RAA Unveils Electrifying Music City Lineup

The 44th Annual RAA Convention, to be held Sept. 4-7 at the state-of-the-art Music City Center in downtown Nashville, will feature a strong lineup of speakers discussing the most important issues in regional aviation.

While networking with 1,500 industry decision-makers and enjoying the signature evening event at country legend Luke Bryan’s restaurant on Broadway, hear keynote speaker John Slattery, Embraer Commercial Aviation’s CEO and CEO of the new Embraer/Boeing joint venture, talk about diversifying the next-generation aviation workforce.

There will also be an airline finance panel led by Airlines for America Chief Economist John Heimlich; the latest information you need to know on airline safety from former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, former NTSB Chair Christopher Hart and Flight Safety Foundation CEO Hassan Shahidi; updates on the state of the regional industry from RAA Chair and Trans States CEO Rick Leach and RAA President and CEO Faye Malarkey Black; and much more!

Rick Leach Chair, RAA President, Trans States Holdings

Faye Malarkey Black President and CEO, RAA

John Slattery

CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation

Bryan Bedford CEO, Republic Airways

Christopher Hart Former NTSB Chair

Randy Babbitt

Former FAA Administrator

John Heimlich Chief Economist, Airlines for America

Linda Markham President, Cape Air

Hassan Shahidi President and CEO, Flight Safety Foundation

Chip Childs CEO, SkyWest Airlines

Dion Flannery President, PSA Airlines  

Joe Miller COO, Endeavor Air  

Tim Komberec President and CEO, Empire Airlines

Lyle Hogg President and CEO, Piedmont Airlines