Today, the TWU will participate in an Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Summit in Washington, D.C. A livestream will be posted at https://members.twu.org/livestream/ from 9am-1pm eastern time.
Speakers include: Ralph Nader, Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), former US DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo and Kevin Mitchell from the Business Travel Coalition. TWU President John Samuelsen will make closing remarks at 12:40.
Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Summit
Presented by the Transport Workers Union
Organized by Business Travel Coalition
AGENDA
WELCOME
9:00 am – Kevin Mitchell, Business Travel Coalition Chairman
COMMENTARY
9:15 am – Representative John Garamendi (D-CA)
WHITE PAPER & PASSENGER SAFETY BILL OF RIGHTS
9:30 am – William J. McGee, Consumer Advocate, Journalist
KEYNOTE ADDRESS & INTERVIEW
9:45 am
- Ralph Nader
- William J. McGee Interview with Ralph Nader
PANEL DISCUSSION
10:30 am – Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing
- Moderators, William J. McGee & Justin Madden
- Sarah MacLeod, Aeronautical Repair Station Association Executive Director
- Gary Peterson, Transport Workers Union International Vice President
- Bret Oestreich, Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association National Director
- Loretta Alkalay, Vaughn College of Aeronautics Professor
- John Goglia, National Transportation Safety Board Former Board Member
- Michael Gonzales, Professional Aviation Safety Specialists Vice President
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
11:45 am – Where Do We Go from Here?
- Moderator, Kevin Mitchell, Business Travel Coalition
- John Breyault, National Consumers League Vice President
- Chris Moore, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chairman of the Aviation Mechanics Coalition
- Gary Schaible, Transport Workers Union Local 591 President
- Justin Madden, Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association Legislative Affairs Director
SUMMIT OBSERVATIONS
12:30 pm – Mary Schiavo, former US DOT Inspector General
CLOSING REMARKS
12:40 pm – John Samuelsen, Transport Workers Union International President
ADJOURN
12:50 pm – Kevin Mitchell