Release #: 23.16
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) president Capt. Jason Ambrosi urged aviation leaders to work together to make the airline industry safer and stronger. At a speech before the Aero Club of Washington, Ambrosi—leader of the world’s largest nongovernmental aviation safety organization—urged attendees to continue to prioritize safety as Congress reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
“Every person and stakeholder organization gathered here today is part of the solution for the U.S. airline industry to be stronger together,” said Ambrosi. “When it comes to the upcoming FAA reauthorization: pilot production is up, the fatality rate is down, and our skies are the safest in the world. We did that working together. Together, we can keep flying as extraordinarily safe as it is now while cultivating a strong pilot pipeline for the future. As an industry, we are stronger together.”
During his remarks, Ambrosi decried attempts to exploit false claims of a pilot shortage in order to lower the safety standards that have made the U.S. the gold standard for aviation safety.
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