Robert Tarter to Head FAA's ATO Safety Services

The FAA named Air Force Reserve Brigadier General Robert O. Tarter vice president of safety services for the Air Traffic Organization (ATO).

The ATO Office of Safety Services is responsible for auditing safety and quality control in the ATO and facilitating its safety performance and improvement. It is separate from the FAA's Office of Aviation Safety, which promotes aviation safety and monitors compliance with federal aviation regulations. The Safety Services unit also serves as the liaison between the ATO and the agency's Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service, which resides in the Office of Aviation Safety, outside the ATO, but oversees ATO activities, and approves safety standards, mitigation of safety risks and the safety management system.

General Tarter, who takes over duties on April 27, is presently serving as the mobilization assistant to the commander of the First Air Force, Air Combat Command, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. He entered the Air Force in 1976 and has 3,600 hours flown in the military and 6,000 hours as a civilian, including as a pilot for Delta Air Lines. He's piloted fighters, MD-88s, MD-90s, B-737s, 757s and 767s. He has an undergraduate degree from Baylor University and a master's degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle.  04-28-2008.

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