DAN ELWELL Recipient of the 2019 Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award

摘要

This year has been tough for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Between noise-related struggles with NextGen and the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, the agency has been stuck between a rock and a hard place - the flying public is unhappy when the regulatory agency collaborates with industry (especially if it comes at the expense of their flight departure times), and industry is unhappy when the agency doesn't cooperate fast enough. The FAA literally can't win. And the man caught in the middle? The former FAA acting administrator - now, once again, the FAA's deputy administrator - Dan Elwell.