Paul Rinaldi Named Winner of 2016 Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award

摘要

The Air Traffic Control Association will present one of aviation's premier awards - the Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award - to Paul Rinaldi, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). ATCA and the aviation industry will honor Rinaldi on October 19, 2016, at the Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Banquet - a capstone to the 61st ATCA Annual. As president of NATCA, the federal labor union representing aviation safety professionals at the FAA, DoD, and within contract towers, Rinaldi has displayed an exemplary career-long commitment to the betterment of the NAS. In accepting the Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award, Rinaldi joins aviation greats, including the Hon. Jane Garvey and the Hon. Najeeb Halaby, Capt. Elrey B. Jeppesen, former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, pilot A. Scott Crossfield, and current ATCA Chairman Neil Planzer.