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title: Interview with Mike Perrone of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists
description: Mike Perrone describes successes in building sustainable large-scale collaboration between the union and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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## Interview with Mike Perrone of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists

by [Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/podcasts/author/overland-resource-group), on Jun 3, 2013

Mike Perrone, National President, Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS), describes successes in building sustainable large-scale collaboration between the union and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He shares first hand insights into shifting relationships, from the tenuous first steps in building the level of trust required to building momentum that moved PASS and FAA from conflict to collaboration.     

 

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