Foundation President and CEO Kevin Hiatt and I usually do not write about similar topics in our monthly columns. We address different subjects partially by design — who wants to read the same thing twice? — and partially because we approach things differently. Kevin is a career pilot and safety expert, and I’m an aviation journalist. We have different backgrounds, training and skill sets, and that often translates into different interests and column topics.
But the unifying factor this month is the Foundation’s 66th annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS), which this year is scheduled for Oct. 29–31 in our backyard, Washington, D.C.
If you turn to p. 31 in this issue of AeroSafety World, you will find the IASS preliminary agenda as it stood in mid-September. Even a quick perusal of the agenda will show the breadth and depth of the issues to be addressed, from the integration of remotely piloted vehicles into controlled skies, to the analysis of data to uncover acciden…
