Brad Palmer

Brad Palmer has held senior executive positions at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)  including Deputy Director of the Office of Safety Standards within the Flight Standards Service, division manager for three Safety Standards entities (Air Transportation Division, Regulatory Support Division, and the General Aviation and Commercial Division), division manager for the Emerging Technologies Division as it existed before 2023, various middle manager and program manager roles, Air Carrier Aviation Safety Inspector, International Operations Inspector, and General Aviation Safety Inspector.  His portfolio primarily focused on general aviation and business aviation such as maintenance facilities, airmen training and certification, flight technologies, air operator and agency certification and regulatory compliance, designees of the FAA Administrator, and safety promotion. Brad has worked closely with international aviation authorities such as Transport Canada, European Aviation Safety Agency, National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil, and the International Civil Aviation Organization.  

Brad began his aviation career operating various small aircraft throughout the United States and Canada.  Before his career at the FAA, he served as an airline captain, a representative of a large airline pilot group, flight instructor, and personal pilot. He is currently employed as an Airbus 321 Captain with Global Crossing Airlines.  He is an active general aviation pilot and a flight instructor who holds an airline transport pilot certificate (multi-engine) with multiple type ratings as well as a remote pilot certificate.  He holds degrees in Aviation Leadership, Management and Applied Sciences and is a graduate of Harvard University’s Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies.