AINsight blogs, Aviation Director, Diversity, Leadership Development, Sheryl Barden

posted by Jill Henning on November 17, 2023

AINsight: Curating a Team of Experts

Leadership isn’t about single-handedly wielding every card in the deck. It’s about curating a team of experts, as Sheryl Barden explains in her guest column for Aviation International News. In

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AINsight blogs, NBAA Events, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on October 20, 2023

AINsight: NBAA-BACE 2023 . . . It’s About People

Sheryl Barden (API) moderated a panel about successful strategies for hiring low-time pilots and ensuring their success. Panelists included: Kirk Mies (AbbVie), Kim Kissh (AbbVie), Greg Burris (Masco), and Alison

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AINsight blogs, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on September 22, 2023

AINsight: The Overlooked Maintenance Crisis

The Overlooked Maintenance Crisis In business aviation, we’re often quick to discuss the soaring compensation of pilots and the shortage of talent. But behind the scenes, over in the maintenance

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AINsight blogs, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on August 21, 2023

AINsight: Don’t Get Burned by Burnout!

Burnout can lead to staff departures Recently, an industry friend called to talk about possibly looking for a new job. He told me that he’s had a great experience working

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AINsight blogs, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on July 21, 2023

AINsight: Training Contract Ethics & Accountability

I’ve never been a fan of the pilot training contract. Meaning a legal document that binds a pilot to a flight department for a set period of time after earning

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AINsight blogs, API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Chief Pilot, Pilot Shortage, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on June 30, 2023

AINsight: Navigating the Pilot Training Issue

Pilot simulator photo courtesy of CAE via AINonline for Barden’s June 2023 AINsight column: Navigating the Pilot Sim Training Slot Issue Not too long ago, several aviation directors asked me

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AINsight blogs, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on May 19, 2023

AINsight: Don’t Fly Without It!

With pilots spending much of their time at work at high altitudes with increased exposure to UV rays, sunscreen is important to help protect them from skin cancer. (Photo: Photograph

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AINsight blogs, Compensation, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on April 21, 2023

AINsight: Does Size Really Matter?

James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons This guest blog, “AINsight: Does Size Really Matter,” originally appeared on AINonline.com on April 21, 2023. Does Size Really Matter?

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AINsight blogs, Sheryl Barden, Women in Aviation

posted by Sheryl Barden on March 17, 2023

AINsight: No More Female Takedowns

Dr. Sian Proctor was a keynote speaker at 2021 NBAA-BACE as well as last week’s NBAA Leadership Conference where she discussed the pressure she feels as a woman in the

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AINsight blogs, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on February 17, 2023

AINsight: Making Hay as a Contractor

What are your flight department's rules regarding earning extra cash as a contractor? Be up front and read the fine print, says Sheryl Barden in her February AINsight article.The “gig

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