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What Does It Take to Become a Professional Pilot?
What Does It Take to Become a Professional Pilot?
By Jenny Beatty
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Visionary, Program Developer, & Advisor - The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative (PPLI)
The Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots
- Present 21 years 1 month
- Conceptualized and co-founded pioneering leadership mentoring and professional development program to empower future women pilot leaders in aviation, now with over 200 leader graduates worldwide.
- Spearheaded program development; secured support from Board of Directors; designed program structure; created resource materials; recruited and motivated mentors for launch; and mentored future leaders, from 2003 through 2008. Mentored graduates to assume program leadership in 2007.
-…- Conceptualized and co-founded pioneering leadership mentoring and professional development program to empower future women pilot leaders in aviation, now with over 200 leader graduates worldwide.
- Spearheaded program development; secured support from Board of Directors; designed program structure; created resource materials; recruited and motivated mentors for launch; and mentored future leaders, from 2003 through 2008. Mentored graduates to assume program leadership in 2007.
- Advisor / Mentor to program leaders on program management and development, since May 2024. -
Trustee & Advisor - Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots
- Present 23 years 2 months
- Elected to serve two terms on Board of Trustees for flagship scholarship fund for women pilots worldwide, established in 1940 in honor of the organization’s first president, 2001 to 2007.
- Developed fund to grow endowment from $900,000 to over $2.5 million, including independent
fundraising initiative to establish the Past Winners Perpetual Scholarship.
- Championed expansion of scholarship offerings for women pilots, including fostering New Pilot Awards for student pilots…- Elected to serve two terms on Board of Trustees for flagship scholarship fund for women pilots worldwide, established in 1940 in honor of the organization’s first president, 2001 to 2007.
- Developed fund to grow endowment from $900,000 to over $2.5 million, including independent
fundraising initiative to establish the Past Winners Perpetual Scholarship.
- Championed expansion of scholarship offerings for women pilots, including fostering New Pilot Awards for student pilots (now called First Wings Awards), creating Academic awards for college-student members, and facilitating increased access to flight training awards for members beyond North America.
- Advisor to Board of Trustees on the rapidly evolving flight training environment for aspiring airline pilots and other industry changes, since February 2018. -
Consultant & Subject Matter Expert - DEI Member Council
The Ninety-Nines, Inc.®, International Organization of Women Pilots
- 9 months
Advising and providing expertise on special initiative to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and address gender bias and sexual harassment, through cross-cultural education and advocacy of women pilots in all sectors of aviation for worldwide membership, leaders, and Board of Directors of large international organization of women pilots.
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Consultant & Subject Matter Expert - Task Force on Sexual Harassment
Women in Aviation International
- 5 months
Contributed research findings and expertise on gender bias and sexual harassment and assault in the aviation community on task force examining issues and proposing recommendations to the Board of Directors of large aviation organization for women.
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Peer Support Volunteer - Project Wingman
Allied Pilots Association
- 2 years 7 months
Social Services
Provided time-critical confidential peer support to flight crewmembers through 24/7 hotline in a company-union cooperative program offering a safe forum for discussion of mental health and personal difficulties. The success of this groundbreaking program led other airline unions to create FlyWell, HAWC, LYFT, PAN, PATH, Pilot Peer Support, SOAR, and similar mental health support programs.
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Peer Support Volunteer - Critical Incident Response Program
Allied Pilots Association
- 10 years
Social Services
Provided time-critical post-accident and -incident confidential peer support to flight crewmembers, to mitigate the psychological impact of post-traumatic stress, in a company-union cooperative program formerly known as FlightAAssist. Volunteered from October 2011 to April 2014 and February 2018 to September 2021.
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Columnist & Contributor - Aviation for Women magazine
Women in Aviation International
- 18 years 4 months
Columnist, “The View from Here” on professional pilot career topics, 2001 to 2012, for the official magazine of Women in Aviation, International.
Feature writer and photographer, “Delivering Our New Baby”, March/April 2012.
Contributor, 1994 to 2012. -
Columnist & Contributor - The 99s News magazine
The Ninety-Nines, Inc.®, International Organization of Women Pilots
- 14 years 4 months
Columnist, “Careers” on women and professional pilot career topics, 2003 to 2006, for the official magazine of The Ninety-Nines, Inc. International Organization of Women Pilots.
Contributor, 1994 to 2008.
Publications
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"Anxiety in the Air"
The New York Times
Op-Ed article about the airline industry and job security for employees in the aftermath of 9-11 and SARS health scare.
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"The View From Here"
Aviation for Women magazine
Promoting professional pilot and other aviation careers as columnist and features writer for Aviation for Women magazine, the official publication of Women in Aviation, International. 2001-2013.
Projects
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Consultant & Subject Matter Expert on underrepresented and marginalized communities in aviation
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Contributed independent research findings and analysis on bias, harassment, and misconduct towards women in all sectors of aviation to the Women in Aviation Advisory Board, for their testimony in congressional hearings and 2022 Report “Breaking Barriers for Women in Aviation: Flight Plan for the Future” submitted with key recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and the 117th United States Congress.
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Consultant & Subject Matter Expert - DEI Innovation Cells
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Led teams to collaborate on studying and proposing improvements to departmental policies, training culture, and pathways to leadership while strengthening the diverse flight crewmember workforce, and presented findings and recommendations to American Airlines Flight Department leaders.
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Project Leader, Researcher, & Subject Matter Expert on research study
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Conceptualized and led independent research study on Women in U.S. Air Carrier Flight-Deck Operations, supported by a Research Scholar Grant from the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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787 Pilot and Subject Matter Expert - NASA AIME2 research experiment
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Flight crewmember flying a specialized flight simulator in Automation Information Management Experiment (AIME2) research experiment intended to enable improved energy, automation, and system state awareness, as well as to provide new predictive capabilities with respect to these aspects of airplane state awareness for current and future air transportation system operations, at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.
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Program Developer - Emerging Leaders Program
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Consultant and key contributor to departmental team that created a new professional development program aiming to foster the next generation of flight department leaders from a diverse workforce of flight crewmembers; presented recommendations to American Airlines Flight Department leaders.
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Program Developer - Navigator Professional Development Program
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Key member of the organizational team in the American Airlines Flight Training and Standards Department, developing a voluntary mentor and professional development program designed to facilitate major career transitions for pilots; reinforce high standards of professionalism, leadership, and proficiency among all pilots; and foster a culture of safety and professionalism in a challenging and rapidly evolving environment.
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Project Leader for special aircraft delivery from The Boeing Company to American Airlines
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Conceived of and coordinated a special project to champion the many women working on the final completion, inspection, flight testing, and delivery of a new 737-800NG aircraft from The Boeing Company to American Airlines, including pilots and technical specialists of both companies. Flew delivery flight as First Officer. Interviewed and photographed women from both companies to author "Delivering Our New Baby" feature article published in Aviation for Women magazine, March/April 2012.
Honors & Awards
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American Airlines Quarterly Chairman's Award
Chairman of the Board, American Airlines
In recognition of decades of advocacy of pilots and the aviation community.
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99s AEMSF Research Scholar Grant
The Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund of The Ninety-Nines, Inc.
Project Leader, Researcher, and Subject Matter Expert for the research study Women in U.S. Air Carrier Flight-Deck Operations.
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International Forest of Friendship Honoree
The International Forest of Friendship
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99s President's Award
The Ninety-Nines, Inc, International Organization of Women Pilots
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B747 Type Rating Scholarship Award
The Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund of The Ninety-Nines, Inc.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Full professional proficiency
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