When I was in pilot training, my flight instructor urged me to THINK BIG!

But I just couldn’t.

Only a handful of women were airline pilots back then. I never imagined that one day I might fly for a premier global airline, get rated to fly one of the world’s largest transport jets (B-747), fly a jet equipped with the world’s largest jet engines (B-777-300), or fly the most sophisticated transport jet ever designed (B-787).

But I did.

And, I was privileged to fly seaplanes, gliders, balloons, and helicopters; give flight instruction; fly bank checks and prisoners and cadavers; perform aerobatics; and serve as standards captain and airline flight operations manager. 

Along the way, I dedicated myself to promoting pilot careers and advocating for women, BIPOC, and other people historically excluded from aviation careers, by volunteering as mentor, writing for aviation magazines, and presenting at conferences.

One outcome of those longtime efforts is this website, with free resources and articles to help people to become pilots and learn about exciting pilot careers, find mentors, win scholarships, land jobs, navigate career highs and lows, stop harassment, develop work/life balance, preserve health, and more.

Keep checking back for new articles being posted on a regular basis. And I hope you will . . . THINK BIG and FLY!

NOTES: Everything here is offered for free -- no ads, no paywall, no subscription, no solicitation of products or services, no paid endorsements. At the same time, this is copyrighted material; express written permission is required to copy or reprint, except  where indicated. All views are my own.