Dan McKinnon Dan McKinnon (Jamaica, NY) is an expert in commercial aviation travel and survival whose background includes special projects for the CIA and extensive military and civilian study in survival, captive, and POW situations. A former Navy pilot, Mr McKinnon specialized in rescue efforts and techniques and holds the Navy peacetime helicopter rescue record in air-sea saves. From 1981-1984 he served as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) under appointment by former President Reagan, overseeing the implementation of airline deregulation and the shutdown of the CABthe only regulatory agency ever closed. Mr. McKinnon is President of North American Airlines. Read More Read Less