Press Release: United sets diversity goal for new pilot training academy
United Airlines, the only major U.S. airline to own a flight school, will begin accepting applications today as it embarks on an ambitious p... Continue Reading
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Principal interior designer Stephanie Chahan talks Exosonic
I suggested to Stephanie Chahan, principal aircraft interior designer & business development analyst at Exosonic, that she is perhaps th... Continue Reading
WILL Rise: How UTC is preparing women for leadership
On 16 January, UTC subsidiaries Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney hosted the inaugural Women In Line Leadership (WILL Rise) Conferen... Continue Reading
How two key Finnair programs use diversity to drive results
Airlines are global companies, and perhaps more than any other business have the opportunity to learn from the diversity of their staff memb... Continue Reading
Sabre’s head of NDC on STEM, #MeToo and the value of sticky notes
Kathy Morgan, vice president and Head of NDC at Sabre Corporation is helping airlines manage one of the most challenging IT programs in rece... Continue Reading
Immfly’s Maria Cardenal on big leaps in innovation and representation
Maria Cardenal started her career in aviation in 2007 as head of ancillary revenue and product development at Clickair, and spent nearly nin... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Airlines say they want more women but can’t find their C-Spot
Talk about gender diversity — and diversity on the whole — during the IATA Annual General Meeting in Sydney this week highlights an all too ... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: A woman’s place is in the flight deck and the C-Suite
Last month, I received a letter from a high school student. She took me to task for the scarcity of female pilots and astronauts. As the pre... Continue Reading
All-women flights can’t disguise persistent gender gap on flight deck
On a recent flight from Frankfurt to New York, Captain Beatrice Beyer and First officer Diana Busch worked together side by side in the cock... Continue Reading
Inmarsat throws support behind The Amelia Project
Amelia Rose Earhart is recreating the historic last journey of her world famous namesake, Amelia Earhart, with a solo flight around the worl... Continue Reading
New book studies MH370 in the larger context of air crash history
During the height of MH370 coverage, almost every person with access to the outside world took on the role of armchair investigator. For a f... Continue Reading
It’s time for some boys to check their privilege in-flight
Melanie Friend is the type of chick that oozes confidence. She rocks a vixen red hair ‘do’, owns her circa 50s femme-style, and has in... Continue Reading
First woman to solo the world makes ultimate gender equality statement
The way she tells it, Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock was just another housewife in a plane on an adventure. And then you remember that she complete... Continue Reading
LadiesLoveTaildraggers scholarship among latest highlighted by AOPA
Aviation organizations recognize the importance of investing in the future of aviation by offering scholarships. Each month, the Aircraft Ow... Continue Reading
Pioneering author of aircraft interiors ‘bible’ goes digital
For the past 10 years, Jennifer Coutts Clay’s book, Jetliner Cabins, has served as a ‘bible’ about aircraft interiors. Published... Continue Reading
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