Thu, Aug 14, 2008
Howard Attarian Tasked With Coordinating Flight Standards
United Airlines announced this week
that Howard Attarian has been named vice president of Flight
Operations. In this role, Attarian will be responsible for the
day-to-day operations of United's Flight Operations division,
including pilot domiciles, flight standards and flight
technical.
"Captain Attarian brings more than three decades of aviation
experience to United, including many years in ALPA leadership
positions, making him well suited to lead our 6,600 professional
aviators," said Joe Kolshak, senior vice president-Operations for
United. "Howard's past experience will be an asset to us as we
continue to build our company's competitive position in this
economic environment."
Attarian joins United after serving as a pilot for Northwest
Airlines for 23 years. Throughout Attarian's career at Northwest he
served in several officer positions with the Air Line Pilots
Association (ALPA), where he played a key leadership role in
contract negotiations.
Most recently, Attarian served for eight years as the executive
administrator to the president of the Air Line Pilots Association
International, where he led several projects to merge ALPA's six
pilot groups, as well as serving as a key adviser in the collective
bargaining negotiations for Northwest, Delta, Alaska, US Airways
and United.
Attarian is also a highly decorated and retired commissioned
officer and aviator in the US Air Force. He was once a pilot on the
renowned US Air Force "Thunderbirds Demonstration Squadron."
Attarian will assume his role September 1, and will report to
Kolshak. He will be based at United's operations center in suburban
Chicago.
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