As business aviation companies embrace efforts to be more open and inclusive, have you considered the benefits of expanding and diversifying your own professional network to include people with different backgrounds and insights? “You have to be able to add value to other people’s lives, and by adding value, you start to understand what interests that other person,” said Kelvin Mensah, co-founder and CEO of PJKev Approved and Approved Jets. “Once you see that, you start to diversify your network because you realize that you can learn so much from other people.”
In this episode of NBAA’s “Flight Plan,” host Rob Finfrock speaks with:
Miguel Gallardo, founder and president, MAG Aviation Group and member of NBAA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group
Kelvin Mensah, co-founder and CEO, PJKev Approved and Approved Jets
Attracting and retaining business aviation talent remains a challenge. Savvy aviation managers have a rapport with their human resources staff and they work together to help their company hire and hold on to business aviation's best and brightest.
As the saying goes on Capitol Hill, most work in any congressional session gets done in the first 100 days of a new year. NBAA has been using this time to focus on numerous legislative and regulatory matters that impact business aviation, including by utilizing the CLIMBING. FAST. campaign to underscore the industry's leadership on sustainability and push toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
One of the featured sessions at the record-setting 2024 NBAA Leadership Conference was a live podcast with aerial coordinator and stunt pilot Kevin LaRosa II, whose work helped create several gravity-defying moments in the blockbuster movie "Top Gun: Maverick." In this podcast, LaRosa shares his perspectives on the concept of "Next-Level Leadership" and balancing the "need for speed" with a steadfast commitment to safety.