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Ask attorney Mary Schiavo, the former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation, about aviation safety, passenger rights, security or other aviation concerns.

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About Mary Schiavo

Motley Rice attorney Mary Schiavo currently co-leads the aviation team, calling upon her extensive background in the aviation industry, including roles as the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation, pilot, aviation professor and author of the New York Times bestseller, Flying Blind, Flying Safe. Mary often serves as an on-air analyst for various national and local media outlets to discuss aviation safety matters, security issues, and plane crashes and incidents. Read Mary's profile to learn more.  

Articles Published

  • Introduction to Terri Severin’s book In the Wake of the Storm, 2008
  • Is the NTSB Deck Stacked Against Pilots? ATLA Aviation Law Section, Vol. 13, No. 1, Fall 2005
  • "Flying Right: What It Takes to Make Aviation Safer and More Secure after 2001," 14 DePaul Business Law Journal 279-301 (2002)
  • 9/11 Witness Statement for the 9/11 Commission, May 23, 2003

    Media Profiles

  • 60 Minutes, March 23, 1997
  • Final Justice with Erin Brockovich, January 31, 2003, People Magazine
  • Time Magazine, March 31, 1997

    Books Authored

  • Flying Blind, Flying Safe – Copyright 1997
  • Flying Blind, Flying Safe – Copyright 1998
  • Safe Air – Copyright 1998 – Translated into Japanese
  • Air Comfort – Copyright 1998 – Translated into Japanese

    Documentaries

  • On Native Soil – 9/11 Documentary, August 15, 2006

    Facts and Tips for Aviation Travel

  • Facts You Should Know in the Aftermath of an Air Disaster
  • Tips on Flying Safer

    Speeches and Testimony

  • Keynote Speaker at the Association of Inspectors General 2008 Spring Conference: "Heading Them Off at the Pass: How Inspectors General Tried to Prevent 9/11, Why They Could Not, Who Stopped Them, and What to do About It in the Future"
  • Speech at the 2007 National Air Disaster Alliance Annual Meeting
  • Panel Moderator at the 2007 Women in Aerospace GWU Event – “The State of Aviation Security: Six Years After 9/11”
  • Presentation at the 2007 South Carolina Auto Torts Seminar
  • Testimony before the 9/11 Commission, May 23, 2003
  • Testimony on the Crash of ValuJet Flight 592 before the House and Senate
  • Speech at the 2001 National Air Disaster Alliance Annual Meeting
  • Speech at the 1998 National Air Disaster Alliance Annual Meeting