SciTechxWebinar: Flying Is Safe—Is Air Travel? 9 December 2020 10:00 am - 9 December 2020 1:00 pm & Virtual

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on commercial aviation and the over 65 million jobs directly and indirectly connected. The aerospace industry is not simply waiting for the pandemic to pass but is actively seeking and testing data to drive solutions today.

This two-part webinar was facilitated by well-known aerospace journalist Miles O’Brien and AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher.

In Part I we heard from leaders of the global air travel ecosystem on how they are working together to build the traveling public’s confidence back with real data and communication.

Part II took a deeper technical dive into what and how data within the global air travel ecosystem are being tested, what are the results, and what are the next steps to ensure that not just flying is safe, but air travel is too.

Referenced Studies

Part I: Executive Panel

Miles O’Brien
Independent Journalist

Michael P. Delaney
Vice President, Digital Transformation, Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Leader, Confident Travel Initiative

John Selden
Airport General Manager

Bill Lentsch
Chief Customer Experience Officer

David Silver
Vice President, Civil Aviation

Amanda Simpson
Vice President, Research and Technology

Part II: Technical Panel

Daniel L. Dumbacher
CEO

Josh Cummins
Probabilistic Analytics Team Lead, Confident Travel Initiative

Deborah Hecker
Senior Manager, Flight Operations – Policy & Procedures

Joseph W. Pope
Commander

Mark Searle
Global Director, Safety

Ryan Smith
Director, Flight Test & Strategy

John Spengler
Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, and Director of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Catherine Thibaud
Cabin Air Quality Lead