Managing supply chain quality in complicated times
Achieving and maintaining high quality aircraft seat manufacturing is a complicated job, with today’s mobile, social and vocal airline passe... Continue Reading
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At BWI: unique vending machine and kiosk combat hair care crises
Cindy Tawiah, founder and creator of Maryland-based Diva By Cindy hair care products, knows how disruptive it can be for women who must thro... Continue Reading
Solving the puzzle of cabin interior supplier configuration management
When an airline or business jet customer specifies their aircraft interior, a huge number of highly engineered — and safety tested — pieces ... Continue Reading
Why a clear pathway to growth is essential for diversity in aerospace
Ensuring diversity in aerospace and representative leadership requires active community engagement as well as the conscious and deliberate c... Continue Reading
Group Captain Jo Lincoln applauds RAF opening combat roles to women
Group Captain Jo Lincoln is Station Commander at Royal Air Force (RAF) Wittering, a major military airfield around 100 miles north of London... Continue Reading
Combining strategic purchasing with empowering women employees
In the era of COVID-19, strategic purchasing is increasingly important in aviation, because the risk that smaller suppliers in particular ar... Continue Reading
Leading women in STEM push for greater diversity in aerospace
The aerospace sector can enrich itself by welcoming people from diverse backgrounds, identities and lived experiences. It can ensure better ... Continue Reading
Teenager and septuagenarian back in the air as UK lockdown eases
Seventeen-year old aviators are rare and 17-year old female flyers even more so, but Ellie Carter is no stranger to being unusual. Bitten by... Continue Reading
From the backroom to the boardroom: Blue Dart boss excels in air cargo
Spending over 40 years in air cargo has not dampened Tulsi Nowlakha Mirchandaney’s love affair with the industry. The managing directo... Continue Reading
United corporate medical director on the pandemic and healthy flying
Even before COVID-19 wreaked havoc with the airline industry, Pat Baylis, managing director and corporate medical director for United Airlin... Continue Reading
Rising like a phoenix from the ashes to conquer the skies anew
This is not the whole story, but we don’t have time. I’ll tell you the full tale over a beer when we next meet at an aviation event. We’ll h... Continue Reading
Ethiopian director Tigist Eshetu stays optimistic despite challenges
Tigist Eshetu is not your ordinary kind of person. Barely three months into her new job as Ethiopian Airlines’ regional director, Indi... Continue Reading
Reed Exhibitions’ AIX profiles remarkable women in new campaign
Though Reed Exhibitions’ mega PaxEx event, the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic,... Continue Reading
Role models are key to improving diversity: LeAnn Ridgeway of Collins
United Technologies is serious about enhancing diversity within its ranks, having dedicated itself to addressing the corporate leadership ga... Continue Reading
Attracting girls to STEM requires grassroots change: Eirini Dimitroula
Inmarsat’s head of operations, aviation business unit Eirini Dimitroula believes grassroots change is needed to attract girls into eng... Continue Reading