{"id":20736,"date":"2022-01-25T00:13:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20736"},"modified":"2022-01-25T00:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:13:58","slug":"nata-thanks-michael-france-for-13-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/district-of-columbia\/nata-thanks-michael-france-for-13-years-of-service\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NATA Thanks Michael France for 13 Years of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Air Transportation Association (NATA)\nrecognizes Michael France\u2019s long-time achievements and thanks him for 13 years\nof service to the association, first as Director of Regulatory Affairs and\nlater as Managing Director of Safety &amp; Training. France recently announced\nplans to leave NATA on January 28, 2022.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t thank Mike enough for his hard work and\ndedication over the past 13 years as an advocate for our members and champion\nfor continuous improvement of our Safety 1st program\u2014focusing the safety\nlearning paradigm on employee learning and development. Mike\u2019s work has built a\nsolid foundation for the association to continue to grow and expand our\nindustry-standard training and education programs,\u201d stated NATA President and\nCEO Timothy Obitts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Director of Regulatory Affairs, France fought on behalf\nof NATA\u2019s California members to protect students from predatory educational\ninstitutions, while preventing the destruction of flight training institutions\nacross the state due to burdensome administrative requirements passed by the\nCalifornia State Legislature in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under France\u2019s leadership as Managing Director of Safety &amp; Training, NATA\u2019s Safety 1st team launched an <a href=\"https:\/\/us-tdm-tso-15eb63ff4c6-1626e-16907d8fbcf.force.com\/NATAKnowledge\/s\/\">extensive knowledge base<\/a> and support center to provide instant access to thorough information and assistance related to our suite of safety training, education, and guidance.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France also worked alongside NATA\u2019s current Managing\nDirector of Industry &amp; Regulatory Affairs Megan Eisenstein to advocate for\nchanges to the 2022 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 409: Standard\non Aircraft Hangars, giving aviation businesses significant tools to protect\nagainst fire without the use of foam fire suppression systems\u2014a longtime effort\nthat represents a major win for NATA members and the industry at-large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, France moved\nquickly to support the industry by working with the Safety 1st team and Safety\nCommittee to develop the Safety 1st Clean standard, providing facility cleaning\nand sanitation guidance for operations during a pandemic and a means to\ndemonstrate conformity with those heightened standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMike is a visionary\u2014always thinking ahead when it comes to\nsetting and then raising the bar for aviation businesses. His creativity,\nenthusiasm, and energy are unmatched. We are pleased he will continue to\nsupport the industry and serve as a cheerleader for the association in his\nfuture endeavors. On behalf of NATA\u2019s leadership and staff, we wish him all the\nbest,\u201d added Obitts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) recognizes Michael France\u2019s long-time achievements and thanks him for 13 years of service to the association, first as Director of Regulatory Affairs and later as Managing Director of Safety &amp; Training. France recently announced plans to leave NATA on January 28, 2022.&nbsp; \u201cWe can\u2019t thank Mike enough for his [&hellip;]<\/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-20736","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\/20736","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=20736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20737,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20736\/revisions\/20737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}