The FSF President’s Citation was established in 1988 by the FSF Board of Governors to recognize individuals and groups for aviation safety accomplishments outside the criteria for other awards. The award honors those who have displayed “outstanding service on behalf of safety, whether it be valor, professionalism or service above and beyond normal expectations.” The President’s Citation is awarded at the discretion of the Foundation president.
Recipients of the FSF President’s Citation |
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| 2017 | Kenneth J. Hylander, FSF Board of Governors |
| 2016 | Capt. Linda Orlady, Orlady Associates |
| 2016 | William O, “Bill” McCabe, The McCabe Group |
| 2016 | Capt. Ed Pooley, The Air Safety Consultancy |
| 2015 | Paolo Pettinaroli, Fondazione 8 Ottobre 2001 (posthumous) |
| 2014 | Capt. Kevin Hiatt, IATA |
| 2013 | Chris Glaeser, IATA (ret) |
| 2012 | William E. Chiles, “Target Zero” – Bristow Group’s Culture of Safety Team |
| 2011 | Henry Gourdji, International Civil Aviation Organization |
| 2010 | No award |
| 2009 | Aviation Safety Unit, World Food Programme |
| 2008 | Nicholas A. Sabatini, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration; Evgeny Nikolaevich Lobachev, Russian Federation Minister of Transport |
| 2007 | Marty Grier, Bill Grimes, Brad Johnson and Bill McBride, FSF Ground Accident Prevention Program; Maimuna Taal, former DGCA of the Republic of Gambia; Peter Naz, DHL |
| 2006 | Hans Almér, Saab Aircraft AB (retired); Susan M. Coughlin, Member, Board of Governors, Flight Safety Foundation; Capt. Alex de Silva, Singapore Airlines; Dmitry Kiva, General Designer, Antonov Design Bureau; Vladimir Kofman, Flight Safety Foundation International; Anatoly Kolisnyk, Chairman, SAA of Ukraine; Capt. Dan Maurino, International Civil Aviation Organization; Valery Shelkovnikov, Flight Safety Foundation International; James E. Terpstra, Jeppesen (retired); Edward R. Williams, The Metropolitan Aviation Group |
| 2005 | Dmitry N. Tarasevich, Flight Safety Foundation International; Capt. Akrivos Tsolakis, Hellenic Air Accident Investigation & Aviation Safety Board; The Flight Crew, KLM CityHopper Flight KL 1636, February 16, 2002 |
| 2004 | Eddy Deraet, Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen; Hon. Carl W. Vogt, Fulbright & Jaworski; Capt. Yang Yuanyuan, General Administration of Civil Aviation of China; Capt. Osvaldo Oliveira, TAP Air Portugal |
| 2003 | Reserve Col. Valery Gennadievitch Shalagin, Moscow M.L. Mil Helicopter Factory, Russia; Marshal Evgeny I. Shaposhnikov, Russian Federation; Thomas J. Yager, Langley Research Center, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| 2002 | Arnold Barnett, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yi Taek Shim, Korean Air |
| 2001 | Elling Halvorson, Papillon Airways; Capt. Edward K. Miller; Kyle Olsen and Jay Pardee, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, and Paul Russell, The Boeing Co.; Michel Tremaud, Airbus Industrie |
| 2000 | James Church, United Technologies–UTFlight; Gloria W. Heath; Earl L. Wiener, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Miami |
| 1999 | Charles T. Henderson, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration; James G. O’Connor and The National Research Council Committee on Aircraft Certification Safety Management; Arslan Ruzmetov, Uzbekistan Airways |
| 1998 | James S. O’Connor, Pratt & Whitney; Bernard Ziegler, Airbus Industrie |
| 1997 | Patricia W. Andrews, Mobil Business Research Corp.; Edward M. Boothe, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration; Frank Burcham, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Capt. David C. Carbaugh, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group; William D. Forsythe, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group; C. Gordon Fullerton, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center |
| 1996 | Carroll W. Suggs, Petroleum Helicopters Inc. |
| 1995 | Capt. J.D. Smith, United Airlines |
| 1994 | Aerospace Human Factors Research Division, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center |
| 1993 | J. Yoshiyuki Funatsu, All Nippon Airways; Valerii G. Shelkovnikov, Flight Safety Foundation–Commonwealth of Independent States |
| 1992 | John V. Brennan, United States Aviation Insurance Group |
| 1991 | Capt. Nagadi, Saudia; Ron Eland |
| 1990 | No award |
| 1989 | Capt. Al Haynes and United Airlines Flight 232 flight crew; Capt. Subhi N. Yousef and Kuwait Airways “Al-Jaberiya” flight crew |