{"id":21463,"date":"2022-03-28T16:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21463"},"modified":"2022-03-28T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:23:55","slug":"faa-administrator-steve-dickson-honored-with-nbaa-american-spirit-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-administrator-steve-dickson-honored-with-nbaa-american-spirit-award\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Administrator Steve Dickson Honored with NBAA American Spirit Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced\nthat Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson, who\nwill retire effective March 31, received the association\u2019s 2022 American Spirit\nAward for his incomparable achievements in advancing America\u2019s aviation\ninterests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve-Dickson-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21464\"\/><figcaption><em>Steve Dickson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The award was presented today by the association\u2019s Board of\nDirectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSteve embodies leadership, integrity and love of country,\u201d\nsaid NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. \u201cAviation has been very fortunate to have\nsomeone like Steve Dickson in the left seat, moving our industry forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dickson was named FAA administrator in July 2019. He began\nhis FAA tenure in the wake of two fatal airline accidents; soon thereafter, he\nwas called on to address the pressing and unique challenges posed by the\nCOVID-19 pandemic. He responded swiftly and decisively, safely addressing \u201cATC\nZero\u201d outages and other system disruptions, and implementing policies,\nincluding SFAR 118, which were critical to the viability of aviation operations\nunder pandemic circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dickson has redoubled the FAA\u2019s focus on environmental\nsustainability, the safe introduction of emerging technologies such as advanced\nair mobility, and the expansion of initiatives to inspire the next generation\nof professionals to consider aviation careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before coming to the FAA, Dickson\u2019s extensive career with\nDelta Air Lines was characterized by his leadership of several industry\nstakeholder groups and federal advisory committees that focused on the\ndevelopment of a world-leading Next Generation aviation system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dickson has been continually engaged with NBAA and the\nbusiness aviation community, including through his participation as a speaker\nat NBAA\u2019s 2019 and 2021 Business Aviation Convention &amp; Exhibition\n(NBAA-BACE) events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former U.S. Air Force officer and F-15 fighter pilot,\nDickson served as senior vice president for operations at Delta before he was\nnamed FAA administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its creation in 1994, NBAA\u2019s American Spirit Award has recognized individuals within business aviation who exemplify excellence and service to others. Past recipients include Barrington Irving, Capt. \u201cSully\u201d Sullenberger and Bruce Whitman. Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaa.org\/about\/awards\/american-spirit-award\/?utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=\">American Spirit Award.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced that Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson, who will retire effective March 31, received the association\u2019s 2022 American Spirit Award for his incomparable achievements in advancing America\u2019s aviation interests. The award was presented today by the association\u2019s Board of Directors. \u201cSteve embodies leadership, integrity and love of [&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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21463","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\/21463","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=21463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21465,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21463\/revisions\/21465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}