From corner to corner lining every wall, desk and table, computer monitors light up the room of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) Virtual Control Center. The screens cover the room in a sky-blue hue while dozens of employees talk quietly over phones and headsets, and decipher the labyrinthine charts and diagrams on the glowing monitors. In the… Read more »
During the 2017 summer, twelve interns from colleges around the U.S. worked in various departments at Envoy Headquarters in Irving, Texas. For ten weeks, they were heavily involved in a wide array of projects in departments like Flight Safety, Communications, Finance and Flight Operations. Envoy interns also spent time learning airline operations with visits to the Dallas-Fort Worth… Read more »
At 3:15 a.m., the grass runway at Parnamirim Airport was completely dark. The two pilots, Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, paced the path looking for any type of landmark to help with their takeoff. “Once off the ground, a truly pitch dark encompassed us,” says Amelia Earhart, according to Finding Amelia by Ric Gillespie. “However,… Read more »
Those in the aviation industry know how technical every aspect of flying can be. Whether it’s the radio calls used by pilots and Air Traffic Control (ATC) or the technical jargon of repairing an aircraft’s avionics, there is no shortage of ultra-specific language used to complete these tasks. Chad Laviolette, an aviation student at Envoy… Read more »
Those in the aviation industry know how technical every aspect of flying can be. Whether it’s the radio calls used by pilots and Air Traffic Control (ATC) or the technical jargon of repairing an aircraft’s avionics, there is no shortage of ultra-specific language used to complete these tasks. Chad Laviolette, an aviation student at Envoy… Read more »