Aviation Law, Policy, Technology, and Regulations

WPG has unparalleled expertise in the aviation field.  From 
Frank Frisbie, who was the FAA NAS Program Director and Acting Associate Administrator of Development and Logistics, to David Schaffer, who was Counsel for the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Aviation, to Suzette Matthews, who was General Counsel for the Air Traffic Controller's Association, to Karen Robbins, who led major aero technology development partnerships for NASA, the WPG team excels in its understanding of the realities and possibilities in aviation.



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 The WPG team members have played key roles in the Congressionally mandated Next Generation Air Transportation System program to modernize the U.S. air transportation system.  (www.faa.gov/nextgen/).  As trusted subject matters experts, WPG Principals provided a decade of consulting services to the FAA's Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) on all manner of issues and activities related to NextGen.  WPG principals made seminal contributions to the NextGen Plan, Architecture, Integrated Work Plan, and Joint Planning Environment (JPE), as well as the National Plan for Integration of UAS into the NextGen National Airspace System (NAS).

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“Your dedication and hard work helped us shape the aviation system in this country, leading to much important and far-reaching legislation.”
Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Former Secretary of Transportation to David Schaffer

“Every single aviation law passed in the last two decades is marked with David’s creative ideas and approaches.”
Honorable Don Young, Former Chairman, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure to David Schaffer


"...the world of aeronautics is that much better because of your innovation and dedication. ”  Dr. Richard Wlezian, Former Program Director, Fundamental Aeronautics, NASA Headquarters to Karen Robbins



In his position at the FAA, Frank Frisbie was directly responsible for research and development, system engineering, acquisition, deployment and maintenance of all 20,000 air traffic control facilities in the U.S.