On the heels of the remarkable safe landing on the Hudson River and in the first days of the Obama Administration, the world’s largest pilots union speaks out on February 2, 2009, on the safety and security challenges, and solutions, that pilots see from the cockpit.

Topics will include:

• Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

• Airspace System Modernization

• Securing Air Cargo

• Enhanced Crewmember Security Screening

• Federal Flight Deck Officer Program

• Wildlife Hazards

• Flight Operation Quality Assurance (FOQA) and Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP)

• Pilot Fatigue

• Secondary Barriers

About the Speakers:

• Captain John Prater, President, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

• Captain Rory Kay, Executive Air Safety Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l

• Captain Bob Hesselbein, National Security Committee Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l