Swedish doctor and hot air balloon pilot John Grubbström was elected the FAI’s new president at the organisation’s general conference in Dublin this month. He succeeds Pierre Portmann, who held the post for six years and has now been made ‘President of honour’.
John said, “We face large challenges and change of approach is a condition for improvement. We need to get to use our full potential within each area, be it airspace, safety, media, regulation, youth recruitment or other areas of our joint concern. After all, no one knows air sports better than we. Each of us has some second competence we can contribute with – our collective competence is overwhelming. Each and every one of us must step down from the gallery and join the team in the field.”
