Jennifer Pickerel, Aviation Outplacement, Offboarding, Sheryl Barden

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on August 17, 2026

Why Aviation Outplacement Matters When a Flight Department Closes

One of the first things API’s Christine Wetherell notices when she begins working with an aviation professional whose flight department has closed is not a gap in the resume or

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API Recruiting Tips, Jennifer Pickerel, Job Seekers

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on April 24, 2026

Are You Staying Too Long in Your Business Aviation Career?

I had a conversation recently that’s stayed with me. A maintenance professional told me he’d been with the same business aviation organization for 18 years. Good operation. Good people. Nothing

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Jennifer Pickerel, API in the News, Aviation Director, Hiring Employers, Leadership Development

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on July 2, 2025

Rethinking Aviation Leadership

In business aviation, tradition holds value. It fosters safety, honors experience and shapes how we lead. But sometimes tradition narrows our view, especially when it defines who is “qualified” to

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API WorkWell, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Jennifer Pickerel, Leadership Development, Workplace Culture

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on April 5, 2025

Leading the Way to Workplace Wellness

We’ve all heard the saying: Employees don't leave companies; they leave managers. So if employee retention is aviation's biggest workforce issue, leadership development must become the highest priority. Yet, many

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API in the News, Jennifer Pickerel

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on February 11, 2025

Building a Business Aviation Safety Culture

Today, successful new employees must demonstrate that they’re a “good fit” with the people, the mission – the soul, if you will – of the organization. For employees in a

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AirMail Focus articles, API in the News, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Hiring Employers, Jennifer Pickerel

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on January 28, 2025

BizAv Hiring Trends for 2025

Jennifer Pickerel's guest column "BizAv Hiring Trends for 2025" originally appeared in GlobalAir.com's AirMail Focus newsletter. A Part 91 aviation leader recently called me after posting a job for a

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Jennifer Pickerel

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on December 16, 2024

Why Are Part 91 Flight Departments Closing?

From Left: Dean Walters, CAM, Jim Lara, Jay Orwin, Jennifer E. Pickerel and Julie Goodridge, CAM Recently, I joined a panel to address a pressing question: why are Part 91

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Workplace Culture, Aviation Director, Jennifer Pickerel, Leadership Development, Millennials in Aviation

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on November 18, 2024

Generations in Conversation: Building Bridges in Business Aviation

l-r: Jennifer Pickerel, Marty Grier, Cullen Gahagan, Brandon NeSmith and Emma Rasmussen As I stepped onto the stage at the Bombardier Safety Standdown, I felt both excitement and responsibility. My

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Jennifer Pickerel, Leadership Development, Retention, Work/Life Balance, Workplace Culture

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on October 30, 2024

The Key to Retention: Culture, Compensation or Quality of Life?

The room was buzzing with energy at NBAA-BACE as we dove into one of the toughest challenges flight departments face—keeping top talent. The stakes are high and it’s a balancing

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API Recruiting Tips, Jennifer Pickerel

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on August 22, 2024

The Leap from Maintenance Technician to DOM

What does it really take to make the leap from being a maintenance technician to a Part 91 Director of Maintenance (DOM)? From my years of recruiting both technicians and

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