{"id":25406,"date":"2023-04-24T17:38:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25406"},"modified":"2023-04-24T17:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:38:26","slug":"aviation-associations-salute-acting-faa-administrator-billy-nolen-for-service-to-aviation-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/aviation-associations-salute-acting-faa-administrator-billy-nolen-for-service-to-aviation-community\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Associations Salute Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen for Service to Aviation Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NBAA and NATA were among the aviation associations that\nrecognized the service of Billy Nolen as Acting Administrator for the FAA,\nfollowing an announcement that Nolen will be departing the agency later this\nyear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and\nCEO Ed Bolen extended his appreciation to Nolen for his outstanding service to\nthe aviation industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"237\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bill-Nolen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25407\"\/><figcaption><em>Billy Nolen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBilly Nolen has stepped in and provided essential\nleadership at a critical time for our industry,\u201d Bolen said. \u201cAs acting\nadministrator, he has been an effective collaborator, always accessible to\neveryone and intensely focused on safety. We are grateful for his leadership\nand look forward to working with him through his transition, and as he embarks\non the next chapter in his remarkable story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nolen was named FAA safety chief in January 2022, and\nappointed acting administrator later that year. A former commercial airline\ncaptain, he has held several industry safety roles, including as senior vice\npresident for safety, security and operations at Airlines for America and\nexecutive manager for group safety and health at Qantas Airways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna stated, \u201cNATA thanks\nBilly Nolen for his service as Acting FAA Administrator and wishes him the\nbest. Nolen\u2019s unwavering commitment to continuous safety improvement,\nmeaningful industry collaboration, and workforce recruitment fit for the future\nhas served us all well and sets a solid foundation for those who will follow.\nWe look forward to continued work with the FAA to further his efforts to foster\na culture of safety through SMS advancement, unlock the potential of data-sharing\nin creating a more predictive safety system, and empower the advent of new\ntechnologies.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to coming to the FAA, Nolen served as vice president\nfor safety, security and quality for Canada\u2019s WestJet Airlines. He also led the\nAviation Safety Action Program at American Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nolen is a U.S. Army veteran fixed-wing aircraft and\nhelicopter pilot. He holds a Bachelor of Science in professional aeronautics\nfrom Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and specialized aviation safety\nmanagement certificates from the University of Southern California, U.S. Army\nSafety Center and the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nolen was a featured speaker at the 2022 NBAA Business\nAviation Convention &amp; Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), joining European Union\nAviation Safety Agency (EASA) executive director Patrick Ky for the show\u2019s\nopening day keynote session, in which the two discussed the shared,\ntrans-Atlantic priorities for business aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBAA and NATA were among the aviation associations that recognized the service of Billy Nolen as Acting Administrator for the FAA, following an announcement that Nolen will be departing the agency later this year. National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen extended his appreciation to Nolen for his outstanding service to the [&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-25406","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\/25406","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=25406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25408,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25406\/revisions\/25408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}