When he was young, Spencer shared Christine’s affinity for bright colors. For a period, this even extended to his hair color. But once his teenage years arrived, he gradually faded to black. During his daily visits to the Skating Club of Boston for training, he would sometimes wear a
Christine loved bright colors. She incorporated them into her creative pursuits and our everyday life. It wasn’t optional. She would often strike when I was on business trips. It wasn’t uncommon for me to come home from a few days away to find the front door of the
This is the seventh post in a series on the two-decade resistance to ADS-B In, the technology the NTSB says would have prevented the Flight 5342 collision (part one: The Original Sin). When I last left you, Congress had passed a law in 2012 that directed the FAA
This is the sixth post in a series on the two-decade resistance to ADS-B In, the technology the NTSB says would have prevented the Flight 5342 collision (part one: The Original Sin). In 2012, Christine, Spencer, and I were hitting our stride as a family of three. We
This is the fifth post in a series on the two-decade resistance to ADS-B In, the technology the NTSB says would have prevented the Flight 5342 collision (part one: The Original Sin). When we last left our band of merry FAA bureaucrats and aviation industry lobbyists, the FAA’
One of the interesting things about experiencing trauma in the social media era is that the algorithms adapt to you. Sometimes for better. Sometimes for worse. I could have done without the ads for retro-style American Airlines T-shirts or Reagan National Airport wall art. I could have done
Today, I joined a large group of Flight 5342 family members in returning to Capitol Hill. We held a press conference to remind Congress of the urgent need for aviation safety legislation that addresses all 50 NTSB recommendations produced by the Flight 5342 investigation. All 50 are important, but one,
Tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. They affected me deeply, and as I wrote about in “Falling in Love,”, they unlocked the realization that I wanted to propose to Christine. After the attacks, the U.S. government responded with remarkable speed to pass the Aviation
This is the fourth post in a series on the two-decade resistance to ADS-B In, the technology the NTSB says would have prevented the Flight 5342 collision (part one: The Original Sin). In The Original Sin, I mentioned the FAA’s first notice of proposed rulemaking on ADS-
This is the third post in a series on the two-decade resistance to ADS-B In, the technology the NTSB says would have prevented the Flight 5342 collision (part one: The Original Sin). An FAA requirement to equip aircraft with a collision avoidance technology like ADS-B In comes
This is the second post in a series on the two-decade resistance to ADS-B In, the technology the NTSB says would have prevented the Flight 5342 collision (part one: The Original Sin). Most people have a fairly simple view of how aviation safety policies are set. I certainly
Through the hours of NTSB family briefings in the days following the Flight 5342 collision, one thing jumped out at me more than anything else: the way aircraft are kept apart in busy airspace — including over our nation’s capital — is rudimentary. In the National Capital Region, fixed-wing aircraft