Blakey to Head Aerospace Industries Association

FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey, whose five-year term at the FAA expires on September 13, has been named president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), succeeding John W. Douglass, who held those same positions at AIA since September 1998.

Prior to her coming to the FAA, Ms. Blakey chaired the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.

The AIA represents many of America's most prominent manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, space systems, aircraft engines, materiel, and related components, equipment services, and information technology.

Mr. Douglas will remain with the association through the end of the year to provide counsel and ensure a smooth transition.  08-24-2007.

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