Read more about the article Prepared for Takeoff: Two Trailblazing Aviation Leaders Share Lessons With Eagles
Air Force leader Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, who is now dean of Embry‑Riddle’s College of Aviation on the Prescott Campus, and Tammie Jo Schults, an airline captain and former naval aviator, speak at a “Safer Skies” event at Embry‑Riddle. (Photos: Embry‑Riddle/David Massey)

Prepared for Takeoff: Two Trailblazing Aviation Leaders Share Lessons With Eagles

Tammie Jo Shults was at the controls of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 from New York’s La Guardia Airport when a fan blade in the left engine flew off, causing a…

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Read more about the article When Southwest 1380’s engine failed, the cockpit was so loud the pilots had to use hand signals to communicate

When Southwest 1380’s engine failed, the cockpit was so loud the pilots had to use hand signals to communicate

(CNN) When an engine failed on a Southwest Airlines flight last month, pilot Tammie Jo Shults didn’t panic. Instead, she fell back on her extensive Navy experience. “My first thoughts were…

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Read more about the article Southwest 1380 Landing Proves Study Of Single Pilot Cargo Aircraft Is “Silly,’ Pilot Leader Says

Southwest 1380 Landing Proves Study Of Single Pilot Cargo Aircraft Is “Silly,’ Pilot Leader Says

A provision that would enable a study of single-pilot operation of cargo aircraft, strongly opposed by pilot groups, remains on the table as part of legislation to reauthorize the Federal…

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