http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/ Latest FAA.gov Speeches en-us Material is not copyrighted. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:15:53 PM EST 60 Remarks as prepared for deliveryGood morning, and thank you, Marion [Blakey]. It's great to be here.To be blunt, aviation is in a tough spot. We're all in a tough spot. It's ironic, because we're as safe as we've ever been - maybe even safer. But so many of the headlines are devoted to aberrations - mistakes made by people who just flat out weren't doing their jobs. And most of them little mistakes, but in airplanes, little mistakes can add up and become one big mistake with fatalities. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10967 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10967 Speech Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00 AM EST Remarks as prepared for deliveryGood afternoon, and thank you, John [Langford, Chairman & President, Aurora Flight Sciences].It's an exciting time in aviation and to be involved with introducing new technology into the National Airspace System. It's also a good time to be thinking and talking about personal and professional responsibility - something I have unfortunately had to do too much of lately. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10964 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10964 Speech Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00 AM EST Remarks as prepared for deliveryGood afternoon, and thank you for inviting me, Roger [Cohen]. You've asked me to share what's on my plate or what's on my mind, and today, there's no doubt that the answer to both of those questions is one and the same.Safety. More specifically, what you are doing with the call to action I made shortly after taking office. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10906 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10906 Speech Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00 AM EST Remarks as prepared for deliveryGood afternoon, and thank you, Jim [Coyne], for inviting me. I appreciate the opportunity to come speak to you today. Candidly, I've got some real concerns about safety, and we need to discuss these in an open forum.Let me start out by saying that I recognize your concerns about the lack of standardization. As a pilot, I understand. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10903 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10903 Speech Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:00 AM EST Thanks, Doug. Our role in this exciting endeavor was in accordance with our two-fold mission: to ensure public safety during commercial launch and reentry activities, and to encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space transportation.Now, as you might expect, when entrepreneurs have to interact with government regulators, there can be a few challenges along the way. And we had some of those. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10905 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10905 Speech Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:00 AM EST Remarks as prepared for deliveryGood morning, and thank you, Doug [Lavin], for those kind words and for the invitation. In truth, when the letter came in, it said, "You may address whatever issue is on your plate." Whatever is a pretty big word, so I think I'd like to take the opportunity to talk about - dirt. Now in this town, when a political appointee says publicly that he plans to talk about dirt, people lean forward. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10883 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10883 Speech Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:00 AM EST I just have a few brief remarks today, but before I begin, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce one of the newest members of our AST team. Jim Duffy joined the office at the end of August as our Chief Engineer. Jim, could you stand, please?Jim has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from California State Polytechnic University. He began his aerospace career with Rockwell International, where he served as Vehicle Manager for Space Shuttle Columbia. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10904 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10904 Speech Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00 AM EST Remarks as prepared for delivery.Good morning, and thank you, Ed [Bolen], for the invitation.I just got back from Osaka and Beijing on Friday, and for good measure threw in a 24-hour trip to and from Las Vegas to speak to some FAA managers yesterday. What I'm saying is that I've had a lot of time - about 44 hours just on airplanes during the last nine days - to think about NBAA and what to say to NBAA. I'd like to make two pitches: one for SMS, the second for professionalism. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10879 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10879 Speech Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00 AM EST Remarks as prepared for delivery.Good morning, and thanks for the invitation. I enjoy being on the front lines. This is where the real business of aviation gets done - by the men and women at each and every seat in this room. Back at headquarters, we can push programs, plans and projects. We can initiate policies and directives. But when it all comes down to it, the buck stops and starts with you. But we'll talk more about that in a bit. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10878 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10878 Speech Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00 AM EST Remarks as prepared for deliveryIt is my great pleasure to be here in Osaka. This is an important day for aviation, Japan and the ASPIRE partnership. It is a natural progression of the relationship between the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau and the FAA. And it is a step that we are both pleased and proud to make.By using the latest technologies and procedures, our countries are using partnership to lessen aviation's effects on the environment. http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10876 http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=10876 Speech Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:00 AM EST