Don Spruston, director general of the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), is the 2010 recipient of the NBAA John P. “Jack” Doswell Award, granted each year for lifelong individual achievement in supporting business aviation. Spruston has been director general of the IBAC since 1999.
In announcing the award, NBAA said, “Under Spruston’s leadership, IBAC has effectively advocated for the interests and concerns of business aviation before the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)–the global standards-setting body for civil aviation around the world, including for safety and operations standards.” Spruston led the development of new safety standards, NBAA said, for Annex 6, Part II of the Chicago Convention governed by ICAO, which addresses the modernization of operational rules and safety for general aviation worldwide. NBAA called the feat “a milestone in the history of IBAC” and credited Spruston’s leadership for the accomplishment.
