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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Weener Gets Nod for NTSB

U.S. President Barak Obama has nominated Earl F. Weener for a seat on the National Transportation Safety Board. Weener is a fellow at the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, VA.While a member of the foundation, he worked on runway safety, ground accident prevention, approach and landing accident reduction. Before his retirement from Boeing in 1999, he served as chief engineer for airworthiness, reliability, maintainability and safety; chief engineer of systems engineering; and chief engineer for safety technology development. Weener is a licensed commercial pilot, and flight and ground instructor. He received a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan.
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