US Department of Transportation Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs Jenny T. Rosenberg today announced the members of the new Working Group on Improving Air Service to Small Communities (Working Group).
The Working Group will consist of 25 stakeholders involved in air transportation to small communities. The group will advise Congress on current and emerging priorities, issues, and funding needs related to providing air service to small communities.
The Working Group was created in accordance with Section 2303 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (Reauthorization Bill), P.L. 114-190. The Reauthorization Bill established the Working Group and directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue a report to Congress by July 2017. The inaugural meeting of the Working Group is expected to be held next month.
The members of the Working Group are:
โข Joshua Abramson, Airport Director, Easterwood Airport, College Station, Texas
โข Andrew Bonney, Senior Vice President of Planning, Cape Air
โข Timothy Bradshaw, Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, Roanoke, Virginia
โข Rob Burke, Manager, Air Carrier Training Systems & Voluntary Safety Programs Branch, Federal Aviation Administration
โข Bryan Dietz, Vice President, Air Service Development, Allegheny County Airport Authority
โข Jack Dokken, Program Manager, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Office of Aeronautics
โข Toby Fauver, Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
โข Barry Griffith, Manager/Airport Director, Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
โข Laurie Gill, Mayor of Pierre, South Dakota
โข Doug Kimmel, Airport Director, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, Marion, Illinois
โข Brian Kinsey, Assistant Director, Marketing and Business Development, St. Louis-Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri
โข Paul Lindseth, Dean of John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota
โข Stan Little, Chairman and CEO, Southern Airways Express
โข Faye Malarkey Black, President, Regional Airline Association (RAA)
โข Richard B. McQueen, President & CEO, Akron/Canton Regional Airport, Ohio
โข Russell W. Mills, Research Fellow, Center for Regional Development, Associate Professor Political Science, Bowling Green State University
โข Mike Mooney, Air Service Consultant, Sixel Consulting
โข Stephen Morrissey, Vice President. Regulatory and Policy Affairs, United Airlines
โข Patrick Murphy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Aviation and International Affairs, United States Department of Transportation
โข Brian Sowa, Executive Director, Rural Air Service Alliance, Inc.
โข Brian Sprenger, Airport Director, Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, Montana
โข William S. โBillโ Swelbar, Executive Vice President, InterVISTAS Consulting
โข Sheri Taylor, Air Service Development Program Manager at Wyoming Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division
โข Mike Thompson, COO, SkyWest Airlines
โข Michael Tooley, Director, Montana Department of Transportation
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- The Reauthorization Bill established the Working Group and directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue a report to Congress by July 2017.
- The Working Group was created in accordance with Section 2303 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (Reauthorization Bill), P.
- The group will advise Congress on current and emerging priorities, issues, and funding needs related to providing air service to small communities.