Captain Brian Townsend
Flight Operations Technical
US Airways
Captain Brian Townsend, U S Airways, leads the airline’s NextGen initiatives and regional airspace activities. Through his efforts, the airline has become a recognized leader in the development and successful implementation of performance-based operations resulting in optimized and integrated procedures in many areas of the NAS. Most recently, he was instrumental in partnering the airline with the FAA’s SBS Office for early adoption of ADS-B applications and operations in Philadelphia and is supporting the recently formed ADS-B In Aviation Rulemaking Committee.
Captain Townsend has worked closely with the FAA’s Air Traffic, Safety and Flight Standards operations and has collaborated with other carriers, general and business aviation, and the military in his efforts to move NextGen from concept to implementation. He recently served on the Leadership Committee and Co-Chair of the Streamlining Operations Workgroup as part of RTCA’s Task Force 5. As a former air safety representative for the Air Line Pilots Association for ten years, Brian served as the Chairman of the National Airspace System Modernization Team and Vice Chairman of the Air Traffic Services Group. His committee work encompassed Performance-Based Operations, RNAV-RNP Procedures and Charting, Data Communications, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ADS-B, Environmental Issues and a host of other areas and modernization activities. He currently serves as a member of the FAA/ATA CNS Task Force, RTCA Trajectory Operations Work Group and various ADS-B working groups.
Brian has been a professional pilot for over thirty years, flying a variety of transport and general aviation aircraft. He devoted seven years to general aviation as a professional flight instructor and fixed-base/airport operations manager. He also flew business aviation operations as a member of the Flight Department of a Fortune 50 company prior to joining the ranks of a major airline.
Employed with US Airways (formerly America West) since 1990, he has flown the De Havilland Dash 8, B-737, and is currently a captain on the Airbus A319/320/321.
Speaker: ADS-B: Expediting the Technology and the Applications
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