Podcast: The Top Flight Plan Episodes of 2023

Dec. 4, 2023

With the New Year quickly approaching, we look back on the most popular episodes of NBAA’s Flight Plan podcast over the past 12 months, which featured discussions about professionalism and safety, the relationship between sustainability and emerging technologies in business aviation and how NBAA works with the FAA to keep pilots flying safely through areas of convective weather.

In these three episodes, NBAA Flight Plan host Rob Finfrock speaks with:
  • Eric Canup, chair of NBAA Domestic Operations Committee and head of flight operations at Live Oak Bank
  • Scott Cutshall, member, NBAA Sustainability Subcommittee and senior vice president of development and sustainability at Clay Lacy Aviation
  • Brock Jordan, co-chair, NBAA Sustainability Subcommittee and chief pilot for Netflix
  • David Keys, vice chair of NBAA Domestic Operations Committee, chief pilot at Peace River Citrus Products and president of the Central Florida Business Aviation Association
  • Roland Nuñez, acting national aviation meteorologist in charge at the FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center for the National Weather Service
  • Paul McDuffee, vice chair, NBAA Emerging Technologies Committee and senior principal advisor at Supernal
  • Dean Snell, manager of NBAA Air Traffic Services
  • Chris Proudlove, member, NBAA Emerging Technologies Committee and senior vice president for Global Aerospace

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