at the Lakefront Anchorage Hotel

All events take place at the Lakefront Anchorage Hotel in the Ballroom unless otherwise specified with yellow highlighted text

Venue directions (follow the link)

Lakefront Anchorage Hotel

Everts Air Training Facility

Alaska Airmen's Association

Alaska Aviation Museum

Monday, February 24

0800 | Initial & Recurrent Hazardous Materials Training | Everts Air Training Facility | Registration & Fee Required

0900 | P135 Free SMS Course | Alaska Airmen’s Building

Tuesday, February 25

All Day | EAGLE Avgas Infrastructure Tour (Private) | Off-site

0900 | P135 Free SMS Course | Alaska Airmen’s Building

0900 | Drug & Alcohol Supervisor Training | Everts Air Training Facility

1500 | Exhibitors Load-in | Lakefront Hotel

Wednesday, February 26

All Day | SMS Marketplace | Turnagain Room (Lakefront Hotel)

0800 | Welcoming Remarks | AACA

0805 | Alaska DOT&PF Update & Alaska Aviation System Plan | Rebecca Douglas, Andrew Warner & Edgar Tinajero

0915 | Future of Weather in Alaska |Panel

1045 | KEYNOTE: Flying with Wings | Susan Stark Christianson w/ remarks by Nathaniel Jacobsen

1145 | Lunch / Video from Delegation

1200 | Lunch with Mike O'Hare, FAA Regional Administrator | Annual Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative presentation 

1330 | Flight Procedure & Weather progress throughout Alaska | Alec Seybold, Flight-Tech Engineering

1445 | SMS A Condition-Based Approach | Juliet Jordan, NATA

1600 | EAGLE Unleaded Avgas Transition

1700 | Exhibitors Reception

1800 | Takeflite “HOT MIC” Night | Alaska Aviation Museum

Thursday, February 27

0900 | Welcoming Remarks | AACA

0905 | Annual NTSB Update | Clint Johnson

1005 | KEYNOTE: "Economic and supply chain forces impacting rural Alaskan air carrier service" | Mike Jones

1100 | Improving Alaska’s Aviation Supply Chain | Panel

1200 - 1330 | Lunch

1230 | Members Meeting

1300 | EAGLE Alaska Unleaded Avgas Transition Forum | Turnagain Room (Lakefront Hotel)

1330 | Alaska Safety Alliance | Workforce Development | Naomi DuCharme

1400 | Pilot Mental Health Campaign, Alaska Case Study | Brian Bomhoff"

1515 | Insurance Forecasting - Underwriters & Brokers Panel | Joel Heining

1545 | Discrimination Regulations in Air Travel: Speaking "Planely" on Unique Civil Rights Issues" | Lanette Harley & Alex Roider

1645 | Convention Conclusion | Will Day

Convention Closes

Friday, February 28

IA RENEWAL

0800 | Joshua Solstice - Avionic Specialist - Behind the Panel: Common Error in Aircraft Wiring Installation, Inspection, and Repairs

0900 | David Young - Unapproved Parts Briefing | FAAST

0900 - 1400 | 2025 AACA Safety Summit | Alaska Airmen's Association

1000 | Pratt & Whitney - PT6 – Technical update/maintenance/Borescope Inspection

1200 | LUNCH

1300 | Dave Swartz - Topic TBD

1400 | Textron - Cessna 208 comprehensive coverage

1500 | Tony Alsworth - Lycoming AD

1600 | David Mathews - Psychology of Being a Good Mechanic in the Aviation Ecosystem

1700 | IA Renewal Concludes