Last year, American Airlines introduced its Cadet Academy that provides student pilots an opportunity to train at hand-picked flight schools and get them on their way toward becoming an airline pilot. After completing their Academy training, the student pilots choose to join one of American’s wholly-owned regional airlines as a Cadet Flight Instructor. We were… Read more »
“Mom, can boys be pitots too?” Such an innocent but honest question from the four-year-old daughter of now-retired American Airlines pilot Beverley Bass. Her daughter, Paige Stawicki, couldn’t quite pronounce the word pilot, and only knew what she saw, which was that her mother and her friends were all pilots and all women. Since her… Read more »
Going from pushing beverage carts down the cabin aisle to pulling the yoke on the flight deck happens more often than you’d think. Envoy Cadet Instructor Ying Liu gave into the urge to fly when she was a cabin crew member for American Airlines. Hiding inside the perky, friendly Ying who makes a perfect flight… Read more »
The International Women in Aviation Conference is always a fun collaboration of women and men coming together to reach a very important common goal – inspire women and girls to flourish and become leaders in the aviation industry. Every year, people from all over the world connect and engage with one another to make a… Read more »
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 »