Former Director, Strategic Communications
Published
February 28, 2018
So, we don’t all have flying cars or jetpacks…yet. But that doesn’t mean the aviation industry is resting on its laurels.
It’s been more than a century since man first took to the sky, and the industry is facing new challenges and new opportunities while continuing a ceaseless battle against the laws of physics.
This week, 1,000 of the industry's best minds from the aviation and aerospace industries will get together and dig into some of the biggest issues for the industry at the U.S. Chamber’s 2018 Aviation Summit: Further in Flight.
But we wanted to know, are they up for creating the future we dream about? Have we seen the best there is? Is aviation innovation dead? So, we asked some of the most influential CEOs and executives in the field that very question, point blank. Here’s what they said:
Kevin McAllister, CEO and President, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Allen McArtor, Chairman Emeritus of Airbus Americas, Inc.
Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines
Tom Gentile, President and Chief Executive Officer, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
Brandon Torres Declet, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Measure
Craig Kreeger, CEO, Virgin Atlantic
Bob Delorge, vice president, transportation and support services of Raytheon
Antonio Campello, President and CEO, Embraer Business Innovation Center
About the authors
Cordell Eddings
Cordell was a senior editor and content strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's strategic communications team. He previously covered corporate finance, economics, foreign exchange and fixed income markets for Bloomberg News in New York during the heart of the financial crisis. Before that, he was a crime and politics reporter (as well as covering many, many country fairs) at the Indianapolis Star.
Bridgett Hebert
Bridgett Hebert is the former director for strategic communications at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.