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Captain Rip Torn serves as NEXTGEN Project Coordinator for the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA-I). In that capacity, he represents the Association at industry discussions for NEXTGEN implementation and advises on the strategy for pilot participation.
Captain Torn is the Chair of the Air Traffic Services (ATS) Committee for the International Federation of Air Line Pilot Associations (IFALPA). IFALPA is composed of 101 member associations representing over 100,000 airline pilots worldwide. He is responsible for coordinating IFALPA’s policy on all aspects of communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) operations performed by air traffic service providers. He has also served as the IFALPA representative to the ICAO Operational Data Link Panel, Aeronautical Surveillance Panel (ASP), Air traffic Management Requirements Panel (ATMRPP) and other work directly with ICAO.
Rip is a longtime advocate for aviation safety, and he has been involved in ALPA safety work at local, national and international levels. He has been involved in ALPA safety activities since March 1993, serving as chair of the Delta MEC Air Safety Committee Air Traffic Services Committee, Accident Investigation Team member, DALPA Jumpseat Committee representative and recently as the Chair of the ALPA Air Safety Committee -ATS group Chair. As Project Lead of the ADS-B Project Team, he represented the association as a member of the industry ADS-B team awareded the 2008 Collier Trophy.
Captain Torn began flying in 1978 as a pilot with the United States Air Force. He flew the RF-4C reconnaissance fighter in Germany and was a T-38 advanced flight training instructor at Reese AFB, TX. He also was a Functional Check Pilot in the T-37, T-38, and later RF-4 performing maintenance acceptance flights after extensive rework of the aircraft.
Currently, Rip is a B767 and B757 Captain based in NYC for Delta Airlines flying domestic and international operations. He is also rated as Captain on the B737, flew the MD-88 as a First Officer, and a flight engineer on the L-1011 and B727. He holds a FAA Airline Transport Pilots License and has over 12,000 hours of flight time.
Captain Torn, originally from Germany, is married with three children and lives in Austin, Texas.
Speaker: Global Harmonization
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