Michael Brennan
Chief Aviation Scientist
Mr. Brennan has been with Metron Aviation and its former parent company, Metron, Inc., since 1986. As Chief Aviation Scientist, Mr. Brennan provides the technical lead for Metron Aviation’s role in Air Traffic Management (ATM) Concept Engineering, and his responsibilities include oversight and guidance for the technical aspects of all of Metron Aviation’s research projects and programs. Mr. Brennan is a key player in the FAA’s Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) program, playing a major role in the development of many of the FAA’s ATM innovations in the last five years. He has been a member of the Ground Delay Program (GDP) Enhancement group for seven years, which is responsible for improving management of arrivals and departures at airports. As a charter member of the Flow Enhancement Team (FET), Mr. Brennan has aided in the development of concepts and procedures for Airspace Flow Programs (AFP), and he introduced concepts the of AFPs and Adaptive Compression (AC) to CDM. Currently he is an acting liaison between FET and the Future Concept Group and works closely with both the FAA and the airlines to identify and resolve their operational needs. Mr. Brennan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research and Computer Science from Villanova University.