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\u201cKen brings over 48 years of aviation experience to the NATA\nregulatory team, including nearly three decades as an FAA Aviation Safety\nInspector. His experience in key compliance and safety roles will enhance the\nassociation\u2019s aviation maintenance expertise and representation of our\nmembers,\u201d stated NATA Vice President of Regulatory Affairs John McGraw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe look forward to Ken\u2019s leadership on and participation in\nindustry groups tasked with reviewing and providing feedback on laws and\nregulations related to certificating and overseeing all Part 145 repair\nstations,\u201d added NATA COO Keith DeBerry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thompson will also serve as staff liaison for NATA\u2019s\nAircraft Maintenance and Systems Technology (AMST) Committee and will act as\nrecognized observer on the Part 145 Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee\n(ARAC) Working Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thompson is currently President of TAPS LLC, an aviation\nindustry consultancy that provides compliance and certification process\nsupport. He also serves as a Designated Airworthiness Representative\n(Maintenance) for the FAA, where he held key positions for more than 26 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 2016-2020, Thompson served as the FAA Senior Manager in\nthe Civil Aviation Registry with responsibility for the Aircraft Registry.\nThere he provided leadership and oversight for seven departments, ensuring\nproper interpretation of aviation regulations and consistency for individual\nand corporate aviation entities as they moved through the certification\nprocess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For seven years prior, he was responsible for development\nand delivery of the FAA Designee training curriculum, equipping individuals and\ncorporate representatives to conduct airworthiness certification in accordance\nwith Agency statutes, regulations, and policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2006, Thompson was the FAA Compliance and Enforcement\nCourse Manager, partnering with legal and management representatives from FAA\u2019s\nnine regulatory offices to build a syllabus that provided comprehensive and\nmore advanced training for FAA\u2019s regulatory workforce. Thompson began his FAA\ncareer in 1994 as an Aviation Safety Inspector in both Manufacturing and\nMaintenance field offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thompson is a certificated Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic\nand has served as an Aircraft Mechanic\/Inspector (A&P\/IA), Quality Control\nInspector, Quality Assurance Manager, Chief Inspector, Designated Manufacturing\nInspection Representative (DMIR), and Senior Manager in manufacturing and\nmaintenance facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ken Thompson joins John McGraw, NATA\u2019s Vice President of\nRegulatory Affairs; Megan Eisenstein, Managing Director of Industry &\nRegulatory Affairs; and fellow Senior Advisors Jacqueline Rosser (Air Charter)\nand Chris Baum (Security).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you require any regulatory assistance, please reach out\nto NATA\u2019s industry experts via our Regulatory Support Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has announced that FAA and industry veteran Ken Thompson has joined NATA\u2019s regulatory team as Senior Advisor, specializing in business aviation maintenance issues. \u201cKen brings over 48 years of aviation experience to the NATA regulatory team, including nearly three decades as an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector. His experience in […]<\/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-22428","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\/22428","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=22428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22430,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22428\/revisions\/22430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}