Flight Safety Foundation announced Nov. 12 that Dr. Hassan Shahidi, a long-time senior executive at The MITRE Corporation and a leader in aviation safety and air traffic management, will become the Foundation’s new president and CEO in January 2019. Shahidi will succeed Jon L. Beatty, who has led the Foundation for the past four years. The announcement was made during the Foundation’s 71st annual International Air Safety Summit in Seattle.
Hassan Shahidi
Shahidi is currently director of aviation safety and new entrant integration at MITRE. He played a leading role in the development of the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) program, which enables government and industry to proactively identify safety issues. He hel…
