Robert Sumwalt was sworn in as the National Transportation Safety Board’s 14th chairman on August 10, 2017. His nomination for a two-year term by President Donald Trump was confirmed by the Senate on August 3. Sumwalt has been serving as the agency’s acting chairman since March 31, 2017, and has been a NTSB member since August 2006.

Jetco is honored to have worked with Chairman Sumwalt who spoke to our team on the importance of safety in 2016. In addition, Jetco CEO Brian Fielkow participated in a distracted driving panel hosted by Chairman Sumwalt in Washington D.C.

“The NTSB is commemorating 50 years of making transportation safer yesterday, today and tomorrow, and I am humbled and honored to have the privilege of guiding the dedicated men and women of the NTSB as we take on the challenges of transportation safety in the 21st century,” said NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt. “Transportation technologies continue to advance and the NTSB must continue to increase the breadth and depth of our knowledge and understanding of transportation innovations such as autonomous vehicles, intelligent infrastructure, commercial space transportation, hyper-speed rail, solar-powered planes, and new recording technologies. That knowledge enables us to craft safety recommendations that leverage technology to prevent accidents and save lives.”

To read the full press release issued by the NTSB, click here: https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20170810.aspx