Col. Donald Pitts 

Colonel Don Pitts, USAFR, is the senior reserve advisor on the USAF Chief of Safety’s staff. Assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, he is a command pilot with 19 years operational fighter experience. He is a graduate, with excellent recognition, of the Air War College. Since leaving active duty he has flown as a commercial pilot for American Airlines including eight years at the Maintenance and Engineering Center, Tulsa Oklahoma, where he performed functional check flights and new equipment evaluation flights on B-727, DC-9, DC-10, and A-300 aircraft. His aviation experience outside of the cockpit includes formal training in aircraft accident investigation, aircraft maintenance and flight safety. As Chairman of the Allied Pilots Association, National Safety and Training Committee he led an organization of pilot volunteers and staff serving a non-profit corporation. Their mission addressed commercial aviation safety hazards faced worldwide by nearly 14,000 pilots flying 2,500 daily operations. He is a Charter member of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team – an industry-government coalition designed to support the FAA Safer Skies program. This team addresses the national goal of reducing commercial aviation fatal accidents by 80% over a 10-year period. He serves on the NASA Aviation Safety Program Executive Council and is a member of the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee addressing data driven safety processes for commercial aviation.

Mailing Address:
Oklahoma State University
106 Engineering North
Stillwater OK 74078

Office Phone: 405-744-2337
Fax: 405-744-1673
dwpitts@aol.com