Tue, Dec 14, 2010
In-House Meteorology Team Recognized For Advances In The
Aviation Industry
The Council of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) has
named Rick Curtis, Southwest Airline’s Chief Meteorologist,
as the recipient of the 2010 Award for Outstanding Contribution to
the Advance of Applied Meteorology, along with recognizing the
airlines’ entire in-house Meteorology Team. The award will be
presented to recognize Southwest Airlines’ outstanding
contributions in advancing the use of meteorology within the
airline industry to further enhance safety and efficiency of
operations.
“As a weather-dependent operation, the Meteorological Team
is the eyes and ears of Southwest. We depend on them to provide
Operational Leaders a precise forecast every day to secure the
safety of our Customers, our Crews, and our aircraft,” said
Greg Crum, Southwest Airlines Director of Operations. “We are
proud of the great work the Meteorology Team does every day, and we
congratulate them on this great achievement.”
Rick will be honored during the awards banquet at the AMS Annual
Meeting being held on January 26, 2011, at the Washington State
Convention Center in Seattle. The AMS Annual Meeting gathers the
nation’s top contributors in the fields of atmospheric,
aviation, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences to focus on the
advancement of meteorology within a variety of industries.
Rick has been at Southwest Airlines for 13 years and serves as
Chief Meteorologist for the Southwest Airlines Operations
Coordination Center. He graduated with a Bachelor in Science in
Meteorology from Lyndon State College, and was a 2005 Southwest
President’s Award winner. He concentrates on strategic
weather forecasting, weather research, weather instruction, and is
Southwest’s primary representative to the aviation
meteorology community.
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