Lang retires after 40 years of innovation in air traffic control, Volpe seeks successor

During a career of nearly 40 years in air traffic control and air traffic management, Volpe’s Director of Air Traffic Systems and Operations Steven Lang helped change national standards to allow the use of closely spaced parallel runway operations.

The value of annual time and fuel savings from Lang's pioneering work reaches at least into the tens of millions of dollars.

With Lang's retirement, Volpe now seeks its next director of Air Traffic Systems and Operations, another pioneer who will continue Lang's tradition of fostering research that develops transformative solutions in aviation safety and efficiency...