Capt. Carmelo Marino, JetBlue Airways

2023-2024 ALPA AIRPORT SAFETY LIAISON AWARD

Captain Carmelo Marino is a recipient of the 2023-2024 ALPA Airport Safety Liaison of the Year Award for his work at the John F. Kennedy International Airport and as the ALPA ASO AGE Eastern Regional Airport Coordinator, where he immediately made contributions with his ability to create strong working relationships with airport stakeholders. Over the last year, Captain Marino has dedicated countless hours to building those relationships, recruiting and onboarding new ASLs, and providing the line pilot perspective at numerous airport meetings while still flying a normal schedule on the A220 for JetBlue Airlines.

Captain Marino has worked with representatives from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to mitigate operational impacts and address pilot safety concerns, established great relationships with air traffic controllers at the control tower and at New York Terminal Radar Approach Control, and played a significant role in facilitating safety enhancements and improved procedures by helping to develop mitigations such as charting, signage, and lighting changes to improve operational safety.

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