Christopher A. Hart, Nominee for Member, NTSB

The Obama administration is filling in the vacancies over at the NTSB... most recently with the nomination of Christopher hart to rejoin the board, having previously served over 15 years ago.

The White House announcement notes that Christopher A. Hart, an attorney (J.D., Harvard Law School) with two engineering degrees (M.S.E., B.S. E., Aerospace Engineering, Princeton), previously served as a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board from 1990-1993. Since 1995 he has applied his legal and technical backgrounds at the Federal Aviation Administration to create processes for using information proactively to help identify and address potential safety issues before they cause mishaps.

His internationally recognized expertise has helped many other industries—such as health care, nuclear power, chemical manufacturing and financial—learn from the success of aviation safety processes to improve their own risk management and safety.

Mr. Hart’s previous positions have included Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Deputy Assistant General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation, attorney with the Air Transport Association of America, and managing partner of Hart, Carroll & Chavers, a Washington, D.C., law firm.

Most important to all of us, Mr. Hart is a pilot with commercial, multi-engine, and instrument ratings.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov