China Southern dispatcher on the need for more women in her field
When Elle Lee was growing up in the Northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi, she was fascinated by the China Southern Airlines jets taking off n... Continue Reading
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Male domination in aviation colors #PaxEx: Flyers Rights’ Creighton
Flyers Rights’ jet-setting director of communications, Kendall Creighton, was born in New Rochelle, New York, raised in Alta Loma, Cal... Continue Reading
Woman CEO of hit travel app Hitlist readies for next stage of growth
“We are a meta of a meta if you really think about it.” That’s how the founder and CEO of Hitlist describes the fast-growing travel app, whi... Continue Reading
Rockwell Collins factory exec learns from experience and from mom
Janice Warren, the 47-year old VP and General Manager of Winston Seating Operations at Rockwell Collins attributes her professional success ... Continue Reading
EasyJet leads charge to boost female pilot numbers
EasyJet captain Marnie Munns is on a mission to persuade more girls and women to join her in the cockpit and boost the stubbornly low number... Continue Reading
Vintage book shows aviation hero status was not only afforded to men
Browsing through a selection of vintage books at my favorite thrift shop on the Outer Banks, I laid hands on a tattered little treasure publ... Continue Reading
Melissa Myers: Experiencing my first flight in a small plane
I had been dreaming of this my entire life, and I had a smile plastered on my face from ear-to-ear. It was September 24, 2011, the day I was... Continue Reading
Pilot and LGBT advocate Adelynn Mrosko soars with UND and NGPA
When she was a teenager in rural Ohio, a chance meeting with a neighbor led Adelynn Mrosko to her first flight at the controls of an aircraf... Continue Reading
Former teacher seeks to attract girls to STEM with Fly Like a Girl
When Fly Like a Girl director Katie McEntire Wiatt was a little girl she wanted to be everything from a Broadway star and a chef to an Olymp... Continue Reading
TAM Airlines CEO Claudia Sender on harnessing a culture of diversity
A job at consulting from Bain & Company in the early 2000s was Claudia Sender’s entry into the aviation industry. She is now among a han... Continue Reading
Why being a pilot proved to be Carol Hallett’s winning ticket
Carol Hallett says that every job opportunity she’s had in her nearly 60-year career has been because of one thing: being a pilot. She has h... Continue Reading
FlyGirls looks to shine bright light on hidden figures of WWII
Oscar-nominated writer-director Matia Karrell first learned about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) when she discovered an old photo... Continue Reading
Melissa Myers: Why I’ve set my sights on becoming a pilot
Many of my earliest childhood memories are daydreams of flying around the sky like a bird. I would lie in the grass, look toward the sky and... Continue Reading
AFA president on why NAI entry is concern to US flight attendants
If there was ever a single moment that redefined the aviation industry for Sara Nelson, it was 9/11. “Every day since the planes again began... Continue Reading
Women graduates flying high at Ethiopian Aviation Academy
In November 2015 Ethiopian Airlines made headlines around the world when it flew with an all-female flight crew from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia t... Continue Reading
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