March 20, 2023
| 9:00–9:10 | Opening remarks from the study sponsor and the study chair |
| The speakers briefly discuss the study tasks and workshop goals. | |
| 9:10–9:30 | Icebreaker activity |
| Workshop facilitators from The Aerospace Corporation lead the activity. | |
| 9:30–10:00 | Overview of first report findings and an introduction of case studies for examination |
| The study chair briefly shares the key findings from the committee’s first report and discusses step changes in commercial aviation safety, which will serve as a group exercise for examining safety cases to allow for those safety changes in the National Airspace System (NAS). | |
| 10:05–11:55 | Facilitated breakout group discussions on safety cases |
| Aerospace Corp facilitates small group discussions on the reasonable safety cases for allowing such new step changes into the NAS. |
| 12:00–12:30 | Cross-share breakout team insights |
| Workshop participants reconvene to share insights on the safety case discussions. | |
| 12:30–1:00 | Break |
| 1:00–3:25 | Facilitated breakout group discussions |
| Group participants will be remixed for resumed facilitated discussions. | |
| 3:30–4:00 | Cross-share breakout team insights |
| Workshop participants reconvene to share insights on the safety case discussions. | |
| 4:00–4:30 | Enterprise modeling discussion led by The Aerospace Corporation |
| 4:30–5:00 | Concluding discussions led by the study chair |
| 5:00 | Workshop adjourns |
August 29, 2023
| 8:30–8:40 | Opening remarks from the study sponsor and the study chair |
| The speakers briefly discuss the study tasks and workshop goals. | |
| 8:40–10:15 | Innovator presentations |
| Presentations from SkyGrid, Wisk, and XWing highlighting new or unusual challenges in establishing a safety case that their innovation is facing. | |
| 10:15–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30–12:00 | Facilitated breakout group discussions on safety cases |
| The Aerospace Corporation facilitates small group discussions based on the innovator presentations. |
| 12:00–12:30 | Break |
| 12:30–1:00 | Cross-share breakout team insights |
| Workshop participants reconvene to share insights on the safety case discussions. | |
| 1:00–3:25 | Facilitated breakout group discussions |
| Group participants will be remixed for resumed facilitated discussions. | |
| 3:30–4:00 | Cross-share breakout team insights |
| Workshop participants reconvene to share insights on the safety case discussions. | |
| 4:00–5:00 | Concluding discussions led by the study chair |
| 5:00 | Workshop adjourns |
June 14, 2023
| 2:00–3:30 | Mark Fleming, Professor, Saint Mary’s University |
| 3:30–4:00 | Committee discussion on regulator safety culture presentation |
July 13, 2023
| 1:00–1:45 | FAA Approach to New Technologies |
| James Williams, Chief Executive, JHW Unmanned Solutions LLC | |
| 1:45–3:30 | FAA Panel Discussion on Certification Processes for New Entrants |
| Angela Anderson, Acting Deputy Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking, FAA | |
| David Hempe, Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA | |
| Jeffery Vincent, Executive Director for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems, FAA | |
| Robert Ruiz, Acting Deputy Executive Director, Flight Standards Service, FAA |
| 3:30–5:30 | Committee discussions on speaker presentation and panel discussion |
September 8, 2023
| 2:00–3:30 | Kylie Key, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention, FAA |
| Genoveva Martin, Special Assistant, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention, FAA |
| 3:30–4:00 | Committee discussions on speaker presentations |
March 11, 2024
| 3:30–4:30 | Kylie Key, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention, FAA |
| Genoveva Martin, Special Assistant, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention, FAA | |
| Katherine Murphy, Safety Culture Program Manager, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention, FAA |
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