Retired chairman and CEO of Alaska Air Group, joins Honeywell's Board Of Directors

William S. Ayer, former chairman and chief executive officer of Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group has been elected to its Board of Directors. He will serve on Honeywell’s Corporate Governance and Responsibility and Management Development and Compensation Committees. Ayer was appointed CEO of Alaska Air Group in 2002 and became Chairman of the Board in 2003. He retired from the company at the end of 2013. Alaska Air Group, through its subsidiaries, provides passengers and cargo air transportation services in the United States.