When clients choose ACA, they work with knowledgeable, senior professionals that understand both current industry conditions and their historical context. This ensures that clients receive specialized insights that will help them solve today's problems as well as preparing effectively for the future.
Click on the names below to learn more about each ACA team member's exceptional talents and experience.
Mr. Plavin an expert in airport policy and planning, including the use of alternative fuels
at airports. This experience includes his leadership at the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey and ACI-NA. Mr. Plavin's knowledge has been used by the Airport
Cooperative Research Council to support ACRP 02-18, which provides guidelines
for integrating alternative jet fuel into the airport setting and ACRP 02-36, which will
provide tools to help airports evaluate multiple alternative fuel options.
As head of ACI-NA Mr. Plavin became an expert in the regulatory framework in which
North American airports and airlines operate, and has represented the interests of that
organization's diverse membership before the U.S. Department of Transportation,
Transport Canada, the FAA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation
Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Congress.
Internationally, he represented ACI-NA at the International Civil Aviation Organization
and before individual governments. In 2000 he was appointed to the Federal Aviation
Management Advisory Council.
Mr. Plavin holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Regional Planning from
the Maxwell Graduate School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
David Plavin
Mr. Plavin an expert in airport policy and planning, including the use of alternative fuels
at airports. This experience includes his leadership at the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey and ACI-NA. Mr. Plavin's knowledge has been used by the Airport
Cooperative Research Council to support ACRP 02-18, which provides guidelines
for integrating alternative jet fuel into the airport setting and ACRP 02-36, which will
provide tools to help airports evaluate multiple alternative fuel options.
As head of ACI-NA Mr. Plavin became an expert in the regulatory framework in which
North American airports and airlines operate, and has represented the interests of that
organization's diverse membership before the U.S. Department of Transportation,
Transport Canada, the FAA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation
Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Congress.
Internationally, he represented ACI-NA at the International Civil Aviation Organization
and before individual governments. In 2000 he was appointed to the Federal Aviation
Management Advisory Council.
Mr. Plavin holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Regional Planning from
the Maxwell Graduate School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University.