Airservices Australia has appointed Greg Hood to the position of Executive General Manager, Air Traffic Control.
Hood has extensive background in the aviation industry including several years with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority as well as experience as an air traffic controller in the Royal Australian Air Force.
I am very pleased and excited to be appointed to the position,” he said. “It is an exciting time for Airservices and the aviation industry as a whole as we look to plan, develop and implement a new air traffic management platform to meet our future needs, and to enhance our business continuity capability and environmental sustainability.”
Hood also led Airservices management team in the Southern Hemisphere’s largest air traffic control centre in Melbourne and later led the team responsible for the provision of regional services including the operation of air traffic control towers across Australia.
Hood is a glider and powered aircraft pilot who owns and flies his own BD4 aircraft.