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Houston Airport System to add incident command center, return to general manager model and reshape operations
Summary
Director Jim Sechniak outlined an organizational restructure that includes an incident command center to consolidate dispatch, TSA operations and gate control, a return to a general manager model at both airports, reduced management layers and a proposed specialized airport/aviation planner job classification.
Director Jim Sechniak told the council the Houston Airport System will restructure front-line operations to improve day-to-day oversight and emergency response. The plan includes opening an Incident Command Center (ICC) to bring call taking, TSA operations, maintenance dispatch, gate control and airfield operations into a single operations hub.
Sechniak said the airport will return to a general manager model at both George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (Hobby) so senior staff can focus on systemwide strategy while…
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