Business Aviation Insider
Jan/Feb 2025
The January-February 2025 Workforce Issue of NBAA’s Business Aviation Insider magazine explains why more nonflying managers are being tapped to lead aircraft operations. The magazine also examines how attitudes about mental wellness may be shifting in the aviation community. And see how business leaders at U-Haul use the icon’s agile flight operation to oversee thousands of locations across North America.
Features
Breaking Tradition With Nonflying Business Aviation Directors
Industry leaders are seeing a trend in which nonflying personnel with backgrounds in areas such as maintenance, scheduling/dispatch and client management are taking on major leadership roles.
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Industry Attitudes About Pilot Mental Wellness May Be Shifting
Recent industry recommendations addressing pilot mental wellness concerns and revised FAA guidance for aviation medical examiners are two signals that this challenging regulatory environment may be improving.
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Business Aircraft Passenger Cabins Are Turning Greener
As business aviation honors its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, more operators, completion centers, designers and OEMs are making cabin interiors increasingly sustainable.
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How U-Haul’s Nimble Business Aviation Operation Covers North America
The iconic moving truck, trailer and storage company’s independent spirit and culture of responsibility is perfectly suited for a highly mobile flight operation touching all 50 states and every Canadian province.
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How Reverse Mentoring May Help Your Bizav Operation
Senior workers mentoring junior employees remains an important part of business aviation, but the concept of reverse mentoring is gaining ground. Experts share several reasons why.
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Customer Service Culture Helps Bizav Companies Thrive
Experts share insights into why the best bizav organizations succeed by focusing on their workforce and properly defining and reinforcing company culture.
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How to Build a Business Aviation Safety Culture With New Hires
Experts share strategies that safety-minded employers as well as ideal job candidates can use to find each other and create a good fit.
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Revitalizing Leadership in a Shifting Bizav Environment
Strong team leadership is becoming increasingly crucial as flight operations evolve in today’s ever-changing business environment.
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How to Turn Career Setbacks Into Stepping Stones in Business Aviation
Industry professionals share lessons learned from career setbacks, and how they’ve transformed failure into opportunities to learn and grow.
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Expert Offers Personal Security Tips for Bizav Crews Traveling Abroad
A global aviation security expert shares tips on effectively evaluating threat levels at travel destinations, maintaining awareness and planning for worst-case scenarios.
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Departments
President’s Perspective
The 2025 Business Aviation Policy Landscape, in Washington and Beyond
As the industry heads into 2025 with a new Congress and administration, it’s time to take stock of what may be ahead for business aviation, with an eye toward potential challenges and opportunities.
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Flight Bag
Resources: Workforce Development
NBAA offers many programs and other resources to help industry professionals meet workforce challenges – both now and in the future.
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Capital View
Subcommittee Chair Womack Supports Safe Regulatory Streamlining
The powerful head of the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee discusses aviation workforce challenges and encourages streamlining FAA regulatory processes without compromising safety standards.
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Regional Representation
For Business Aviation Pilots, Local/Regional Groups Have Much to Offer
How does engaging with the local bizav community benefit pilots? It’s essential for ensuring that concerns are not only heard, but understood, as well.
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Regulatory Hot Topics
Should Part 91 Recurrent Pilot Training Be More Scenario-Based?
Recent policy interpretations now require some Part 142 training centers to use the Part 91 recurrent training course to focus on box-checking exercises, rather than improving a pilot’s skills by having them train for critical scenarios. Is that a good thing?
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Pro Tips
How to Include Remote Workers in Company Culture
Company culture is critical to the success of any business aviation organization. It instills uniform values and ethics, shapes employee behavior and customer relations, and aligns workers with a shared goal. Don’t make the mistake of unintentionally excluding employees who work remotely.
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Operations
Tips for Bizav Operators to Avoid CBP Fines and Loss of US Entry Privileges
Don’t make the mistake of failing to comply with U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements for entering the country. Some of the most common errors made by business aviation flight crews could result in serious repercussions.
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Operations
Small Operators Share Keys to Finding Training Slots
Industry demand for simulator-based training to keep crews current often stretches service providers to their limits
these days. And nowhere is that pressure felt more than in small flight departments.
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Member Central
Updates on Travel Doc Discounts and Business Aviation Professional Development
The NBAA is partnering with business aviation travel leader G3 Global Services to offer member discounts and cost savings on a full suite of travel document procurement services. Also, take a look at NBAA’s professional development opportunities for 2025.
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New Horizons
AAM Leader: Joby Aviation Could ‘Change the Pilot Workforce’
The latest chapter in Bonny Simi’s unique career story focuses on the future of zero-emission air taxis and helping pilots create a healthier and fulfilling work-life balance.
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