Captain Richard E. (Poss) Horton
United Airlines (Retired)
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Capt. Horton, better known by the nickname “Poss”, is a native of Bluefield, West Virginia and a graduate of Virginia Tech with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration. He learned to fly in a Piper J-3 cub while at Virginia Tech, then spent six years on active duty with the Air Force before joining United Airlines in 1966. He continued his military flying with the Virginia Air National Guard. He has accumulated over 19,000 hours flying time in numerous airplanes, with all of his military flying in jet fighters. He began his airline career as a Flight Engineer on DC-6’s and retired as Chief Pilot of United Airlines Washington Domicile.

In 1988 Captain Horton was selected to join Flight Operations Management as a Flight Manager in the Washington Domicile. His first task was to help overcome the hostilities remaining after the pilots strike. Management at all levels was distrusted by the striking pilots, and the pilots were perceived by most of the other company employees as a threat to the well being of the Company. Through extensive work the parties achieved a safe and productive environment. He was the Domicile Representative on the start up team for the Caribbean and Central American flying and qualified flight crews into the regions. This was in addition to the normal duties expected of a Flight Manager. In recognition of his contribution to the success of the Domicile he was selected as Chief Pilot of the Washington Domicile when that position became available.

As Chief Pilot, Captain Horton was responsible for the domestic and international flying from the domicile; as well as the many other duties necessary to support a world wide airline operation. During his tenure he participated directly in the inauguration of flying into South America, charters into Cuba, and the introduction of the B-777. This responsibility required coordination and consultation with the FAA, United’s Flight Center and the many other entities involved.

After retirement from United Captain Horton has worked as a consultant in aviation related matters and has performed ATOS audits. He continues to be active in community affairs and has served on an airport commission, as an advisor to planning and zoning boards, and flies small planes for pleasure. He has joined with colleagues to form the Aviation Operations Solutions LLC consulting group. They apply their combined talents and experience to solve aviation problems.

Captain Horton is well known and respected in the aviation community. His honesty, common sense, ability to recognize and motivate talented people, and to achieve consensus, have made him a sought after participant in many different problem solving groups. He is trained as an auditor for the FAA mandated Air Transportation Oversight System (ATOS). Captain Horton also serves on the Steering Committee for United’s C/L/R (Command /Leadership/Resource, i.e. FAA’s Crew Resource Management, CRM) program and has participated in decision making modeling with NASA.


Mr. Del Haney
United Airlines (Retired)
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Mr. Del Haney began his aviation career with United Airlines where he worked for 41 years before his retirement. After retirement he worked an additional 3 years as a consultant for United. As a consultant he was given a mandate to significantly improve a poorly performing maintenance department at United's international hub at Dulles airport. After successfully completing this his responsibility was extended to improve station operations on-time departure performance, communications and teamwork.

He later joined 2 airfreight and passenger charter operators as Maintenance Manager and Director of Maintenance.

Del has a BA in business administration and economics. He holds an Airframe and Power plant license and is qualified on the B 727, B 737, B-747, B 767, B 757, B 777, DC 10 and MD 11 aircraft. He participated in the B 767 extended operations (ETOPS) certification, the B 777 proving runs and worked with Aeronautical Radio Inc. to establish and implement procedures for extended range and RVSM operations.

During his lengthy career Del received numerous awards including; Department of Transportation Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command Airline Pilots Association International Association of Machinist Flight Operations Best of the Best-United Airlines Leadership Excellence Several awards of merit.

Del’s great penchant in life is the challenge and satisfaction of turning around a poorly performing operation through demonstrated Total Quality Control leadership, motivation, communication, training, and team building.


Captain Roy Liggett
United Airlines (Retired)
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Captain Roy Liggett began flying in 1957 and attended Embry Riddle University where he received advanced flight ratings while studying aeronautical engineering. In 1963 he became a flight instructor in the ROTC flight program at Auburn University and studied Aviation Management. He designed and implemented the first ground school program at Auburn and taught many of the first courses.

In 1966 he joined United Airlines as a pilot and has flown the DC-6, B-737, B-727 and B-777 in domestic and international operations. In 1991 he became a Standards Captain in United's flight training center and was a designated examiner for the B-737 as well as a Line Check Airman. He was a member of the team that developed United's first Central American operation and flew many of the inaugural flights and qualified many of the first check airmen into the region.

In 1993 he became a Flight Manager and in 1998 he was selected Chief Pilot for the Washington D.C. crew base. Here he managed 1300 pilots and was responsible for flight operations at the 3 Washington area airports. Due to the large number of international flights at United's Dulles airport he has interacted with many foreign aviation authorities. At United he received numerous awards including in 2001 the Tower Of Dulles award. He was trained in Harassment in the Work Place, EEOC compliance, and Americans with Disabilities Act. He has conducted numerous investigations into aviation incidents as well as those involving EEOC, ADA etc. He completed the University Of Southern California course on Designing Effective Organizations.

In 2001 Captain Liggett retired from United after 35 years but was called out of retirement for a month following September 11 to represent the Flight Operations division of United at the Flight 93 crash site in Pennsylvania.

Captain Liggett has accumulated over 16000 hours and has flown more than 50 aircraft types. He has an Airline Transport Pilot rating as well as a Flight Engineer and Flight Instructor ratings and flies his own airplane for pleasure.

He has represented the Air Line Pilots Association on their accident investigation team and has served on several committees for the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics. He also serves as the Office Manager for our firm.

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