NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen was selected as one of 12 new appointees to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC). Bolen will be a member of the committee that provides advice and recommendations to the FAA on key unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) integration issues, interests, and policies.
“AAM and UAS hold tremendous promise, but it’s extremely important that we bring these aircraft to market safely, and with full consideration of community concerns,” Bolen said. “I am honored to be selected to participate in the AAAC and I appreciate DOT Secretary Buttigieg and FAA Acting Administrator Nolen for giving me the opportunity to bring a business aviation perspective to these issues.”
Additional AAAC appointees include Jeffrey Keith Antonio Brown, Port of Seattle; Kevin Cox, Ferrovial Vertiports; Karthik Duraisamy, University of Michigan and Geminus.AI; Amit Ganjoo, ANRA Technologies; James Grimsley, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Andrew LeBovidge, National Air Traffic Controllers Association; Okeoma Moronu, Zipline; Melissa Tomkiel, Blade Air Mobility; James Viola, Helicopter Association International, and Yolanka Wulff, Community Air Mobility Initiative. Houston Mills, vice president for Flight Operations and Safety at United Parcel Service, will chair the advisory committee.
“We have an opportunity in front of us that is going to require a lot of coordination, communication, and collaboration,” Bolen said. “Through the AAAC, we can approach issues in the interest of all stakeholders, address questions upfront and mitigate potential concerns while these emerging technologies are still in development.”
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