FSF Honors Doug Schwartz with Meritorious Service Award

Longtime industry advocate Doug Schwartz last week received the Flight Safety Foundation’s (FSF) Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award. The award, presented during the FSF/NBAA 61st Business Aviation Safety Summit in Austin, Texas, honors individuals for outstanding service and contributions to business aviation safety.

FSF recognized Schwartz for “his more than 40 years of commitment and contributions to aviation safety, and for his tireless efforts to advance safety and save lives within the operations of his employers and beyond.”

Schwartz currently is manager of global aviation services at ConocoPhillips, where he has responsibility for executive flight operations, corporate shuttle operations, charter flight support and aviation facilities management. He also has served as v-p of flight operations at TAG Aviation and director of aviation for AT&T, along with having a 25-year career with FlightSafety International.

He has been actively involved in the business aviation community and aviation safety, serving on the NBAA board since 2004 and past chairman of NBAA’s Safety Committee. He also serves on FSF’s board of governors. He is credited as a pioneer in the development of crew resource management, and was instrumental in introducing the first CRM programs tailored for business aviation. He also has worked to ensure flight scenarios in simulators and to improve offshore helicopter operation safety.