9/10/2015
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: Aviation safety experts featured at seminar Friday in Boise
BOISE -- Safety is the primary topic for Idaho’s second
annual Aviation Safety Standdown tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 11), from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. at the Riverside Hotel in Boise.
Aviation professionals, including pilots, aircraft owners,
technicians and managers, will learn about avoiding safety risks, enhancing
current flight procedures and processes and improving individual safety
behaviors.
The seminar is sponsored by the Idaho Division of
Aeronautics and will feature breakout sessions, interactive hands-on training
and prominent speakers.
Scheduled to speak are:
Rich Stowell (8:30
a.m. to 9:30 a.m.), who was the 2014 National Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) Representative of the Year and the 2006 National Flight Instructor of the
Year.
Earl F. Weener
(12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.), who was nominated by President Obama as a member of
the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) from June 2010 to
December 2015. Weener has an accomplished career in aviation as an engineering
executive, safety advocate, industry spokesman and engineer for the Boeing
Company. He is also a commercial-licensed, general-aviation flight instructor
and charter pilot. In 1994, he received the Laurels Award from Aviation Week
and Space Technology, and in 2005, he was awarded the Honeywell Bendix Trophy
for Aviation Safety.
Amy Hoover (1:30
p.m. to 2:30 p.m.), who heads the Aviation program at Central Washington
University. Hoover has logged more than 6,000 flight hours, including 3,800
hours providing flight instruction. She developed training materials still used today in Idaho backcountry flying seminars and is a contributing
editor for Power Cruising and Pilot Getaways magazines.
Josh Cawthra (2:40 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.), who is an aviation-accident investigator with the NTSB’s Office of Aviation Safety, currently assigned to the Safety Board’s Western Pacific Regional Office. He has served as NTSB Investigator-in-Charge for more than 600 aviation accidents nationwide.