API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Leadership Development, NBAA Events, Pilot Shortage, Productivity, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on February 18, 2019

Striking a Work/Life Balance for Schedulers & Dispatchers

In the fast-moving world of business aviation, “duty calls” at all hours of the day and night. Especially for Schedulers and Dispatchers.When does a global 24/7 operation stop? When does

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Mentoring, Millennials in Aviation, Networking, Pilot Shortage

posted by Jill Henning on February 18, 2019

Grassroots Education: Answering the Call

A key message I just heard at the NBAA Leadership Conference was about the value of reaching out to talented young people. The goal being to educate them and pique

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Chief Pilot, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Networking, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on December 14, 2018

Corporate Aviation vs. Airlines: Two Pilots Weigh In

Several corporate aviation workforce issues are hot right now. And retaining our pilots and maintenance technicians is chief among them. That’s why I decided to interview two pilots who left

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API in the News, Aviation Industry, Chief Pilot, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on November 28, 2018

Pilot Shortage Is Real And Worrisome Long-Term, Recruiter Barden Says

 I was in a deep leather chair on the fourth floor of the University Club on San Francisco’s Nob Hill viewing a downtown obscured in a smoke haze generated by

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Aviation Industry, Leadership Development, Millennials in Aviation, NBAA Events

posted by Jill Henning on October 12, 2018

API Salutes the NBAA YoPro Staff

There’s no better time for young people in business aviation. And much of the momentum has to do with the work of two NBAA staffers: Sierra Grimes and Brian Koester.In

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Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Resources

posted by Jill Henning on October 11, 2018

What You Say Counts

Say what you mean and mean what you say…We all know the adage, “It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it,” which is true more often than not.

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, NBAA Events

posted by Jill Henning on September 24, 2018

How to Write a Trip Report & Recap Your Company’s Investment

Before heading to your next aviation conference, you might want to consider how you’ll recap the event with a trip report.A trip report is a communication document addressed to your

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Aviation Maintenance, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, NBAA Events, Pilot Shortage

posted by Jill Henning on September 24, 2018

BizAv Workforce Shortage: Do We Need a Paradigm Change?

This past August, I was invited to participate at NBAA’s second annual Workforce Summit held in Washington DC. The goal of the Summit was to discuss strategies that industry stakeholders

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Compensation, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on August 20, 2018

Hangar-Hopping: Is the Grass Really Greener?

We’ve all heard the phrase, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.”And it applies to some recent conversations I’ve had with both pilots and maintenance

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Hiring Employers, Mentoring, Productivity, Retention

posted by Jill Henning on July 16, 2018

Success Penalty: Myth or Realty?

At a recent Florida Aviation Business Association (FABA) conference, a retention-related topic called the “success penalty" arose. Admittedly, I’d never heard that phrase, but once one of the panelists began

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