13th Annual Aviation Summit
Navigating the True Costs of Flying
Thursday, April 3, 2014
7:30 a.m.—6:00 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
7:30 a.m.—8:00 a.m.
Room 146ABC
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m.—8:05 a.m.
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Outlook on Aviation
8:05 a.m.—8:12 a.m.
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Welcoming Remarks
8:12 a.m. —8:15 a.m.
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Special Introduction
8:15 a.m. —8:45 a.m.
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Morning Keynote
The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
The Honorable John McKernan, President, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce Foundation
James McLaughlin, Chairman, Honor Flight Network
Dennis Muilenburg, Vice Chairman, President, and Chief
Operating Officer, The Boeing Company
Introduced by: Stephen B. Plummer, Executive Vice President,
Government Business and Corporate Communications, RollsRoyce North America Inc.
8:45 a.m. —9:45 a.m.
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Why Don’t We Get It Done?
 Ed Bolen, President and Chief Executive Officer,
National Business Aviation Association
 Robert Poole, Director, Transportation Policy and Searle
Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow, Reason
Foundation
 Paul Rinaldi, President, National Air Traffic Controllers
Association
 Steve Van Beek, Executive Director, Policy and Strategy,
LeighFisher
Remarks and moderated by: Robert Crandall, Former Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer, AMR Corporation and American
Airlines
Introduced by: Yuji Hirako, Senior Vice President, The Americas
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
9:45 a.m.—9:55 a.m.
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Networking Break
9:55 a.m. —10:15 a.m.
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Morning Keynote
Nick Calio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airlines for
America
Introduced by: Mark R. Anderson, Senior Vice President,
Corporate and Government Affairs, United Airlines
10:15 a.m. —11:00 a.m.
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A View from 35,000 Feet
 W. Douglas Parker, Chief Executive Officer, American
Airlines Group
 Willie Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, International
Airlines Group
Moderated by: Darren Shannon, Founder, Ice Blue
Communications
Introduced by: Julia Sattel, Senior Vice President, Airline IT,
Amadeus IT Group SA
11:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.
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Lunch Transition
11:30 a.m.
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Luncheon
11:45 p.m. —11:55 a.m.
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Carol B. Hallett Award Presentation
Introduced by: Jim Parker, Executive Vice President, Air
Operations, FedEx Corporation
Presented to: Herbert D. Kelleher, Founder and Chairman
Emeritus, Southwest Airlines
Award Presented by: The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Foundation
11:55 a.m.—12:10 p.m.
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Networking Break
12:10 p.m. —12:45 p.m.
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Q&A with Gary Kelly
 Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board, President & Chief
Executive Officer, Southwest Airlines
Introduced and moderated by: Thomas J. Donohue, President and
Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
12:45 p.m. —1:30 p.m.
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Richard A & B
 Richard H. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Delta
Air Lines, Inc.
 Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group
Introduced by: The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Foundation
1:30 p.m. —2:30 p.m.
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CEO Panel
 Ben Baldanza, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Class II Director, Spirit Airlines
 David Barger, President & Chief Executive Officer,
JetBlue Airways
 William J. Flynn, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
 Bernard Gustin, Chief Executive Officer, Brussels
Airlines NV
 Captain Lee Moak, President, Air Line Pilots
Association International
Moderated by: T. Allan McArtor, Chairman, Airbus Group, Inc.
Introduced by: Peter Lengyel, Chief Executive Officer, Safran
USA
2:30 p.m.—2:45 pm
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Networking Break
2:45 p.m.—3:30 p.m.
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National Security Panel
 General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret.), Former
Director, Central Intelligence Agency and National
Security Agency
 The Honorable John Pistole, Administrator,
Transportation Security Administration
Moderated by: Lieutenant General Daniel W. Christman USA
(Ret.), Counselor to the President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Introduced by: Paul Donahue, President and Chief Executive
Officer, G4S Government Solutions, Inc.
3:30 p.m. —4:30 p.m.
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Regulatory Panel
 Marion Blakey, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Aerospace Industries Association
 David M. Brantner, President, Commercial Engines,
Pratt & Whitney
 Kevin Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Airports Council International—North America
 Doug Lane, Director, Regulatory Administration –
Airplane Certification; and Deputy Lead ODA
Administrator, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
 Gary J. Spulak, President, Embraer Aircraft
Holding, Inc.
 Robert Wilson, President, Business and General
Aviation, Honeywell Aerospace
Moderated by: The Honorable John E. Potter, President & Chief
Executive Officer, Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority
Introduced by: Craig Fuller, Chairman, The Fuller Company
4:30 p.m. —5:00 p.m.
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JETpardy
 Stephen A. Alterman, President, Cargo Airline
Association
 Robert Crandall, Former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, AMR Corporation and American Airlines
 Bobby Sturgell, Senior Vice President, Washington
Operations, Rockwell Collins
Moderated by: Ben Baldanza, President, Chief Executive Officer
and Class II Director, Spirit Airlines
Introduced by: The Honorable Carol Hallett, Of Counsel, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Foundation
5:00 p.m. —6:00 p.m.
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Networking Reception and Aviation Prize Drawing