By Kathryn B. Creedy With over 100 educators and aviation professionals tuning in nationwide, FAA opened its 2026-27 school season with an open forum to introduce educators to some of the best programming available to connect students to aviation and aerospace careers. In addition to describing the FAA’s three new educator pathway programs (see relatedContinue reading “FAA Kicks Off School Year with Pathways to Flight Open Forum”
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Career Advice from the CEO
By Kathryn B. Creedy Aviation and aerospace have dozens of conferences but those that represent women and minorities are not graced with the attendance of a lot of airline CEOs. But all of them are a priority for GoJet CEO Rick Leach, who not only supports the organization, shows up but runs an evening KaraokeContinue reading “Career Advice from the CEO”
New Space Economy Prompts Disruption and Opportunities for Aviation/Aerospace Education
By Kathryn B. Creedy The New Space Economy is changing everything we do from education to training and even regulating, providing a new frontier in both exploration and space business, according to John Wensveen, president International Space University, who spoke before the Space Coast Symposium recently on what such disruption means. He also made theContinue reading “New Space Economy Prompts Disruption and Opportunities for Aviation/Aerospace Education”
Opinion: Concrete Steps for WAI and Members to Change the Culture — Part Two
Editor’s Note: This editorial is my own personal opinion based on 40 years covering the aviation industry. It is second in a series in response to the #WAI2025 session on what male allies can do to support women. Part One — Opinion: Male Ally Discussion Very Disturbing with No Mention of Safety Kathryn B. CreedyContinue reading “Opinion: Concrete Steps for WAI and Members to Change the Culture — Part Two”
Veteran Aviation Reporter Launches Aviation/Aerospace Workforce News Site
In response to critical workforce shortages which have not been mitigated by Covid-19, Future Aviation/Aerospace Workforce News has been launched to make sense of industry regulatory, corporate, training, recruitment and retention challenges. “Before the pandemic businesses were leaving billions on the table for lack of workforce,” said Editor in Chief Kathryn Creedy, who launched theContinue reading “Veteran Aviation Reporter Launches Aviation/Aerospace Workforce News Site”
