Podcast: NBAA Flight Plan’s Top Episodes of 2021

Dec. 27, 2021

This year-end 2021 podcast revisits some of the most downloaded episodes of NBAA’s “Flight Plan” podcast over the past year, featuring discussions about:

  • Emerging new technologies and trends in business aviation
  • The FAA’s Pilot Records Database
  • The importance of professionalism in promoting operational safety
  • The many effects of COVID-19 on the business aviation industry

Guests include:

  • NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen
  • Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Michael Wolf
  • 2020 Dr. Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award recipient Erika Armstrong
  • 2020 Dr. Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award recipient Christopher Bing
  • 2020 Dr. Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award recipient Mitch Launius

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