Captain Obeidat ... considerable experience
Royal Jordanian appoints interim president/CEO
AMMAN, October 27, 2015
The Royal Jordanian board of directors have chosen Captain Suleiman Obeidat, a board member, as the interim president/CEO of the airline effective today (October 27) for a transitional period of three months.
The board meeting, held yesterday, also accepted the resignation of Captain Haitham Misto from the post of president/CEO.
Captain Obeidat has considerable experience as a pilot and in aviation management. He was the chief commissioner of the Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission between 2007 and 2010; and the director general of the Jordan Civil Aviation Authority between 2004 and 2007. He also held a number of managerial and technical positions in RJ’s Flight Operations Department since he joined the airline in 1984.
Captain Obeidat was a pilot at the Royal Jordanian Air Force between 1965 and 1983. He holds a BSc in Military Science and took part in several courses in management, leadership, crew resource management and human factors in the US, the UK and Jordan. - TradeArabia News Service