API in the News, API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Industry, Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Mentoring, Millennials in Aviation, Pilot Shortage, Retention, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on June 26, 2019

Bill Garvey’s “Fast Five” with API’s Sheryl Barden

Earlier this year, I (Sheryl Barden) had the pleasure of being interviewed by Bill Garvey, the Editor of “Business & Commercial Aviation,” one of the industry’s premier trade publications.In every

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Aviation Director, Aviation Maintenance, Hiring Employers, Retention

posted by Jill Henning on May 17, 2019

Parenting in Business Aviation

Parenting and relationships can be tough for families in many industries.But those who travel for a living (or have a spouse who does so) have an extra set of challenges

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

posted by Sheryl Barden on May 2, 2019

Six Ways to Find and Keep New Pilots

We are now in the third year of an unprecedented shortage of pilots, and the situation is not going to get better quickly. There simply are not enough pilots in

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

posted by Sheryl Barden on April 12, 2019

How to Evaluate Your Total Compensation Package

One of the most pressing issues facing business aviation is the shortage of pilots and maintenance professionals. And because of those shortages, most aviation organizations are modifying their total compensation

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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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API Recruiting Tips, Job Seekers, Millennials in Aviation, Networking, Pilot Shortage, Retention

posted by Jill Henning on November 13, 2018

Look Before You Leap, or Vice Versa?

Imagine hearing: “I want to earn a million dollars a year flying a G650 with a tight-knit crew, travel to the most exotic destinations in the world, and work only

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Aviation Director, Compensation, Leadership Development, Millennials in Aviation, Retention

posted by Jill Henning on November 9, 2018

10 Ways to Show Appreciation and Create a “Stickier” Workplace

With the holidays so quickly approaching, it’s a great time to show our appreciation for those who support us throughout the year.Whether it’s our staff, vendors, industry colleagues, bosses, travelers,

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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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