FSF Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award
This award has been presented by the Foundation since 1975 for outstanding service and contributions to corporate aviation safety. The award recognizes individuals whose work enhances safety in this segment of the industry. Recipients have included industry leaders, government officials, members of the news media and researchers whose findings were especially relevant to corporate aviation.
2024 NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED
The 2024 award will be presented at the 69th Business Aviation Safety Summit, to be April 30 – May 1, 2024, in Austin, Texas, at the Austin Marriott Downtown hotel.
Questions or need help with your nomination submission? Contact Frank Jackman: jackman@flightsafety.org
RECIPIENTS OF THE FSF BUSINESS AVIATION MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
| 2023 | Robert Agostino, Group Holdings Aviation |
| 2022 | Bryan Burns and Russ Lawton, Air Charter Safety Foundation |
| 2021 | Terry Yeomans, International Business Aviation Council |
| 2020 | James Albright, code7700.com |
| 2019 | Michael E. Graham, Textron Aviation |
| 2018 | Peter v. Agur Jr., VanAllen |
| 2017 | Steve Charbonneau, TOMS Capital |
| 2016 | Douglas Schwartz, ConocoPhillips |
| 2015 | Alan W. Dean, Boeing Executive Flight Operations |
| 2014 | Lisa Sasse, VisionSafe |
| 2013 | Matthew A. Boyle, Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation |
| 2012 | Metrojet |
| 2011 | Bombardier Aerospace |
| 2010 | Brian Humphries, European Business Aviation Association |
| 2009 | Sydney Baker |
| 2008 | George Saling |
| 2007 | Richard T. Santulli, NetJets |
| 2006 | James S. Waugh, FlightSafety International |
| 2005 | J. Robert Duncan, Duncan Aviation |
| 2004 | Edward D. (Ted) Mendenhall, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. |
| 2003 | John W. Olcott, National Business Aviation Association |
| 2002 | Robert E. Breiling, Robert E. Breiling Associates |
| 2001 | Don Bateman, Honeywell |
| 2000 | Peter L. Ginocchio (retired), Dassault Falcon Jet |
| 1999 | Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., Alertness Solutions |
| 1998 | Pat Andrews, Mobil Business Resources Corp. |
| 1997 | Joan Sullivan Garrett, MedAire |
| 1996 | No award |
| 1995 | Dan Manningham, Business & Commercial Aviation |
| 1994 | Daniel M. Izard, Associated Aviation Underwriters (AAU) |
| 1993 | Walter A. Seymour, ENRON; Milton H. Pugsley |
| 1992 | Otto Pobanz |
| 1991 | Donald A. Baldwin (retired), Texaco |
| 1990 | Roy Fox, Bell Helicopter |
| 1989 | John Henry Doster (retired), U.S. Federal Aviation Administration |
| 1988 | A.L. Ueltschi, FlightSafety International |
| 1987 | Forest L. Clough, Tenneco |
| 1986 | No award |
| 1985 | Arthur Lippa Jr. |
| 1984 | John Pope, National Business Aircraft Association |
| 1983 | John W. Olcott, Business & Commercial Aviation |
| 1982 | Stanley R. Mohler, M.D., Wright State University |
| 1981 | Leonard M. Greene, Safe Flight Instrument Corp. |
| 1980 | Leo Boyd, Tennessee Eastman |
| 1979 | William H. Collister, U.S. Steel |
| 1978 | John Winant, National Business Aircraft Association |
| 1977 | John P. Doswell, National Business Aircraft Association |
| 1976 | Melvin Longlet, 3M Co. |
| 1975 | Fred B. McIntosh, National Business Aircraft Association |
This award has been presented by the Foundation since 1975 for outstanding service and contributions to corporate aviation safety. The award recognizes individuals whose work enhances safety in this segment of the industry. Recipients have included industry leaders, government officials, members of the news media and researchers whose findings were especially relevant to corporate aviation.
The 2022 Award was presented during the Foundation’s 67th Business Aviation Safety Summit in Savannah, Georgia.
Recipients of the FSF Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award
| 2022 | Bryan Burns and Russ Lawton, Air Charter Safety Foundation |
| 2021 | Terry Yeomans, International Business Aviation Council |
| 2020 | James Albright, code7700.com |
| 2019 | Michael E. Graham, Textron Aviation |
| 2018 | Peter v. Agur Jr., VanAllen |
| 2017 | Steve Charbonneau, TOMS Capital |
| 2016 | Douglas Schwartz, ConocoPhillips |
| 2015 | Alan W. Dean, Boeing Executive Flight Operations |
| 2014 | Lisa Sasse, VisionSafe |
| 2013 | Matthew A. Boyle, Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation |
| 2012 | Metrojet |
| 2011 | Bombardier Aerospace |
| 2010 | Brian Humphries, European Business Aviation Association |
| 2009 | Sydney Baker |
| 2008 | George Saling |
| 2007 | Richard T. Santulli, NetJets |
| 2006 | James S. Waugh, FlightSafety International |
| 2005 | J. Robert Duncan, Duncan Aviation |
| 2004 | Edward D. (Ted) Mendenhall, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. |
| 2003 | John W. Olcott, National Business Aviation Association |
| 2002 | Robert E. Breiling, Robert E. Breiling Associates |
| 2001 | Don Bateman, Honeywell |
| 2000 | Peter L. Ginocchio (retired), Dassault Falcon Jet |
| 1999 | Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., Alertness Solutions |
| 1998 | Pat Andrews, Mobil Business Resources Corp. |
| 1997 | Joan Sullivan Garrett, MedAire |
| 1996 | No award |
| 1995 | Dan Manningham, Business & Commercial Aviation |
| 1994 | Daniel M. Izard, Associated Aviation Underwriters (AAU) |
| 1993 | Walter A. Seymour, ENRON; Milton H. Pugsley |
| 1992 | Otto Pobanz |
| 1991 | Donald A. Baldwin (retired), Texaco |
| 1990 | Roy Fox, Bell Helicopter |
| 1989 | John Henry Doster (retired), U.S. Federal Aviation Administration |
| 1988 | A.L. Ueltschi, FlightSafety International |
| 1987 | Forest L. Clough, Tenneco |
| 1986 | No award |
| 1985 | Arthur Lippa Jr. |
| 1984 | John Pope, National Business Aircraft Association |
| 1983 | John W. Olcott, Business & Commercial Aviation |
| 1982 | Stanley R. Mohler, M.D., Wright State University |
| 1981 | Leonard M. Greene, Safe Flight Instrument Corp. |
| 1980 | Leo Boyd, Tennessee Eastman |
| 1979 | William H. Collister, U.S. Steel |
| 1978 | John Winant, National Business Aircraft Association |
| 1977 | John P. Doswell, National Business Aircraft Association |
| 1976 | Melvin Longlet, 3M Co. |
| 1975 | Fred B. McIntosh, National Business Aircraft Association |