U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the appointment of 23 members to DOT\u2019s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe committee is a useful forum for the Department to\nreceive feedback from aviation community stakeholders,\u201d said Secretary Elaine\nL. Chao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. Department of Transportation established the ARAC as\na discretionary Federal Advisory Committee in 1991 to provide advice and\nrecommendations on a full range of aviation-related issues in the development\nof regulations. This includes aircraft operations, airman and air agency\ncertification, airworthiness standards and certification, airports,\nmaintenance, noise, and training. To date, the Federal Aviation Administration\n(FAA) has implemented over 70 percent of ARAC\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The committee meets quarterly at FAA headquarters in\nWashington, DC. The ARAC currently consists of 23 members who represent\norganizations from across the aviation community directly and indirectly\nimpacted by FAA regulations. These include aircraft owners and operators,\nairmen and flight crewmembers, organizations representing airports, maintenance\nproviders, manufacturers, public citizen and passenger groups, training\nproviders, and FAA employee labor representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following individuals are being appointed as new members to the ARAC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daniel Friedenzohn, Associate Dean for College of Aviation,\nEmbry-Riddle University (ERAU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leslie Riegle, Assistant Vice President for Civil Aviation,\nAerospace Industries Association (AIA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paul Alp, Esq., Jenner and Block, LLP, National Association\nof Flight Instructors (NAFI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Larry Rooney, President, Coalition of Airline Pilots\nAssociations (CAPA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following individuals are being re-appointed as members to the ARAC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chairperson: Yvette Rose, Senior Vice President, Cargo\nAirline Association (CAA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vice Chairperson: David Oord, Senior Director, Government\nAffairs, Regulatory, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paul McGraw, Vice President, Operations and Safety, Airlines\nfor America (A4A)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Melissa Sabatine, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs,\nAmerican Association of Airport Executives<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michelle Betcher, International Flight Superintendent (Delta\nAir Lines), Airline Dispatchers Federation (ADF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ric Peri, Vice President of Government Affairs and Industry\nAffairs, Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Witkowski, Director of the Air Safety, Health and\nSecurity Department, Association of flight Attendants (AFA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Randy Kenagy, Manager, Engineering and Operations, Air Line\nPilots Association (ALPA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarah MacLeod, Executive Director, Aeronautical Repair\nStation Association (ARSA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephane Flori, Expert for Safety Regulations, Airbus\nS.A.S., Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom Charpentier, Government Relations Specialist,\nExperimental Aircraft Association (EAA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paul Hudson, President, FlyersRights.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walter Desrosier, Vice President, Engineering and\nMaintenance, General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Martino, Vice President, Operations, Helicopter\nAssociation International (HAI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n George Paul, Vice President, Technical Services, National\nAir Carrier Association (NACA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doug Carr, Vice President of Regulatory and International\nAffairs, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gail Dunham, Executive Director, National Air Disaster\nAlliance\/Foundation (NADA\/F)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ambrose Clay, Councilman for City of College Park, GA,\nNational Organization to Insure a Sound-Control Environment (N.O.I.S.E)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keith Morgan, Technical Fellow, Certification and\nAirworthiness, Pratt and Whitney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the appointment of 23 members to DOT\u2019s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). \u201cThe committee is a useful forum for the Department to receive feedback from aviation community stakeholders,\u201d said Secretary Elaine L. Chao. The U.S. Department of Transportation established the ARAC as a discretionary Federal […]<\/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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13979","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=13979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13980,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13979\/revisions\/13980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}