Joseph D. Burns
Burns is the Managing Director of Flight Standards and Technology for United Airlines. At United, he held positions as Director, Flight Standards; Director, Technology, Manager, Automation Systems/MIS; Pilot Instructor on both the A320/319 and B-727 fleets and has flown A-320/319, B-737, and B-727 jet aircraft in line operations. He is flying captain on the A319/320.
Prior to United, Burns was the Director of Operations and Chief Pilot for USAir Express/Stateswest Airlines; Instructor and Pilot for Braniff Airlines, and Metroliner Pilot for Air Midwest. He is on the Board of Directors for Optical Detection Systems, AirDat LLC, and is the Chairman/CEO of ATNSI.
He is Chairman Emeritus of the ATA Airline Operations Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Airborne Internet Consortium, and Vice-Chairman of the ATA - Air Traffic Control Council. His engineering experience includes President of Inertia Technology, developing AWOS and Flight Sensor Systems; Chief Pilot and Systems Engineer for Coffeen, Fricke, and Associates; Chief Systems Engineer for Ericsson, Inc.'s Fiber Optic Network Communications Division; and Engineering Manager for Sprint's Telenet/Uninet Division.
He holds an MBA in Management from the Miami University School of Business in Ohio and a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics/Aeronautical Engineering also from Miami. Burns holds multiple patents in communications, security, and sensor technology.