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John H. Shaffer
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administrator

John H. Shaffer

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Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administrator
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Male
Place of birth
Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Place of death
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, U.S.A.
Age
78 years
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Biography

John Hixon Shaffer (February 25, 1919 – September 14, 1997) was an administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from March 24, 1969 until March 14, 1973.

Most notably, he was the administrator during an en-masse calling-in sick strike of air traffic controllers during 1969. In the summer of that year, Shaffer himself testified in front of a congressional committee, reporting that air traffic controllers were neither overworked nor underpaid. Shaffer's testimony, coupled with increased pressure on individual controllers to return to their jobs, Francis Lee Bailey of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization stated "This guy Shaffer has got to go." The FAA and Shaffer were both later attacked by the PATCO for continuing to operate despite the low number of air traffic controllers.

On December 3, 1970, he testified to Conngress about aviation safety.

Following his retirement from his position in the FAA, Shaffer was involved in the ongoing debate over both the inclusion of Microwave landing systems in civil aviation during 1978 and to whom the contract for construction of such devices should be awarded, American, British or German companies. Shaffer himself agreed with British assessments that the American manufactured MLS system was inferior and poorly tested.

Awards

  • 1972 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
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