O le aso nei na faalauiloa ai e le Failautusi o Femalagaaiga a Amerika, Elaine L. Chao, le tofiaina o sui fou e toafitu i le Federal Aviation Administration's 13-member Management Advisory Council (MAC). E fautuaina e le MAC le pulega sinia a le FAA i faiga faʻavae, tupe faʻaalu, fuafuaga mamao, ma mataupu faʻatonutonu.
O sui fou a le MAC o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona fai ma sui o se vaega o felauaiga a le lautele ma tagata tumaoti ma taʻitaʻi pisinisi. E aofia ai:
• Phillip Trenary, sa avea muamua ma CEO, Pinnacle Airlines
• Brian Wynne, CEO, Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)
• William Ris, o le sa avea ma Sui Peresetene Sinia, Mataupu tau le Malo, American Airlines
• Donna McLean, sa avea ma failautusi lagolago o le Matagaluega o Felaʻuaiga a le Iunaite Setete mo paketi ma polokalame ma le pule o tupe
• Jeffrey Shane, sa avea muamua ma Matagaluega o femalagaaiga a le Iunaite Setete mo Faiga Faavae
• Huntley Lawrence, Faʻatonu, Vaʻalele Matagaluega, Uafu Pulega o Niu Ioka ma New Jersey
• Richard DeVos, Peresetene, Windquest Group ma sa avea ma pule sili, Amway
"O nei sui fou e aumaia le poto masani ma sili atu ma le seneturi o le tuʻufaʻatasia o tomai faʻapitoa i le faʻagaioiga, pisinisi, ma faiga faʻavae o vaalele o le a taua tele i le faʻaleleia o le FAA," o le tala lea a le Failautusi o Chao. "O tagata taʻitoʻatasi taʻitoʻatasi o se taʻitaʻi faʻaaloalogia lautele i la latou matata ma aumaia se faʻamaumauga faʻamautu o taunuʻuga o le a fesoasoani e faʻamautinoa ai o loʻo tumau pea le tatou vaalele o se tasi e sili ona saogalemu ma sili ona lelei i le lalolagi."
O sui tofia o le MAC i aso nei e auai i le ono sui o lo'o totoe: Jeffrey A. Rosen, Sui Failautusi, US Department of Transportation; Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Rowayne Schatz, Sui Sili Lagolago o le Aufaigaluega mo Galuega, US Air Force; Paul Rinaldi, Peresetene, National Air Traffic Controllers Association; Steve Alterman, Peresetene, Cargo Airline Association; John E. "Jack" Potter, Peresetene, Pule Sili, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; ma, Gwynne Shotwell, Peresetene ma COO, SpaceX.
Na fa'afetaia e le Failautusi o Chao sui o le MAC ua fa'amutaina o latou taimi mo le latou tautua: Jane Garvey, sa avea muamua ma Fa'atonu FAA ma sui o le Komiti Fa'atonu a le Meridian Infrastructure/MITRE; Craig Fuller, Peresitene, le Fuller Co., ma sa avea muamua ma Peresitene, AOPA; William Ayer, sa avea muamua ma Taitaifono, Alaska Air Group; Montie Brewer, sa avea muamua ma Peresetene ma Pule Sili, Air Canada; Lee Moak, sa avea muamua ma Peresitene, ALPA; Ray Conner, Sui Taitaifono, Boeing Co.; ma, Michael Hancock, Pulenuu o Denver, Colorado.
"Matou te faafetai tele mo lo latou sao ma iloa ua sili atu le malosi o le tatou vaalele talu ai le latou tautua," faaauau Failautusi Chao.
Na faia e le Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act o le 1996, o le MAC e fono i kuata taʻitasi. O sui ole MAC e tautua mo le tolu tausaga i se tulaga ofo fua ma taofi o latou tulaga lautele ma tulaga tumaoti.