Time to DRAFT SULLY for FAA Chief!

[SpaceShipEarth]

Flying Cheap by Frontline??? YouTube or Netflix. search away.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

um, hello?

The FAA's mission isn't to represent professional pilots. That's where your Associations come in. FAA's mission is to ensure safe and efficient transportation in the US.

I can see why you "fly a desk" if you don't see the correlation.

Sully would be an excellent choice not only from the pilot rules standpoint, but his experience (not just with the Hudson incident, he has always been very focused on safety issues and consulting) would be a welcome change from anyone's standpoint (except, perhaps, useless airline MBAs unconcerned with pilot and public safety).

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Does anyone remember the link to the tv interview about RJs he did in the early 2000's? I've been trying to find it.

In it he discussed ALPA's rational for letting the commuters fly them. I'd appreciate a link if you can find it.

This one not Babbitt, but there's this from that special (re: regionals):

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/interviews/cohen.html


ETA:

Here's the Babbitt one:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/interviews/babbitt.html


the other interviewees:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/interviews/

sitemap for the Frontline "Flying Cheap" special's website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/etc/sitemap.html

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Sully's Resume

http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/sullenberger_profile.pdf <---


(Not sure why TMZ got a hold of it in the past but this is it--PRIOR to everything since the accident...testimonies, etc):

--------------------------------
INC article 2009:

"Pilot. Hero. Entrepreneur?

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, who successfully landed a US Airways plane in New York's Hudson River, is also the founder and president of -- surprise, surprise -- a safety consulting firm.

By Andrew Leigh | Jan 16, 2009

The nation is still buzzing about the heroic actions of US Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, who guided Flight 1549 and its 154 passengers and crew members to a safe landing in New York's Hudson River on Thursday. Turns out, on top of being a pilot and a newly-minted hero, Sullenberger is also an entrepreneur.
Sullenberger, who landed the plane after its engines were disabled by what is believed to be a "double bird strike," is the founder and president of Safety Reliability Methods, a California-based consulting firm that provides risk evaluation, training, and other services to business, government, and health-care clients.
Sullenberger's resume includes more than 40 years of flying experience, on top of an M.A. in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.S. in industrial psychology from Purdue University.
Safety Reliability Methods focuses on applying the most recent advances in safety and reliability performance, most of which, according to the company's website, originated in commercial aviation. Clients in turn are promised improvements to areas such as risk management and leadership development.

Sullenberger, who is also a former fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force, has done extensive work on aviation safety. He was a safety chairman and accident investigator for the Air Line Pilots Association, and also participated in accident investigations for the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Attempts to contact Safety Reliability Methods for this story proved unsuccessful, as the company's phone number was redirected to Mr. Sullenberger's voice mailbox, which was -- not surprisingly -- full."

 

[Hugh Johnson]

You can't be the FAA head if you have an aircraft accident on on your record.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Sully's Resume

http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/sullenberger_profile.pdf <---


(Not sure why TMZ got a hold of it in the past but this is it--PRIOR to everything since the accident...testimonies, etc):

--------------------------------
INC article 2009:

"Pilot. Hero. Entrepreneur?

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, who successfully landed a US Airways plane in New York's Hudson River, is also the founder and president of -- surprise, surprise -- a safety consulting firm.

By Andrew Leigh | Jan 16, 2009

The nation is still buzzing about the heroic actions of US Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, who guided Flight 1549 and its 154 passengers and crew members to a safe landing in New York's Hudson River on Thursday. Turns out, on top of being a pilot and a newly-minted hero, Sullenberger is also an entrepreneur.
Sullenberger, who landed the plane after its engines were disabled by what is believed to be a "double bird strike," is the founder and president of Safety Reliability Methods, a California-based consulting firm that provides risk evaluation, training, and other services to business, government, and health-care clients.
Sullenberger's resume includes more than 40 years of flying experience, on top of an M.A. in public administration from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.S. in industrial psychology from Purdue University.
Safety Reliability Methods focuses on applying the most recent advances in safety and reliability performance, most of which, according to the company's website, originated in commercial aviation. Clients in turn are promised improvements to areas such as risk management and leadership development.

Sullenberger, who is also a former fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force, has done extensive work on aviation safety. He was a safety chairman and accident investigator for the Air Line Pilots Association, and also participated in accident investigations for the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Attempts to contact Safety Reliability Methods for this story proved unsuccessful, as the company's phone number was redirected to Mr. Sullenberger's voice mailbox, which was -- not surprisingly -- full."

You can't be the FAA head if you have an aircraft accident on on your record.

um...nevermind

 

[Voice Of Reason]

wtf?

So, the "acting FAA Administrator" Michael Huerta, helped SLC with organizing Olympics...WTF *AVIATION *experience does he have that would accomplish the FAA title effectively and safely?????

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111shrg57886/html/CHRG-111shrg57886.htm

scary stuff! Good old boys network yet again

 

[dustrpilot]

You can't be the FAA head if you have an aircraft accident on on your record.

WTF? You don't even have to be a pilot to be head of the FAA.

 

[dustrpilot]

Duplicate

 

[Voice Of Reason]

So, the "acting FAA Administrator" Michael Huerta, helped SLC with organizing Olympics...WTF *AVIATION *experience does he have that would accomplish the FAA title effectively and safely?????

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111shrg57886/html/CHRG-111shrg57886.htm

scary stuff! Good old boys network yet again

Oh! I finally found something in the nomination speeches about this guy related to aviation. Barbara Boxer said he once "worked to" to connect the BART subway system to the SFO AIRPORT. There ya go, airport

"During Mr. Huerta's time as the Chief of Staff for the Secretary of
Transportation (DOT) under the Clinton Administration, I worked with
him on several transportation initiatives that were important to
California, including the Alameda Corridor project in Southern
California and the extension of BART to the San Francisco Airport."

Other than that I see no "transportation" related to aviation...and they go to great lengths, her, Orrin Hatch, etc...to generically use the term "transportation" when speaking of his credential for the FAA. NOT "air" transportation