The National Transportation Safety Board, Angel Flight, and  Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) will hold a  volunteer pilot safety stand down seminar at the NTSB  Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia on March 25, 2011.

Below is the seminar’s agenda:

Keynote Address: Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman, National Transportation Safety Board 9:00-9:30 am.

Sessions:

NTSB
· Four NTSB accident briefs from investigations involving volunteer pilots -  Mr. Paul Cox, Senior Air Safety Investigator
· Weather Issues – Mr. Don Eick, Meteorologist
· TWA800 lecture and viewing of the reconstruction of the aircraft (2 sessions) – Dr. Paul Schuda, Director, NTSB Training Center

FAA
· Perspectives From the FAA – Ms. Susan Parson, Editor of ?FAA Safety Briefing? magazine
· Safety Systems – Ms. Karen Arendt, FAA Washington FSDO FAAST Team Program Manager

AOPA
· Volunteer Pilots – Mr. Bruce Landsberg, President of AOPA Foundation
· Final Approach Fix Inbound – Mr. Jonathan Greenway, Chief Flight     Instructor and Safety Director, Air Safety Institute
· Topic To Be Determined – AOPA Legal (To Be Determined)

Registration is free and limited to 200 participants. Attendees must register on line at: abuys.com/pilotsafety.

Lunch is being provided courtesy of AOPA at no cost to participants.

Information about the NTSB Training Center is available at: www.ntsb.gov/TC/trainingcenter.htm.