# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-sliney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:29:24.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-sliney"
name: "Ben Sliney"
slug: "ben-sliney"
description: "Benedict L. Sliney is an American retired lawyer, air traffic controller, and former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Operations Manager. His first day in this position was on September 11, 2001, and he was responsible for ordering a national ground stop across United States airspace in response to the September 11 attacks."
tagline: "Former United States Federal Aviation Administration National Operations Manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Sliney.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1945-10-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             4.45097830958259
  historical:           5.155118666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2214842/"
    handle:    "nm2214842"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sliney"
    title: "Ben Sliney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "بين سلينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sliney"
    title: "Ben Sliney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sliney"
    title: "Ben Sliney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "بین سلینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122303"
    title: "Ben Sliney"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump