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Santa Barbara wins first American Airlines Customer Cup

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There’s nothing quite like coastal California, with its majestic mountains, sea breezes and vibrant flora. At Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), all of these fantastic qualities are on full display. Surrounded by palm trees and Spanish mission architecture, the Envoy Customer Services team is as lively and eclectic as its environment. Recently, the SBA team… Read more »

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Girls Soar at C.R. Smith Museum, sponsored by Envoy

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Promoting diversity and inclusion across Envoy is fundamental to our success. And one of the ways we’re making this possible is partnering with local and national groups to encourage a more diverse range of people to join the aviation industry. On February 24, Envoy and American Airlines partnered with the C.R. Smith Museum to promote… Read more »

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Women With Wings: Captain Kiersten Orrick

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Captain Kiersten Orrick stood out like a sore thumb in her seersucker blazer, red blouse and blue Italian leather wingtips as she waded through a thicket of men in black suits. Apprehension began seeping in as her first National Gay Pilot Association (NGPA) conference started like every other pilot job fair Kiersten had attended. During… Read more »

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Embracing differences with First Officer Jakob Barnard

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Sometimes when evaluating an airline like Envoy, it can seem that the only things that matter are the airplanes, performance metrics and getting passengers to their destinations on time and safely. And while those are critically important aspects of any airline, they’re not the only things that make Envoy successful. The company is  made up of… Read more »

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Retired Envoy pilot ‘eager’ to teach again

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In an instant, the massive shifting and swerving Embraer 145 simulator came to a halt, the drawbridge dropped and when three pilots exited, three more entered through the sim doors. It was 10 a.m. and Professional Simulator Instructor Jim Carter was preparing his two first officers in-training for a marathon of simulator practice. In three locations across… Read more »

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