The sun was barely peeking over the horizon, beginning to shed light across the ramps and runways at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Inside the airport, shuffling through the crew lounge doors were two wide-eyed pilots reporting for duty. Only, on this morning, they were not preparing for flights but instead preparing for their moment… Read more »
It was supposed to be a routine overnight trip to Pensacola, Florida for Envoy First Officer Amanda Tucker. She was going to show what a day-in-the-life of an Envoy pilot entails – her walk around inspection, flight planning, riding the shuttle to the hotel, a trip to a local restaurant…you know, the usual. But Amanda… Read more »
Growing up a horse-riding rodeo-roping self-proclaimed “guy’s girl,” Sara St. Clair is the perfect vision of a woman tackling a male-dominated profession like commercial aviation. Only the Atlanta-native doesn’t see herself as a social justice warrior, but, rather, she sees herself as the best human possible for the job. Between high school and college, after… Read more »
Since 1982, the Expanding Your Horizons Network (EYHN) has inspired young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Our very own Envoy Captain Jessica Hines has been working with the non-profit for some time as a “female STEM role model…from traditionally underrepresented populations in STEM,” according to the EYHN website. In… Read more »
When I was hired to be the new Digital Content Developer on Envoy’s Communications team, I imagined days full of photographing planes, interviewing pilots and writing blog posts like I am now. For the most part, I was right; until this past weekend. After two days in “sunny” Palm Springs, California at the National Gay… Read more »