21 January, 1999
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Participants were:
The March 22 Washington Spring Workshop was the primary topic of discussion.
Attention turned to the details of the agenda for the meeting and the
possible speakers who might be participants. The topic of the all-day
meeting is "Commercial and Military Air Transportation: Meeting the
Challenges Together". The segments, committed speakers, and those ATS
members to seek remaining speakers are as follows:
Ray reported on the recruitment of new members. George Donohue of George
Mason University was welcomed. (gdonohue@gmu.com). Dan Mazzeo of Naples,
Florida, also will join the group. Gordon McKenzie of UAL has been
invited, but has not decided at this time. An invitation has been
extended also to Jack Enders.
| Safety | Hays/Creighton (Military) Davis (Commercial) (A Delta Safety manager or possibly an ALPA Safety representative) George Donohue suggested Tony Broderick as a possibility as well. |
| Maintenance/Aging Aircraft | Creighton (Military) Sharon Jones mentioned she has a contact at Southwest Airlines, and will attempt to get a speaker there. If unsuccessful, Davis to try again with AirTran, and Ray A. mentioned Dennis Mathaisel as another option. (Commercial) |
| Cargo Handling/Tracking | Steve Alterman, Pres. of the Air Cargo Assoc., was mentioned as a possible speaker by George Donohue. |
| Environmental Issues | Jim Muldoon has committed to speak. Joe Windisch coordinating details with Brandt. |
| Air Traffic Mgt./Future Flight Decks | Creighton (Military) Someone(?) mentioned an Air Alaska contact (Commercial) |
| Lean Aircraft Initiative | Bill Kessler, Lockheed Martin, has committed to speak. |
| Design for Dual Use | Dave Patterson of Boeing, and Steve Justice of Lockheed, have committed to speak. |
| Vision for the Future | Gene McCall of USAF Science Advisory Bd., and John Dickie of Airbus Industrie have committed to speak. |
All were urged to make contacts with potential speakers to fill the remaining slots as quickly as possible, in order to allow time for adequate publicity, publication of speaker bios on website, etc. Information re speakers' bio and abstracts are to be forwarded to David Brandt for incorporation into publicity, programs, etc.
There was discussion of the upcoming (Oct. 19-21, 1999, San Francisco) World Aviation Congress, and the TC's commitment to put on two sessions of papers. There was consensus that some of the 14 speakers at the Spring Workshop might be tapped for presentations at this event. Tony Hays indicated interest in chairing a session on the High Speed Civil Transport/business SST, etc. George Donohue committed to chair a session on Free Flight, indicating some work getting underway by FedEx, UPS, and Airborne Express should be of interest for such a session.
There was a discussion of the TC Website. Members of the TC were asked to update information in their biography. A section on the upcoming Workshop is to be added. The possibility of providing for on-line registration for the Workshop was raised; David Brandt will explore this, along with the possibility of credit card payment via website.
Ray Ausrotas concluded the meeting with thanks to those participating, and indicating he plans one more conference call meeting prior to the workshop, in February; date and time to be announced.
Respectfully submitted,
Joe Davis
January 28, 1999