Pilots

Analysis: Overhauling Aviation Training: The Global Push for New Standards — Part I

An international movement gathers momentum to overhaul aviation training in favor of creating global standards, shedding prescriptive practices and devices and ending scattershot international regulatory standards. By Kathryn B. Creedy A decade ago, I called for pilot training reform in a series for Forbes Online, reform that ensured higher quality and better trained pilots. ButContinue reading “Analysis: Overhauling Aviation Training: The Global Push for New Standards — Part I”

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”

Opinion: Male Ally Discussion Very Disturbing with No Mention of Safety – Part One

Editor’s Note: This editorial is my own personal opinion based on 40 years covering the aviation industry. By Kathryn B. Creedy As I sat in the Friday afternoon discussion of male allies at the Women in Aviation International conference, I grew angrier and angrier. Sure, they were saying all the right things. They were tellingContinue reading “Opinion: Male Ally Discussion Very Disturbing with No Mention of Safety – Part One”

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”