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\u201cThe committee\u2019s input will help the Department ensure that\nthe FAA remains the world\u2019s leader in aviation safety,\u201d said Secretary Elaine\nL. Chao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SOCAC was created by the FAA (Federal Aviation\nAdministration) Reauthorization Act of 2018. The committee will provide advice\nto the Secretary of Transportation regarding issues facing the aviation\ncommunity related to FAA safety oversight and certification programs. These\ninclude aircraft and flight standards certification processes, oversight of\nsafety management systems, risk-based oversight efforts, and utilization of\ndelegation and designation authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SOCAC consists of twenty voting members representing\nstakeholders across the aviation field and two non-voting FAA members. Members\nare appointed to 2-year terms. The FAA Administrator will also serve on the\ncommittee as a voting member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following individuals are being appointed as voting\nmembers to the SOCAC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chairperson: William Ayer, Board of Directors Member,\nNational Business Aviation Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jason Dickstein, President, Modification and Replacement\nParts Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Eigenbrode, Vice President, Pratt and Whitney’s\nEngine Development Programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eric Fanning, President and Chief Executive Officer,\nAerospace Industries Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris Jackman, Certification Program Manager, Wing Aviation\nLLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul La Pietra, Senior Engineering Director and ODA Lead\nAdministrator, Honeywell Aerospace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Laughter, Senior Vice President, Corporate Safety,\nSecurity and Compliance, Delta Air Lines, Inc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shelly Lesikar deZevallos, President, West Houston Airport\nCorporation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sarah MacLeod, Executive Director, Aeronautical Repair\nStation Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colin Miller, Senior Vice President. Innovation,\nEngineering and Flight, Gulfstream Aerospace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bradley Mottier, Vice President and General Manager, GE\nAviation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Timothy Obitts, Chief Operating Office and General\nCounsel, National Air Transportation Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beth Pasztor, Vice President, Safety, Security and\nCompliance, Boeing Commercial Airplanes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Perrone, National President, Professional\nAviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Quiello, Vice President, Corporate Safety, United\nAirlines<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gregory Shoemaker, Policy Counsel, National Air Traffic\nControllers Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alan Stolzer, Dean, College of Aviation. Embry-Riddle\nAeronautical University<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phillip Straub, Executive Vice President, Managing\nDirector, Aviation Division. Garmin International, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Thacker, Executive Vice President, Technology and\nInnovation. Bell\/Textron Aviation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew Zuccaro, President and Chief Executive Officer,\nHelicopter Association International <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following individuals are being appointed as\nnon-voting members to the SOCAC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bob Busto, Manager, Central Manufacturing Inspection\nOffice Branch, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robert Duffer, Senior Technical Liaison, Flight Standards\nService, Office of Safely Standards, FAA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced the appointment of 22 members to DOT\u2019s new Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee (SOCAC). \u201cThe committee\u2019s input will help the Department ensure that the FAA remains the world\u2019s leader in aviation safety,\u201d said Secretary Elaine L. Chao. The SOCAC was created by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13596,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594\/revisions\/13596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}