flies the Boeing 737-400, 737-400 combi, 737-400 freighter, 737-700, 737-800, and 737-900.

Jerry WrightManager, Safety and Security, Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalJerry Wright is the manager of the Air Line Pilots Association’s Safety and Security section of the Engineering and Air Safety Department. He has been with ALPA more than 20 years and was initially employed as a staff engineer assigned to support the Association’s airport standards and aviation security efforts.

He was subsequently promoted to the position of senior staff engineer, and promoted again in 1999 to his current position, where he oversees and directs the staff support of the National Security, Pilot Assistance, Human Factors and Training, Airport and Ground Environment, and Cargo committees. He has more than 23 years of experience in the promotion of safety- and security-related policy in the national and international arenas.

Prior to being employed by ALPA, he served as the director of technical services for the Airport Operators Council International (now Airports Council International–North America) in Washington, D.C. In that position, he was responsible for supporting that organization’s security committee and airport technical group. Prior to joining AOCI, he was employed as a management intern at the Birmingham International Airport, Alabama.

Mr. Wright is a graduate of Auburn University, a flight instructor, and holds the designation of Certified Protection Professional by the American Society of Industrial Security.

Kevin YorkeLieutenant Detective Commander, Intelligence Division, New York City Police DepartmentLieutenant Kevin Yorke is a senior supervisor and intelligence officer assigned to the NYPD’s Intelligence Division. He currently serves as deputy director of the NYPD’s unique overseas liaison program, which has 11 NYPD officers deployed in countries around the globe.

A 25-year NYPD veteran, with over 40 awards for bravery and exceptional police work, Kevin has previously served on patrol in Manhattan South and Brooklyn and in investigative assignments in the Detective Bureau and the Organized Crime Control Bureau. Immediately after the 9/11 attack, Kevin was assigned to the NY Joint Terrorism Task Force and spent seven years working on some of the nation’s most serious and sensitive international terrorism investigations and operations.

Kevin has a bachelor of science degree in transportation management from New York Maritime College and a master’s degree in public administration from Marist College, and he has completed additional training in terrorism and intelligence topics with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Nancy N. YoungVice President, Environmental Affairs, Air Transport Association of AmericaNancy N. Young is the vice president of environmental affairs at the Air Transport Association of America Inc. (ATA). In this capacity, Ms. Young directs ATA’s environmental programs, represents the ATA airlines in international negotiations over new aircraft noise and emission standards, and provides counsel to ATA and its members on other environmental issues of significance to the air transportation industry. Ms. Young also serves on the Steering Group of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI), which is working to hasten the development and deployment of commercially viable, environmentally friendly alternative jet fuels.

Ms. Young returned to ATA in 2007 from the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., where she was a principal/partner. There, Ms. Young worked extensively in the aviation and transportation areas and with a variety of other industries, providing comprehensive regulatory and litigation services with respect to a wide range of environmental media, including climate change, hazardous and solid waste, fuel management, spill prevention,


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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. ZengaLicensed PsychologistDr. 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.

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