2009 Annual Report - RTCA

Recognizing Excellence: RTCA Annual Awards
The entire aviation community greatly benefits from the dedication, commitment, and service
of the legion of RTCA volunteers who invest thousands of hours understanding problems,
deliberating alternatives, and building consensus.
While the work of all volunteers is essential to the success of RTCA activities, each year RTCA recognizes
those who contributed above and beyond through their leadership and extraordinary commitment
and dedication to the consensus process.
The RTCA Achievement Award — Lorne Cass and Bob Lamond
The RTCA Achievement Award, the organization’s highest
honor, recognizes the person or persons who have made
the most significant contribution to the successful accomplishment
of RTCA’s mission and support of the aviation
community over the past year or over a sustained period.
The RTCA Policy Board selects the recipient of the RTCA
Achievement Award presented each year.
The 2009 Achievement Award recipients, Lorne Cass of
Delta Air Lines, and Bob Lamond of the National Business
Aviation Association, currently serve as the co-chairs of
the Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee (ATMAC)
Bob Lamond
Lorne Cass
Requirements & Planning Work Group (R&P WG). Under their leadership, the R&P WG is instrumental
in helping to form aviation community consensus leading to the implementation of operational capabilities
in the near-to-mid-term. In presenting the award, RTCA President Margaret Jenny noted, “Our
award this year underscores the principle of government and industry collaboration, the very foundation
of RTCA’s service to the aviation community.”
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RTCA • 2009 Annual Report