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NATCA
Communicating For Safety Conference
2009

 NATCA's annual Communicating for Safety Conference took place March 2 - 4 , 2009 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

For more information about Communicating For Safety please visit www.NATCACFS.org

 


Captured Video of the Event


Individual Speeches and Presentations

President Pat Forrey  15:33
Executive Vice President Paul Rinaldi  21:31
Miracle on the Hudson  21:05
Flight 1549 Awards honoring First Office Jeffrey Skiles and Controller Patrick Harten
Keynote Speaker  14:24
Author Stephen Coonts
Keynote Speaker  25:52
Craig Fuller, President & CEO AOPA
Recognitions  4:03
Recognition of Kelly Richardson, National Office
Recognition of National Safety Committee


Archie League Medal of Honor Awards

Introduction by Pat Forrey

Alaskan Region  2:29
  • Mark Harris, Anchorage TRACON
    Central Region  6:36
  • Christian Manglona, Des Moines
    Eastern Region  7:23
  • Steve Flickinger, Roanoke
    Great Lakes Region  7:50
  • Robert Zeman, Chicago Midway Tower
    Great Lakes Region  9:06
  • Stephanie Bevins, Cleveland Center
  • Jay McCombs, Cleveland Center
    New England Region  8:59
  • Stephen Roebuck, Boston Center
  • Bruce Clough, Boston Center
  • John Therrien, Boston Center
  • Bill Wood, Boston Center
    Northwest Mountain Region  8:17
  • Tom Hedeen, Denver Tower
    Southern Region  6:15
  • Joe Mackie, Greer, S.C.
    Southern Region  10:14
  • Kenny Ellis, Memphis Center
    Southwest Region  8:29
  • John Charlton, Lake Charles, La.
    Western Pacific Region  14:24
  • Neil Irvin, Northern California TRACON
  • Tom Gallagher, Northern California TRACON

    President's Award  9:01
    President's Award and closing

    AOPA Air Safety Foundation Awards  7:11
    Presented by Bruce Lansberg and awarded to:
  • Jason Hughes, ZLA
  • Mike Naiman, ZDV
  • Mark Duncan, ROA
  • Brent Evans, TYS
  • William DeBolt, D10
  • Dean Pesato, ZOB

    Entire Banquet  2:07:32
    Regional Award Winners
    Audio Recordings & Transcripts


    Scheduled Business Sessions

    Conference Opening Remarks  31:53
    Opening remarks by NATCA President Patrick Forrey
    ABC video with Charles Gibson and John Nance on Hudson river landing
    NWP RVP Hamid Ghaffari


    Panel One: Accident Investigation  1:25:09
           Darren Gaines - NATCA, Air Safety Investigator
           Bill Voss - President and CEO, Flight Safety Foundation
           Bruce Landsberg - President, AOPA Air Safety Foundation


    Panel Two - Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP)   1:22:18
           Robert "Bob"Tarter - VP for ATO Office of Safety
           Bryan Zilonis - NATCA Great Lakes Region VP
           Dave Boone - ATO-S ATSAP ERC Chairman
           Mike Blake - NATCA ERC Member
           John Scully - AOV ERC Member


    Indusrty Leaders Panel  2:08:55
    Industry Leaders Panel - The National Airspace System: The Future Under a New Administration
           Pat Forrey - President, NATCA
           Henry P. "Hank" Krakowski - ATO, Chief Operating Officer
           Basil J. Barimo - VP Operations and Safety, ATA
           Edward Bolen - President and CEO, NBAA
           Andy Cebula - Executive Vice President, Government Affairs        (tentative)


    Panel Three - Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)  1:21:57
           Ray King - FAA CAMI
           Ann Marie Taggio - NATCA
           Louise Cullinan - ALPA
           Lutz Pritschow - Frankfurt ARTCC


    Panel Four - NAS and the Environment  1:57:57
           Mel Davis - NATCA, SCT FacRep
           Brian Townsend - Captain, US Airways
           Mary Ann Schaffer - ALPA, Environmental Chair
           John-Paul Clarke, Sc.D. - Associate Professor, School of
           Aerospace Engineering - Director, Air Transportation Laboratory -        Georgia Institute of Technology


    Air Traffic Control Flight Assist   53:18
    Dr. Scott Shappell - Clemson University


    VLJ's and the NAS  33:03
    Jens Hennig - GAMA
    Scott Odle - NATCA Aircraft Certification Service TAD Representative


    Impact of Fatigue on Human Performance  1:18:30
    Dr. Najmedin Meshkati
    University of Southern California


    UAS/UAV  1:31:53
           Ardy Williams - FAA Manager: UAV/UAS Program Office
           Tom Farrier - ISASI UAS Working Group Chairman
           Gerald Sturman - Director - UAS Policy & Regulatory Compliance,
           Phantom Works Integrated Defense Systems, The Boeing
           Company
           Pete McNall - Director, National Operations, UAS'-MQ-9 Predator
           B, DHS/CBP Air and Marine
           Capt. Rusty Allison - Chief, 27 SOG Training, Cannon AFB


     

     

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