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Sarah Talucci is the founder and president of 315 Aviation, a New York-based brokerage that specialises in high-end aircraft transactions. She also teaches ground school and is part of a local Women in Aviation chapter.
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Heather Ross was not destined to be a test pilot. She stumbled into the cockpit “very much by accident”, thanks to two brothers who were also interested in aviation. She had initially planned to be a musician.
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Show curiosity about the role to set yourself apart from other candidates, says Stephanie Sparrow...
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Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet assumed command of the RCAF in July, becoming the first woman to head the Canadian air service. She says the service will continue close cooperation with the US Air Force.
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At the age of nine, Paola Velasco flew with her mother from Bolivia to Lima in Peru, then onward via American Airlines to Miami, Florida. It ignited an aviation passion, prompting her to pursue a pilot career.
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We caught up with Lucy Dakin-Scott, 2021 Evelyn Saunders Memorial Cup winner from the Air League. Lucy navigates a full time job as cabin crew with easyJet, part time role as Marketing Communications Officer at the Air League, having already completed her Private Pilot's License. In this interview she also discusses her longer term career development plan, which unsurprisingly will see her returning to the skies.
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Born and raised in the Netherlands, Allard Frans Ketting had always dreamed of flying high in the sky as a small boy. Click to read his story...
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Gary Vickers is chief executive of Aerogility, a US-based company that delivers ground-breaking maintenance scheduling systems to global civil and defence aerospace companies.
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Susanna Sundberg, 43 years old. Born in Göteborg, Sweden 1977, went to flight school in Sweden 2001-2002, flight instructor training 2005-2006 and got my first job as commercial pilot on the Avro RJ 2007.
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There are more than 562 million professionals on LinkedIn. To stand out, you need to pay close attention to creating your profile. In this section, you'll learn how this is done.
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For aerospace professional Annalisa Russell-Smith FRAeS, the benefits of drone technology first became apparent while she was working in the media industry in the USA over a decade ago.
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I’m Marieke Dekker, 33 years old from The Netherlands. I started flying the Boeing 737 a little over a year ago at Ryanair. Currently I am a First Officer at Transavia, a Dutch airline which is part of the KLM Air France Group.
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Picking through the pieces to find answers after an aviation tragedy inspires Zoe Keliher, who uses her extensive experience in the role and as a skilled pilot to help improve aviation safety in the USA.
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As the US Air Force finally begins to retire the vaunted A-10 ground attack jet, a combat-tested pilot remembers how the Warthog’s rugged airframe saved her life on a combat mission over Baghdad 20 years ago.
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As an airline pilot with more than 6,000 flight hours under her belt, Kerstin Mumenthaler is in at least her third career. Appointed early last year, she is now chief executive of business aviation operator, Axis Aviation.
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Ferrel stumbled on the aviation industry when searching government job posts. An opening with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) led to an application, which led to an entry-level job, which led to a colleague who suggested a controller job, which led to a career that Ferrel never suspected would be so fulfilling.
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Hi my name is Allison Couch, I am a student enrolled in the Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License (IATPL) program at the Brampton Flight Centre near Toronto, Canada. I will be graduating from the advanced flight training program in the first quarter of 2021.
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Initially working shifts as a young doctor at a helicopter rescue service in Munich, Dr Thomas Buchsein, now medical director for FAI Group, has been able to combine his two passions: medicine and aviation.
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IndiGo captain Shivani Kulkarni loves the automation in the Airbus A320’s cockpit, but it was flying Antonov An-32s for the Indian air force that made her the pilot she is today.
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Tough questioning about the company’s future plans is legitimate, if done elegantly, but too much interest in the sick-pay scheme may set alarm bells ringing. Likewise, listen carefully to the answers, and, once out of the room, mark them out of 10.