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By JJ Ebro
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Managing flight operations from an aircraft carrier is a study in organized chaos. The deck is crammed with planes— some are being launched by catapults, others are being lifted up on elevators. And then, the deck is rapidly cleared so that returning aircraft cam safely attempt what amounts to a controlled crash landing.
Christopher Browne, a former Naval aviator and the manager of Dulles International Airport since April, has found his military experience on carriers useful. He is ultimately responsible for about a half-million takeoffs and landings and adhering to a $3 billion construction schedule—while trying not to rankle close to 23 million airline passengers.
“Carrier operations are intense and tremendously complex,” he said. “Sometimes, it’s comparable to working in an airport such as this.”
But rather than a flight deck, the former pilot (and “Tbp Gun” school graduate) now has 11,000 acres on which to work.
His 17-year stint at Reagan
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