Robert Sumwalt—who spent 15 years on the National Transportation Safety Board, including nearly five as chairman—has settled into the role he took on in January as a distinguished fellow in aviation safety and executive director of the new Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety. According to Sumwalt, the center strives to bring “excellence in aviation safety” to education, training, and research, but is weighted toward the latter.
He is working out of a temporary office at the university’s Daytona Beach, Florida campus, but will soon move into the former student fitness center building, which is being remodeled as the aviation safety center’s new home. When renovations are completed in May, the facility will include offices for Sumwalt and his staff, as well as classrooms and conference rooms where aviation safety classes and seminars can be held.
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