Schedulers & Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award

Created in 2008, the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers (S&D) Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award recognizes individuals who have shared their outstanding business aviation industry expertise, provided extraordinary service, exhibited leadership and made significant contributions to the scheduling and dispatching function.

Call for Nominations

NBAA annually accepts nominations for the Schedulers & Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award. After the submission deadline, the NBAA S&D Committee reviews the nominations and recommends an appropriate nominee to the NBAA Board of Directors. Once the nominee is confirmed, he or she is notified and officially recognized at NBAA's Annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference.

Who Is Eligible for the Award?

Nominees will have demonstrated a continuous history of extraordinary participation in or support of scheduling and dispatching functions. They will have exhibited leadership qualities and outstanding achievement contributions in specific categories, including visionary leadership, customer-driven excellence, social responsibility, extraordinary commitment and personal learning and development. In addition a nominee must be:

1. Nominated by an individual within the business aviation community.
2. Employed in scheduling, dispatching or flight coordination for a minimum of 10 years.
3. Credited with at least one outstanding contribution that has lead to a higher level of professionalism for business aviation schedulers, dispatchers and flight coordinators.

What Should a Nomination Package Include?

1. A letter from the nominator introducing the nominee and explaining why he or she is eligible, along with a completed nomination form from the nominator. Supporting documentation may include newspaper clippings, publications and articles related to the nominee.
2. Two additional completed nomination forms from business aviation professionals supporting the nomination.
3. The nominee’s professional resume describing the nominee’s education, employment, accomplishments and honors as they relate to the award criteria.
4. The nominator must submit the complete nomination packet containing all the above to NBAA postmarked by the deadline.

Any nomination packet received from nominators by the above deadline, but judged incomplete will be notified by the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee Liaison. If deemed appropriate, an extension not to exceed 30 days may be granted for the nominator to fulfill all nomination package requirements. If the deadline is not met, the nomination package will not be considered.

When Should Nominations Be Mailed to NBAA?

For the 2008 award, nominations should be mailed to NBAA and received no later than July 31, 2008.

Send all materials to:

NBAA
ATTN: Jo Damato
1200 Eighteenth St. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-2527

For more information, contact S&D Committee Staff Liaison Jo Damato at:

• Tel: (202) 478-7763
• E-mail: jdamato@nbaa.org

Download the 2008 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award application. (54 KB PDF)