Former Flight Safety Foundation Board Chairman Kenneth Hylander and current Board member Gretchen Haskins are among six outside experts appointed by Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao to serve on a special committee empaneled to review, and recommend improvements to, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) aircraft certification process.
“Safety is the number one priority of the department, and this independent outside review will help determine if the FAA aircraft certification process can and should be improved,” Chao said.
Hylander, who served three years as the chair of the Foundation’s Board of Governors, currently is chief safety officer at Amtrak. He also is a former senior vice president for corporate safety, security and compliance at Delta Air Lines, and was senior vice president for safety and engineering, and chief safety officer at Northwest Airlines.
Haskins, who currently serves on the Foundation’s Board, is chief executive officer…
