National Gay Pilots Association spreads advocacy beyond flight deck
When the National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA), then known as the Gay Pilots Association was founded in 1990 their first few meetings were ... Continue Reading
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Boeing to Women: Aviation needs you!
With over 2 million new pilots, cabin crew and technicians expected to be collectively needed in the next 20 years to meet rising demand wit... Continue Reading
Wendy Francette-Williams’ mission: transform Caribbean aviation
A tiny firebrand standing just over five feet tall, Wendy Francette-Williams has enough drive and determination to fill a giant’s frame, as ... Continue Reading
Beverly Goulet: over two decades with American Airlines
The pressure – and the spotlight – was on Beverly Goulet when she was named senior vice president and Chief Integration Officer ... Continue Reading
Airbus CEO answers lack of senior women, ethnic minorities
HAMBURG — At the question and answer session that closed the Airbus Innovation Days here in Germany’s aviation capital, Runway Girl Ne... Continue Reading
Podcast 035: A busy time for women in aviation
Welcome to Episode 035 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Benét Wilson, founder and sole proprietor of Aviation Queen, an ... Continue Reading
Cyber security in aviation: The woman who saw the tsunami coming
As a forensic chemist dealing in explosives and crime scene investigation, Boeing’s Faye Francy spent the first half of her career analyzing... Continue Reading
More nursing rooms for moms arrive at US airports
While most all airports now have baby diaper changing tables in the restrooms – including in some men’s rooms – appropriate spaces where nur... Continue Reading
Obama signs bill reinstating Arlington burial for women WWII pilots
President Barack Obama has signed the Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act after it passed unanimously in the US... Continue Reading
Fifth grade USO-style girl group HOPE takes flight at B-17 tour stop
Founded in 1941 by Mary Ingraham at the request of then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United Service Organization’s (USO) missi... Continue Reading
Etihad VP of guest services Linda Celestino talks #PaxEx, leaning in
Linda Celestino was named Etihad’s vice president of guest services in February 2015. In her job, she oversees 6,000 cabin crew at a carrier... Continue Reading
Breastfeeding pilots file discrimination charges
Four women pilots at Denver-based ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines on 10 May filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment ... Continue Reading
OPINION: End false alarms from prejudiced flyers scared of brown passengers
This outbreak of airlines allowing prejudiced passengers to decide that a fellow traveller is too brown, or too Muslim, or — in the latest e... Continue Reading
Anne-Sissel Skånvik tells the story for Norwegian
Updated to include additional comment from Norwegian Sometimes the familiar road you travel in life takes a turn and you wind up in pleasant... Continue Reading
SEKISUI exec navigates path between engineering and marketing
For engineers, and the teams who manage, market and deliver their products, technical competence is a must. But for many of those senior sta... Continue Reading
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