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    John Shaffer: Aviation's Crisis Commander

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    From small-town Pennsylvania to FAA Administrator, John Shaffer transformed aviation during its most turbulent era-tackling controller strikes, hijacking epidemics, and technological revolution with military precision and principled leadership.

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