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\u201cWe congratulate Jennifer Homendy on her confirmation to\nlead the NTSB and look forward to working with her across many areas that\ninfluence the safety of business aviation,\u201d said NBAA President and CEO Ed\nBolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Homendy was confirmed as the 44th member of the NTSB in\nAugust 2018 and reconfirmed by the Senate the following year to a five-year\nterm. Her areas of expertise include railroad and pipeline safety and the\ntransport of hazardous materials across all modes of travel, including\naviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNATA looks forward to continuing to work closely with Chair\nHomendy in advancing our efforts to combat illegal charter operations, as this\nremains a top priority for maintaining safer skies,” said NATA President\nand CEO Timothy Obitts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her time with the NTSB, Homendy has served with the\nboard\u2019s on-scene investigative response teams for several aviation accidents,\nincluding the May 2019 midair collision of two aerial tour aircraft near\nKetchikan, AK; the June 2019 downing of a skydiving aircraft on takeoff near\nMokuleia, Hawaii; and the January 2020 helicopter crash that claimed the lives\nof nine people, including basketball star Kobe Bryant and his daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 2004 \u2013 2018, Homendy served as the democratic staff\ndirector of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure\n(T&I) Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. She is\na graduate of Pennsylvania State University and has completed private pilot\nground school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Homendy succeeds former NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt, who\nstepped down from the board on June 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), were among the aviation groups that welcomed Jennifer Homendy\u2019s Senate confirmation as chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). \u201cWe congratulate Jennifer Homendy on her confirmation to lead the NTSB and look forward to working with her across many areas that […]<\/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":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-of-columbia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19210","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=19210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19212,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19210\/revisions\/19212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}