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THIS STORYFasten your seat belts
Central American countries set out to improve air transport safety
 Prior
to coming to the IDB on a special two-year assignment, Joan Bauerlein
was the Director of International Aviation at the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration for 11 years. Her office provided technical assistance
to more than 60 countries to help them address aviation safety and
operations problems. During that time, air traffic in Latin America
and the Caribbean grew exponentially. Since the relationship between
the FAA and its counterparts in Latin America was not well developed,
Bauerlein focused on increasing the FAA's assistance and work in
the region. "During my visits with national aviation authorities
in Latin America, I learned that financial constraints are one of
the principal impediments to making improvements in safety oversight,"
Bauerlein said. "It is very satisfying to work on an IDB project
that will help to ease those constraints, because a more competitive
air transport sector will ultimately pay dividends in the form of
increased tourism and trade for participating countries."
Prior to her international work at FAA, Bauerlein was the agency’s deputy budget director and its assistant administrator for Congressional Affairs. She also worked in the FAA’s Flight Standards Safety Office. Before then Bauerlein worked for the Federal Highway Administration and the National Transportation Safety Administration, and she served as an advisor to current Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta when he was a member of the U.S. Congress. Joan Bauerlein can be reached at joanb@iadb.org or (202) 623-3132. Photo by Willie Heinz—IDB. |
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