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Women Air Traffic Controller’s Hot Sheet
Spring 2016
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Professional Women
Controllers, Inc.
The Watch Online
Spring 2016
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
3
A MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT
5
REGIONAL NEWS
8 CONFERENCE INFO
10 WHY I KEEP COMING
TO CONRFERENCE
11
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
12
ARE YOU PREPARED
FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW?
13 WHAT ''BUSINESS CASUAL'' REALLY MEANS
14 MEMBERSHIP CORNER
15 STEP ONE IN THE FAA
REAUTHORIZATION LEGISLATIVE DIALOGUE
17
HISTORY OF THE MENTORING PROGRAM
18
WOMEN’S HISTORY
MONTH
21
LACTATION ROOMS
24 WHY BE A MENTOR
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Professional Women Controllers,
Inc.
info@pwcinc.org | www.pwcinc.org
VISION
Professional Women Controllers, Inc. (PWC)
vision is to achieve a balanced workforce that
reflects the demographics of society and creates
a safe environment where all air traffic professionals have passion for their career, can excel,
and feel a sense of community at work.
MISSION
Professional Women Controllers, Inc. (PWC) is
a resource that provides support, training, encouragement, and camaraderie for all air traffic
professionals. PWC advocates balancing work
and family life, recruiting and retaining excellent
employees, developing people, enjoying work,
and maintaining a positive sense of community.
OFFICERS
President, Patti Wilson
Vice President, Christine Johnson
Secretary, Louisa Ocasio
Director of Resources (Treasurer), Tina Santiago
Membership Director, Marcy Soto
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Alaska Director, Vacant
Central Director, Lindsey Knox
Eastern Director, Pam Teasley
Great Lakes Director, Shawneise Wright
New England Director, Vacant
Northwest Mountain Director, Aimee Shingleton
Southern Director, Vacant
Southwest Director, Jennifer Lemmon
Western-Pacific Director, Christina Munro
APPOINTED OFFICERS, PROGRAM MANAGERS
Historian, Sue Townsend
Communications, Lindsey Knox
National Conference Chair, Kurt Proctor
Parliamentarian, Constitution &
By-laws, Maria Hofbauer
WATCH Editor, Patty Swenor
Web Page Administrator, Jennifer Lemmon
Education & Career Development
Program Manager, Sandy Holcomb
Salable Coordinator, Pat Tiner
Corporate Recruitment Program Manager,
Marcy Soto
ATPAC Representative, Lynette Jamison
2016 Conference Chairs, Nancy Thompson,
Christina Filipowski,
2017 Conference Chairs, Kristy Johnson
MANAGING EDITOR
Patty Swenor
CONTRIBUTORS
Patti Wilson, Shawneise Wright, Aimee WrightShingleton, Kate Beebe, Gisele Mohler, Jeanne Garrison, Janice Brady, Patty Swenor, Jennifer Lemmon,
Robin Rush, Marcy Soto, Trish Gilbert, Lynette
Jamison, Sue Townsend, Beth Mack, Christine Johnson, Christina Delgado
DESIGN
Patty Swenor
PHOTO
Cover Photo: Karen Pontius, Athina Santiago,
Marcy Soto, Aimee Wright-Shingleton, Louisa
Ocasio, Patti Wilson, Teri Bristol, Christine Johnson, Maria Hofbauer, Lindsey Knox , Jennifer Lemmon
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All rights reserved.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Patti Wilson
If you are
not getting
my email
updates, please make sure your
information is current with our
membership director. Her contact information is pwcmembershipdirector@gmail.com. The
following are some highlights of
our third quarter:
Conference Excused Absence
Letter: The FAA approval
memo for excused absence to
attend the conference can be
found on our website. Please let
me know if you have issues getting excused absence to attend
the conference; be sure to include
the documentation of the coordination with you and your manager.
National Training Conference
(NTC): The dates for the PWC
NTC at the Embassy Suites
Phoenix-Scottsdale are April 2528, 2016, with an optional day
trip to the Pima Air Museum and
Boneyard Tour.
paying our website host to create
the registration each year, this is
a one-time set up cost and will be
used for all future conferences.
Not only does this save the organization money but it also generates numerous reports and organizes information previously
collected and tracked manually.
The result will make the process
much easier for the entire conference committee.
National Employee Forum
(NEF) Business Case: The business case requesting the standardization for three days of excused absence for FAA approved
training was completed and
signed by all eight members of
the NEF. As of the deadline of
this publication, ACR-1 had not
met with the Administrator.
Conference Registration: The
conference registration is only
available online through the
PWC website. Registration is set
up via RegOnline. Instead of
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Lactation Rooms in Facilities:
The update is contained in this
edition.
PWC Website: Go to the conferences tab, and you will see the
National Training Conference
Toolkit. It has some suggestions
to make it easier for you to attend
the conference.
We have added a great video of
PWC VP Christine Johnson and
NATCA EVP Trish Gilbert.
Most of my email updates are
posted under President’s Corner,
if you want to review them.
Under Agency News: COO Teri
Bristol’s Weekly Updates and
Civil Rights news is posted. We
want to share these updates with
those who cannot get behind the
FAA firewall.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT CONT.
PWC January BOD Meeting:
The full BOD did not meet in
Memphis, TN., due to unforeseen
circumstances; instead, we met in
Washington, D.C., January 2122, 2016. Yes, those were the
dates of snowmaggedon in D.C.,
so we had more excitement than
expected but had a very productive BOD meeting. We had the
wonderful opportunity to meet
with our new AHR-1 and our
COO.
AHR-1 Annie Andrews – I
would encourage you to read her
biography; she has an amazing
background. We discussed our
concerns about the PWC Mentor
Program (previously called the
FAA Mentor Program) and educating people on the support
PWC has consistently provided
without consistent FAA support.
I provided her more information
and history. Lynette Jamison,
PWC Mentor Program Manager
wrote an article,
published in this
edition, giving the
history of the program and why it
currently only exists in the D.C.,
area.
will forward them to AHR-1 who
COO Teri Bristol – BOD members shared the different ways
will handle it on a case-by-case
basis.
their managers approve/
disapprove their travel time and
BOD meeting attendance. Ms.
Bristol took the IOU to help us
educate the managers. We also
discussed Vision 100 and the issues with OPM questioning supervision and 2nd level supervision in their retirement calculations. If you are in this situation,
please send me the details, and I
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D.C. Social – What a great time,
and a big shout out to FAA Managers Association (FAAMA) for
buying the beverages, while
PWC supplied the food.
Throughout the evening, we had
30+ people join us, even with the
snow looming. In fact, we are
happy to have four new members
as a result: Lawrence Beck, Andrea Stapleton, Melba “Nysei”
Moses and Harrell “Coop”
Cooper.
PWC BOD Minutes highlights:
January is the Budget BOD meeting. We evaluated each line item
of the proposed budget for the
next fiscal year. This will be reviewed in full detail at the conference during the General Business Meeting (GBM), on Thursday April 28, 2016.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT CONT.
 Hiring an auditor for our ac-
count is under research
 BOD officer transition budg-
et increased. This is to ensure positions are funded for
a complete exchange of information and training for the
new officer. This is especially important for the critical
positions, i.e. Director of Resources and Membership Director
 Guidebook purchased for fu-
ture conferences. We saved
15% for three years; it will
cover 2016, 2017, 2018 National Conferences
 An ad will be purchased in
the 2017 Air Traffic Control
Association (ATCA) World
Air Traffic Management
(ATM) edition. This will
allow us to have full use of
their art department
17, 2016 at the DOT. Diversity & Inclusion Forum Purpose Statement: The Department of Transportation
(DOT) and Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA) Diversity and Inclusion Forum
will showcase the important
role diverse individuals have
played in the history of transportation in America, how we
operate today, and how diversity shapes our future. This
innovative forum will feature
training sessions, guest
speakers, historical interpreters and interactive events.
DOT and FAA are committed to ensuring diversity and
inclusion efforts support our
mission to provide a fast,
safe, efficient, accessible and
convenient transportation
system.”
Starting this year, scholarships
applications are totally electronber’s activities to see who is
ic. This year, we increased the
on track to be funded for conline item for scholarships. A 501
ference. This is the account(c)(3) application is also being
ability I promised you; we
processed which, when approved,
will only fund those BOD
will allow anyone providing domembers who meet the renations to our scholarship founquirements of the office
dation to deduct these donations
 Donating $500 to support the
on their U.S. income taxes
Diversity and Inclusion Forum which will be held May
 Reviewed each BOD mem-
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 A more cost effective post-
card version will replace the
PWC trifold
 A lot of work on the PWC
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Each Program
Manager reviewed their section. Work is being done to
streamline the Regional Director duties. Appendix 8
(Conference) is also still under construction, but we are
making progress to help the
local conference committees
 Discussing reorganization of
Regional Directors, possibly
going to a local chapter structure
 Succession Planning: we are
trying to streamline the positions, so they are not as intimidating or overwhelming
The complete minutes will be
posted on the website; you will
need your member login to see
them.
I hope to see all of you in Phoenix; I know it is going to be an
amazing conference. Thank you
for your support, and we look
forward to seeing you in Arizona!
See page 23 for important information on PWC Nominations and Elections.
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REGIONAL NEWS
participating members. More than 450
By Shawneise Wright
gift cards/certificates
are offered to PWC at
e have been very busy in
a discounted rate.
You order the gift
the Great Lakes Region! I would
cards, paying face
like to share a few highlights.
value, and the conference receives a perPWC Member Katrina Smith
centage of the sales.
(FLM, KARR) and I were selected PWC at Lewis University Aviation Career ConferThese are the same
as the Air Traffic Control Manage- ence. Shawneise Wright, Funmilayo Atandare
ment Team in support of the 2015 (Nigerian member), Pam Brophy and Asia Hunter certificates purchased
directly from the store
Chicago Speedway NASCAR
or company. The proceeds will be
event. We, along with five Certiat the annual Lewis University
used to help fund the 2016 Phoenix
fied Professional Controller
Aviation Career Conference. SevProfessional Women Controllers’
(CPCs) and an additional Fronteral hundred students and parents
Line Manager (FLM), staffed the showed up in spite of the Chicago Annual National Training ConferMobile Air Traffic Control Tower area's 1st snowstorm of the season. ence.
at Lewis Airport (KLOT) Septem- We discussed ATC & PWC scholFor more information or to order,
ber 17-20, 2015.
arship opportunities.
just contact Pam “Pinky” Brophy,
Great Lakes
W
Congratulations Pam “Pinky”
Brophy
the Manna Maven,
at pwcmanna@aol.com. Subject:
Manna Express.
Please help me in
wishing a happy retirement to PWC
member Pam “Pinky”
Brophy who retired
after 30 years with
the FAA. Although
retired, Pam will continue to be our
”Manna Express Maven”.
I had an amazing opportunity to
gather with fellow PWC members
What is Manna Express you ask? Manna Express was designed to benefit organizations at no extra cost to the
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Hope to see you all in Phoenix!
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REGIONAL NEWS CONT.
PWC Home Cooking in the Northwest Mountain
By Aimee Wright-Shingleton
N
ovember 18, 2016, as the
newest Board of Director to the
Northwest Mountain Region, I decided to invite current PWC members and prospective members to
my home for some food, fun and
making new friends. This atmosphere proved to be very relaxing
and allowed everyone to engage
with each other, evolve in the conversation of PWC membership
benefits, and excel the excitement
of becoming part of a fantastic organization.
Back row, L-R: Tracy Willden, Aimee Wright-Shingleton, Megan Tolley, Kelly McElhaney, Caryn Smith, Stacy Granley, TraCheri Jackson,
Crystal Rogers, Stephanie Winder, Merilee Sabino.
Front row, L-R: Isaac Lind, Greg Bean, Rod Sabino
get out more and visit with our
facilities and our members, both
current and prospective. PWC is
an organization that has many benefits some are not aware of. There
A total of 13 people showed up for will be many new employees comthis Northwest Mountain Region
ing in who have bright futures
event; six were current PWC mem- ahead of them; let’s help them
bers, and I’m happy to say the re- achieve those goals.
maining seven joined by the end of
the night. Needless to say, it was a Knowing your Board of Directors
is working hard for each and every
very informative and productive
night. Northwest Mountain would member is extremely important,
and that’s what makes PWC who
like to welcome aboard: Kelly
we are. The camaraderie we have,
McElhaney, Megan Tolley, Merilee Sabino, Stacy Granley, Tracy the networking available and the
realization of balancing a family
Willden, TraCheri Jackson, and
life, while working in one of the
Crystal Rogers. Members who
joined in November include: Greg most stressful jobs, is by far someBean, Isaac Lind, Brandee Coker. thing PWC stands proud of.
As the Northwest Mountain Regional Director, I learned we, as a
professional organization, need to
I would like to thank all of the
members in my region for their
continued support in promoting
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PWC. I met with many individuals who became members because
of your continuous efforts. With
my deepest sincerity, Thank You!
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2016 PWC Conference Information
Getting to Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale from the
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport:
Drive Time: 20 min.
Type
Typical Minimum Charge
Limousine
Super Shuttle
Rental Car
42.00 USD
25.00 USD
20.00 USD
Taxi
Various other
42.00 USD
42.00 USD
Monday April 25 A Day at the Boneyard
It’s not too late to register for the day trip to the Boneyard ($65/person)
9:00am-11:30am: Charter bus leaves from Embassy Suites Phoenix to PIMA Air Museum, Tucson
12:00-12:45pm: Box lunch at Museum
1:00-2:00pm: Private tour of Boneyard
2:00- 3:30pm Individual time at Museum
3:30- 6:00pm Charter Bus back to Phoenix Embassy Suites
Opening Reception
6:00pm-9:00pm: ‘Reigniting the Fire’ - business casual dress - wear red, orange or yellow.
Hospitality Suite
Available every evening in the Wildfire Room in the Embassy Suites Hotel,
kick back and relax with Trish Cummings and several of your PWC friends.
Tuesday April 26
Career Progression Event 7:00-9:00pm:
Bring your KSAs, resumes and prepare for interviews with mentors. Please
email your KSAs and resumes prior to conference for expedited service to:
calvert.christina@yahoo.com
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Wednesday April 27
Dinner and evening activities at your own leisure include TopGolf and Phoenix
Botanical Gardens.
Visit the Phoenix Visitor’s Bureau website to learn more:
http://www.visitphoenix.com/
Thursday April 28
Banquet 7:00-11:00pm: ‘Under the Western Sky’ – western semi-formal wear.
Full agenda and conference app available soon
*If your manager has questions or concerns about approving the excused
absence, please contact President Patti Wilson
at pwilson0761@sbcglobal.net
Register today (online only) at https://www.regonline.com/Register/
Checkin.aspx?EventID=1789088
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WHY I KEEP COMING TO CONFERENCE
How else can I keep in touch with old friends, support the organization
which gave me so many opportunities, and oh, by the way, have a lot
of fun! Kate
or how to be a better manager.
I’d rather help by providing
I attended the first PWC confer- background assistance, so those
ence, because I wanted to meet
who are still unfortunate enough
some other women in Air Traffic to have to work for a living can
Control (ATC). At the time, I
gain knowledge to help them in
was at a facility in the Midwest, that work.
as the only female, and wanted to
By Jeanne Garrison
make some connections for support. That first conference filled
As I reflect on
that immediate need, and I conwhy I continue to
attend all the
tinued to be active, meeting more
PWC confernew people each year. I gained
ences, I realize
knowledge and developed skills
there are many
through participation in the orreasons, and, although some reganization, which enhanced my mained constant, others have
performance on the job.
changed over the years. In 1979,
when I received the invitation to
Now that I’m retired, I want to
the first meeting, as the only womkeep in touch with friends and
an in a tower with about 25 men, I
also give back to PWC for all it was motivated by the prospect of
meeting other women in the field.
gave me. I can do this best by
I wondered if they had all been
continuing to come to conference. My self-appointed task is to subjected to the same treatment I
had. At that meeting, it was comproduce quilts which help raise
forting to see so many women who
scholarship funds.
had experienced similar struggles
By Kate Beebe
more about work in the centers and
flight service stations. As I attended more conventions, it was interesting to hear how some things
were done differently in facilities
and regions other than my own.
At the 1982 convention, I was encouraged to see we would remain a
viable and still much needed organization, although, sadly, we had
lost quite a few good women to the
strike. Unfortunately, we lost
many more a few years later, when
the flight service station duties
were contracted out.
Through all the changes, I continued to attend conferences, because
I could see how strongly PWC was
advocating for women, and I wanted to be a part of this effort. We
were recognized by the FAA, and
they were paying attention. As
one of PWC’s representatives, I
participated in a few meetings with
officials in Headquarters and Regional Offices, and I felt like they
were really listening. I could see
the impact of these meetings, in
and
survived.
This
was
going
to
implementation of daycare faciliI don’t attend many sessions – in
be a network for support, so I read- ties, better training for manageretirement, I don’t have much
ily joined the new organization. I ment positions and the increased
need to know about the FAA
was eager to get to know these
number of women in supervisory
budget or how to write a resume women better, as well as to learn
roles.
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WHY I KEEP COMING TO CONFERENCE CONT.
As a retiree, I still attend the annual conference to renew old
friendships I have made and to hear about all the changes in aviation and the air traffic control system. Jeanne
As the organization grew and matured, the conventions became referred to as conferences, and there
was more emphasis on training.
Many of the speakers from Headquarters presented information about
the changes being made, as well as
why and how they would be implemented. I really enjoyed going back
to the facility after a convention and
telling the manager of coming changes he did not even know about.
When the changes began to take
place, it really gave PWC some credibility in the facility. I continued to
attend for the remainder of my career, for the camaraderie, training
received and the opportunity to hear
the speakers from Headquarters present information I could take back to
the facility.
THE SCHOLARSHIP QUILT
By Kate Beebe
ment account each and every
month
 Enjoy some tax-free income.
If you’re coming to the Phoenix conEstablish a Roth IRA, College
ference, bring extra money for the
Savings plan or a Health Savings
Account, or invest in a taxscholarship fund…we’ll have a quilt
exempt bond fund. They all pro(or maybe two) to tempt you to give.
duce tax-free income
After a suggestion made several
 Pay off your credit cards, espemonths ago, we solicited donations
cially the high interest cards. Alof silk or silk-like ties from PWC
so, don't charge any more than
members and will soon be putting
you can pay that month
them together into a custom designed
quilt…rather like old ties rising from  Be debt free. Credit cards are
tempting to use, but it is too easy
the ashes to help someone get thru
to overindulge. Instead, use a
college. When things get a new life,
debit card; you won't spend
they may look different than in their
what you don't have
first life, so come see what can be
 Save as much as you can in your
done with a few ties…and by the
employer's retirement plan. If
way…learn a few more things to
your employer does not have a
help you in your life and in your job.
retirement plan, then consider
starting an IRA
The scholarship quilt project started
 Have you received a recent
The training has lost importance for in 2005, with $700-$1400 raised
windfall such as a tax refund or
me now, but since I enjoy the oppor- each year, totaling around $12-13K
inheritance? Before you spend it,
over the course of the program.
tunity to vacation in different cities
think about your future. You can
and still believe there is a need for
enjoy the windfall a lot longer if
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PWC, I shall continue to attend as
you make some wise decisions
long as I am able, visiting with old
 Establish a spending plan
friends and trying to keep up with the NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
(budget) and stick to it
FOR A PROSPEROUS NEW
latest information.
 Develop a financial plan
YEAR
By Janice Brady
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Janice Brady is a holistic tax and
financial advisor living in Renton,
Washington. She can be reached at
JaniceBrady@comcast.net
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ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW?
By Gisele Mohler
Let's assume you just got that call you have been waiting for -- you
are getting an interview for the job of your dreams!
Let's assume you just got that call
you have been waiting for -- you are
getting an interview for the job of
your dreams! The hiring officials
now know on paper you are qualified
for the job. They next want to select
the very best candidate from the list
of all the highly qualified applicants
to fill the job! Of course, you know
the job should be yours! Well, it
won't simply be handed to you -- you
need to prepare for your interview
how people and projects should be
and work for the honor of being semanaged. I have seen candidates nevlected.
er mention the results of their work. I
You have already spent a ton of time have heard candidates only talk about
updating your resume, as well as re- the teams they were on and what the
sponding to the written technical
TEAM did, rather than what the INquestions and the leadership
DIVIDUAL accomplished. Well, I
knowledge, skills and abilities ques- was not hiring a "team".
tions. All that work got you into the
final heat of the race! Now, you have I suggest, if you want to provide the
best answers to interview questions,
to prepare to be the one across the
you prepare for a Behavioral Interfinish line.
view. There is much talk about the
Speaking from my experience on
success of the Behavioral Interview
interview panels and also as a select- process. It has been around for quite
ing official, all the good words on
a few years. This methodology is
paper will not land you the job, if
based on the fact folks believe past
you do not interview well. I have
performance will be an indicator of
witnessed candidates for high-level
future performance. So, if you feel
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odology, as you prepare for the interview.
One way of preparing is to go on the
internet and research Behavioral Interviews. You'll see a ton of questions that may be asked during the
interview. You can choose to try to
memorize answers to all those questions and hope the five to 10 questions asked of you will be among
those. Or, a simpler and less timeconsuming method is to become
more familiar with your resume and
focus on how you would best be able
to speak well of your successful experiences in a concise and relevant
way. Whichever approach you take,
the following is the process I recommend you follow.
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ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW? CONT.
For every answer, use this code: B-A
-R. Every complete answer you provide should set the context of your
experience by providing a short
background -- the "B." This is where
you talk about the job and the problem you were solving. Include information such as its importance to the
agency, its financial agency investment, and the level of leaders you
worked with and who valued the results. If you are a manager, mention
the number of people you supervised
and the dollar value of your annual
budget.
Next, concisely describe how you
approached or analyzed the problem
-- the "A." If you led the work, say
so, and describe your role, as well as
some decisions you made that led to
results. You can include how you
divvied the work among the team
members and how you integrated
their work. Make sure you say "I". If
you were part of a team, do not say
"we". Instead, say, "My role on the
team was ..." or "The actions I executed on my team were..." or "The
analyses I personally performed
were..."
WHAT ''BUSINESS
CASUAL'' REALLY
MEANS
Provided by Robin Rush
making a future sound investment. It
could have led to many wonderful
“You don't sell for what you're worth
conclusions. Most important, empha- unless you look good."—Lady Bird
size a result that may have meaning Johnson
to any of the folks interviewing you.
One career roadblock repeatedly
A few additional items to include, in
stalls career advancement in almost
at least one or two of your answers,
every line of work: inappropriate
is how you may have coached or
dress around the workplace and at
mentored employees or fellow team
work-related events. You may be
mates and, of course, how you rehighly intelligent, well-qualified and
warded the work of others.
extraordinarily capable, and still be
Just in case your interview questions disqualified or dismissed by leaving
don't necessarily ask about past per- the "business" out of business casual.
formance, you can turn it into a behavioral interview and start the answer with, "For example...." By doing so, you will give the panel or interviewer some concrete reasons to
score you well and, in the end, offer
you the position.
These days, many employers tend to
show a wider tolerance for business
wear than in the past—ranging from
formal to "smart casual" to "casual
Friday". There doesn't seem to be a
firm consensus on what "business
casual" means. Common definitions
usually include:
I wish you the best of luck! Next
time, we'll talk about how to approach a new job or new opportunity
in such a way that you'll quickly be
FOR WOMEN: Choose short or
on the path to great leadership.
long-sleeve tops depending on the
weather or time of day, instead of
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sleeveless. Try different combinaAuthor Gisele Mohler, retired execu- tions of tops and sweaters, with a
tive from FAA in 2015. She is some- skirt or slacks. Jeans should normally
Lastly, do not forget about the results one who has always made mentoring be avoided as well as yoga-style
and coaching employees a priority in pants. For footwear, boots, closed-toe
-- the "R." This is where you talk
her career. She invites suggestions of or open-toe shoes that cover most of
about the success and how it was
the foot are usually appropriate.
used by the organization or agency. It topics for future articles. You can
FOR MEN: Shirts and sweaters
could have resulted in dollar or man- email them to
gmohler.consulting@gmail.com
come in an endless variety of colors
power savings. It could have led to
and patterns. Avoid Hawaiian-style
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WHAT ''BUSINESS
CASUAL'' REALLY
MEANS CONT.
prints and straight bottom shirts that
don't tuck into pants. Ties are not
necessary. Footwear should cover the
entire foot and be clean. Slacks and
corduroy pants are fine but not jeans.
Khakis and polo shirts are common.
If there's any doubt, wear slacks and
a button-up shirt.
FOR BOTH:
MEMBERSHIP CORNER
By Marcy Soto
Thanks to diligent effort on the part
of all of our Regional Directors and
the Executive Board, our membership has surged!
In other news, last June, your Board
of Directors voted to make International Members its own membership
category. This change came about
with the many members from Canada
and Nigeria who joined PWC within
the last few years. So currently, these
are the different membership categories for PWC: Active, Associate,
Alumnus, International, Honorary/
Charter, Corporate and Student.
With new hiring,
this past year, in the
FAA, I would like
to highlight current
PWC Student members, hired by the
FAA, remain in
Student status for
up to two years and
then move to Active
member status. This
gives Student members a chance to
Deciding what's appropriate for
"business casual" dress means think- progress through training before paying the higher dues amount.
ing about your industry, the size of
your company, your personal interac- **If you are a student member who
fits this description, please email me
tion with customers, as well as the
at pwcmembershipdirecgeography, climate, culture and aver- tor@gmail.com, and let me know the
age age of your workforce and clien- following information: Hire date and
tele. Ask a supervisor or team leader Facility Assignment. I will keep track
and follow up with each of you at a
for their input. More importantly,
later date, closer to the end of the two
make sure to look the part when you years.**
want to convey you really mean busi- This April will be our 2nd anniversary
ness.
to use online voting for the PWC
Elections. Last year's online voting
allowed PWC to have record voter
participation. In order to ensure eveSources: YOU Magazine, Forbes,
ryone receives their online ballot via
Business Insider
email, please verify your current
email address has been updated in
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your online membership profile. If
you need assistance signing in to
your online membership profile, send
an email to the PWC Membership
Director at: pwcmembershipdirector@gmail.com.
Welcome New Members!
Nicole Battle
Greg Bean
Larry Beck
Miranda Blackwelder
Lia Bridgette
Ester Bryant
Erin Callahan
Damian Campbell
Brandee Coker
Harrell Cooper
Sandra DaMotta
Carly De La Cruz
Jessica De La Cruz
Marvin Douglas
Stacy Granley
Karleen Hagan
Tracheri Jackson
Sarah Johnson
Morgan Lieser
Isaac Lind
Allison Little
Melissa Martinez
Ronald Mcauley
Kelly MeElhaney
Melba "
Nysei"Moses
Deanna Powell
Sherrylyn Ramirez
Crystal Rogers
Rodney Sabino
Merilee Sabino
Andrea Stapleton
Megan Tolley
Tracy Willden
Dustin Wright
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STEP ONE IN THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION
LEGISLATIVE DIALOGUE
By Trish Gilbert, NATCA Executive Vice President
The United
States airspace is the largest, safest, most
efficient, complex and diverse in
the world. It is considered the gold
standard in the world aviation industry, due in large part to the impeccable work of the men and
women who run it, including the
members of the Professional
Women Controllers. Despite the
work of controllers, recent challenges to the system – including
the funding interruptions created
by budget fights - have made clear
that change is both important and
necessary.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is excited to
have a seat at the table for this important discussion and provide
the workforce a voice in it. It’s too crucial of an issue for us to sit
on the sidelines and let other people decide our future for us.
portation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (RPa.) and other committee leaders
proposed the Aviation Innovation,
Reform, and Reauthorization Act
of 2016 (H.R. 4441, the AIRR
Act). The legislation includes a
change to the funding structure of
the National Airspace System
(NAS) and would separate air traffic control operations of the NAS
from the safety and regulatory
The aviation system has been chal- functions at the FAA.
lenged by 23 authorization extensions, a partial shutdown of the
The National Air Traffic ControlFederal Aviation Administration
lers Association supports this bill,
(FAA), and a complete governbecause it is consistent with all of
ment shutdown as well as numer- our organization’s policies, pracous threatened shutdowns. But, the tices and principles. It contains
biggest threat came three years ago necessary reforms we believe will
when controllers were furloughed, help us maintain the safest, most
due to sequestration. These chalefficient airspace in the world.
lenges have contributed to the
Most importantly, it protects the
FAA’s struggle to maintain proper air traffic control workforce. These
resources and staffing at the coun- protections include pay, benefits,
try’s busiest towers and radar facil- retirement and collective bargainities. It has also resulted in the ina- ing rights. If this bill, as written
bility to finance long-term projects today, becomes law, employees
and to develop new systems for the will maintain their current benefits
new users of U.S. airspace.
as specified in our collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), which
In early February, House Transwill carry over into the new ATC
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corporation that is created.
The difference, between this effort
and previous attempts to alter the
air traffic control system, is this
legislation proposes a federallychartered, not-for-profit corporation to operate the NAS. To be
clear, a for-profit organization is
not being proposed. In our view,
privatization has always implied
that profit would trump safety as
the top priority. We support this
bill, because it provides protection
for the workforce and makes safety, not profit, the chief goal. But,
we reserve the right to withhold
our support if any changes to the
bill cause it to jeopardize worker
protections and violate our organization’s policies, practices and
principles.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association also supports this
legislation, because, at this stage, it
is the only option on the table that
offers a solution to the funding
uncertainty for the NAS. We have
made clear we will consider all
proposals, as long as they do not
maintain the status quo or result in
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STEP ONE IN THE FAA
REAUTHORIZATION
LEGISLATIVE
DIALOGUE CONT.
eficial to you, our members: Updated
conference information for current,
past and present conferences; Agency
news to keep you updated on COO
Teri Bristol’s weekly news, along
with information from Civil Rights
and coming soon an update on Annie
Andrews our newest AHR-1; also
coming soon an online photo gallery
and our PWC web store. If anyone
has fun photos of past conferences,
socials or gatherings, please forward
them on to aswpwc@gmail.com, so
we can add them to the gallery.
PWC is looking to add an online library reference section that will have
interesting reads for women in aviation, women in leadership and striving to be your best. If anyone has
suggestions on great books or articles, please let us know.
a for-profit system. The National Air
Traffic Controllers Association President Paul Rinaldi reiterated this
pledge to members of the House
Transportation and Infrastructure
(T&I) Committee on Feb. 10, during
a hearing to review air traffic control
reform proposals. It was during this
hearing Ranking Member Peter
DeFazio said he had never seen a bill
so comprehensive in its worker protections. In fact, NATCA also supported an amendment offered by
Ranking Member DeFazio, during
the committee markup of H.R. 4441
on Feb. 11, which would have provided stable funding for the FAA.
The amendment, however, failed by PWCINC.org website is one of our
biggest tools to get the word out to
a vote of 25-34.
our members. Any input is greatly
The proposal of H.R. 4441 is the first appreciated, as to what you would
step in a long legislative process. The like to see on the website. Do you
legislation has been approved by the have any thoughts or recommendafull T&I committee and is now
tions on what helpful information
awaiting debate in the floor of the
may benefit you or another member
House of Representatives. The tim- coming onboard? Do you think the
ing on when that could happen is un- website is easy to navigate or feel
certain.
things could be changed to simplify
finding information? Would you
like to see more information pertaining to the Agency that may be difficult to locate on the FAA website?
We, as individuals, strive every day
to provide the best service to not only
PWC WEBSITE
our customers, our employees, but
By Jennifer Lemmon, South- also our families. We try to gain as
west Regional Director
much knowledge and information as
possible. PWC is striving for that as
PWC is taking great strides in updat- well, to provide our members, our
ing the website to become more ben- family, our sisters with as much inthe WATCH Online……...Spring 2016
formation and knowledge as possible, but we need your help/input to
achieve that. Your voice, your opinion matters to this organization and is
what makes us heard!
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED –
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
FOR CHILDREN
By: Maria Hofbauer
Since 2011, PWC has been a proud
sponsor of the South Florida Aviators
Fly-In Educational Expo (SAFEE)
event or South Florida Air Expo.
This year, the event is scheduled for
April 22 and 23, 2016. What is
SAFEE and the Air Expo? It is a two
-day aviation event at the Opa-Locka
airport hangar (near Miami, Florida)
with over 3,000 attendees. Its sole
purpose is igniting the interest of future aviation leaders. One day is dedicated to hosting students from numerous, surrounding, underprivileged public schools as well as attracting local families and aviation
professionals. The second day is focused on the flying public, at large,
and aviation enthusiasts as a networking day for the aviation industry.
Here are some of the popular programs this event offers:
 Aviation and STEM Career Fair
 Aviation Showcase, Featuring
Civil and Military Static Displays
 Expo Hall of Vendors, Community Partners and Organizations
 STEM Magnet Programs and
College Recruitment
 Pilot Touch and Go Competition
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HISTORY OF THE MENTORING PROGRAM
By Lynette Jamison, Mentor Program Manager
I’ve been
steering the
ship called
“The Mentor Program”, since I came to Washington, D.C., in 2006. In September
2005, the Flight Service Stations were
contracted out; luckily, I retained my
government job by becoming the
Flight Data supervisor at Washington
Air Route Traffic Control Center
(ARTCC). In fall 2006, using my Individual Development Plan (IDP), I
landed my “dream job” of working in
the FAA’s (then called) Office of Accident Investigation. In Ohio, as Great
Lakes Regional Director, I was asked
to Stand Up a mentor program for the
Great Lakes area. Since I was not at
the Regional office, I always found an
excuse not to do it. To me, the task
was too overwhelming and intimidating. Little did I know, in a few years, I
would be the PWC Chair of the Mentor program!
The history of the Mentor program has
come to me through various means.
My recollection is not the best, so any
errors are the fault of my brain, and I
take full responsibility. Marcia Corey
(Technical Women’s Organization,
TWO) started the Mentor program in
Washington D.C., 1994. Patty Swenor
(and Professional Women Controllers)
joined forces with TWO in 1995, and
the rest, as the saying goes, is HISTORY.
During the time before I took over as
Mentor Chair, the TWO/PWC Mentor
Program had several sites actively en-
gaged, including Oklahoma City Aeronautical Center, Northern California
TRACON, Western-Pacific Regional
Office and Northwest Mountain Regional Office. As recent as two years
ago, Northwest Mountain was still active.
In 2006/2007, I was the PWC President and a co-lead for the TWO/PWC
Mentor Program, along with Judine
Slaughter from TWO. Mr. Bobby
Sturgell was the FAA Administrator;
Ms. Ventris Gibson was Deputy Administrator of Human Resources
(AHR); and Ms. Fanny Rivera was
Deputy Administrator of Civil Rights
(ACR). The National Employee Forum, consisting of all the Employee
Associations (PWC, TWO, National
Native American (NAAN), National
Asian & Pacific American (NAPA),
National Hispanic Coalition of Federal
Aviation Employees (NHCFAE), National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NBCFAE), Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees (GLOBE)
and National Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees with Disabilities
(NCFAED)), met with ACR and AHR
once per quarter. During one of these
meetings, Mr. Sturgell and Ms. Gibson
committed to putting the TWO/PWC
Mentor Program under Human Resources, providing a budget, and
providing a full-time employee to
oversee the program.
They went so far as to hold a weeklong meeting at the Central Regional
Office to set up the specifics of the
program, get a structure and plan
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worked out and start drafting a Notice
to outline the program specifics. It
was at this time the TWO/PWC Mentor Program became the National FAA
Mentoring Program. For a year+, Terri Waterman (PWC) and Trish Autry
(TWO) worked closely with the HR
contacts to get the Mentor Program
established under AHR. Much to everyone’s consternation, this endeavor
never took hold. At the time of the
2007 reorganization, the TWO/PWC
Mentor Program name changed to the
National FAA Mentoring Program,
with the understanding several satellite
programs would be established across
the country. Unfortunately, during the
same time, TWO pulled their support
from the Mentor Program.
The current co-lead, Karleen Hagan,
and I have worked closely together to
ensure the continuity of the program.
We kept the name "FAA national mentor program" as we worked toward
getting it under an existing program,
understanding the program would fall
under an FAA office. Karleen and I
have engaged in dialogue with offices
within the Air Traffic Organization
(ATO), AHR and ACR leaders
throughout the years to accomplish
this.
Since it has been over eight years with
no movement in that direction, the
PWC Executive Board moved to
change the name to PWC Mentoring
Program, since a PWC member has
chaired it for 20+ years.
What has been our success? People
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PROGRAM CONT.
who care about helping others: an
opportunity open to every FAA person, regardless of time within the
agency or pay grade. In fact, we
hope new hires join the program to
get an understanding of the FAA up
front and become a more engaged
employee. The program falls within
the FAA Business Plan – making
individuals a better person to balance
work and life activities to give people the tools to succeed through
Lunch-N-Learn events. We offer
more than 12 Lunch-N-Learns
throughout the six-month program.
Mentees are encouraged to attend all
but are required to attend four of
their choice. We require the mentees
to stand in front of an audience and
provide a five to seven-minute
speech on the topic of their choice.
We encourage becoming a member
of the FAA Speech Masters (part of
Toastmasters, Int’l.) to develop communication skills. We also require
the mentees to conduct a “group project”. This can be a tour of the
Washington Reagan National Airport
(DCA) Air Traffic Control Tower, a
trip to Capitol Hill to watch a congressional event, a visit to the FAA
Technical Center in Atlantic City, or
a personal Lunch-N-Learn session.
We also ask the mentees to interview
someone of their choice. Mentees
have interviewed the FAA Administrator, Flight Standards District Office Mangers, Accident Investigators,
and Deputy Administrators/VicePresidents of FAA offices. This is an
opportunity to learn about an organi-
italism. Her game was ripped off by
Charles Darrow who sold it to Parker
Brother’s 30 years later. However,
Parker Brothers later paid Elizabeth
$500 for her game. Gee Thanks.
zation that interests you or to learn
about an individual. The choice is
The Fire Escape
theirs. The program offers plenty of
opportunities to develop skills to be a
The fire escape was invented by Anmore rounded employee.
na Connelly in 1887.
Regardless of the name, the Mentor
The Life Raft
Program has helped hundreds of employees, over the past 20 years, gain The lifesaving Life Raft was inventinsight into the FAA, learn life skills ed by Maria Beasely in 1882. (Maria
within a comfortable setting, and
also invented a barrel making mablossom as an employee.
chine.)
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MARCH IS WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH
Who knew……?
Provided by Sue Townsend, PWC
Historian
Residential Solar Heating
Solar heating for residential housing
was invented by Dr. Maria Telkes in
1947. Dr. Telkes was a Psychiatrist,
in addition to being a Solar-Power
Pioneer.
The Medical Syringe
The medical syringe, which could be
operated with only one hand, was
We all owe our thanks to Margaret
invented by a woman by the name of
A. Wilcox who invented the car heat- Letitia Geer in 1899.
er in 1893! (Margaret also invented a
The Modern Electric Refrigerator
combined clothes and dishwasher.)
The Car Heater
Monopoly
This popular
board game was
designed by Elizabeth Magie in
1904, originally
called the Landlord’s Game. The
purpose of this
game was to expose the injustices
of unchecked cap-
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The electric refrigerator was invented by Florence Parpart
in 1914. (Florence also
invented an improved
street cleaning machine.)
The Ice Cream Maker
The ice cream maker
was invented by Nancy
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MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CONT.
Johnson in 1843. Her patented design Closed-Circuit Television Security
is still used today!
(CCTV)
The Computer Algorithm
Ada Lovelace is essentially the first
computer programmer, due to her
work with Charles Babbage at the
University of London in 1842. In
fact, her notes were an essential key
to helping Alan Turing’s work on the
first modern computers in the 1940s.
This life-saving material, five times
Marie Van Brittan Brown invented
stronger than steel and used to make
CCTV, because of the slow response bulletproof vests, was invented in
of police officers in 1969 to help
1965 by Stephanie Kwolek.
people ensure their own security.
Computer Software
This invention influenced modern
CCTV systems used for home securi- Dr. Grace Murray Hopper was a
ty and police work today.
computer scientist who invented
The Modern Paper Bag
Margaret
Knight
Some of the Telecommunication
invented
Technology developed by Dr. Shirley a maJackson include the portable fax,
chine that
touch tone telephone, solar cells, fi- makes
ber optic cables, and the technology square
behind caller ID and call waiting.
bottomed
paper
The Dishwasher
bags in
1871. She almost didn’t get credit
The Dishwasher was invented by
Josephine Cochrane in 1887. Before when Charles Anan tried to steal her
her time, she even marketed her ma- work, claiming it wasn’t possible for
chine to hotel owners and opened her a woman to create this brilliant invention. (Margaret also invented a
own factory, without the help of a
safety device for cotton mills when
man!
she was 12… that invention is still
Wireless Transmission Technology being used today.)
Telecommunications Technology
Hedy Lamarr, a world famous film
star, invented a secret communications system during World War II,
for radio-controlling torpedoes. This
Technology also paved the way for
everything from Wi-Fi to the Global
Positioning System (GPS).
Kevlar
COBOL, which is the first userfriendly business computer software
system in the 1940s. She was also a
rear admiral in the U.S. Navy and the
first person to use the term “bug” in
reference to a glitch in a computer
system, when she literally found a
bug (moth) causing problems with
her computer.
Central Heating
Although Alice Parker’s invention in
1919 of a gas powered central heater
was never manufactured, her idea
was the first allowing natural gas to
heat a home, inspiring the central
heating systems used today.
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J. Howard Miller's 'We Can Do It!'
poster was commissioned by Westinghouse and shown briefly in February 1942.
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LACTATION ROOMS IN FACILITIES
By Patti Wilson, with information provided by FAA
As you may know from reading my email updates, I have been working with Jeffrey Planty, Deputy Vice President, Air Traffic Services, to ensure facilities are in compliance
with Human Resource Policy Manual (HRPM) Volume 12 Work Life Benefits (WLB)
12.8 FAA Nursing Mothers Program. The following slides include the data, accommodation types and features.
One of the things we (FAA, PWC and NATCA) discovered when asking facility managers
and employees if they have these accommodations in place was many didn’t know about
the program. Many don’t know what their facility has until they need it, and if they have
not had the need in some time, it might take some re-education. This is a very important
right for nursing mothers to have available. Thank you to Jeffrey Planty and his staff for
his quick response and assistance in the matter!
If you have any further questions, please contact me.
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PWC is extending its nomination deadline to March 15, 2016. The following offices are up for election: Vice President, Director of Resources and the Regional Director offices for the following regions: New England, Northwest Mountain, Southern, Southwest and Western Pacific. Please visit
the website at pwcinc.org. Please feel free to contact me, Patti Wilson, if you have any questions.
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WHY BE A MENTOR
by Beth Mack, Deputy Vice President, Management Services
I recently volunteered for a
3rd mentorship
program at
FAA. Over the
years, I had
informally
mentored others, offering to proofread resumes;
Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities
and Executive Core Qualifications
(ECQs); conducting mock interviews
or just listening. Although I sometimes gave advice, whether requested
or not….many times people just
talked through their issues and drew
their own conclusions. Earlier in my
career, several managers had spent
time with me, either ad hoc or over
longer periods of time, and my skills
were much improved as a result. So,
I wanted to give back, now that I had
reached a more “senior” position.
Soon after arriving at the FAA, I
signed up for speed mentoring,
where we went from table-to- table
and met with senior FAA managers.
It was a lively and interesting experience. I made several good contacts
and got some great pointers.
was reading, (I recommended a few),
her Toastmasters experience and the
extra tasks for which she volunteered. I reviewed and commented
on her Individual Development Plan
and was able to set up a couple of
informational interviews for her
through my network. Both she, and
those to whom she was introduced,
appreciated the opportunity to meet.
Last year, I volunteered to be a mentor for the Senior Leadership Development Program. I reviewed the
ECQs my mentee had written for an
application to an executive position
and made several suggestions for
recency and clarity (remember: Challenge, Context, Action, Result). He
made the referral list, so I also staged
a mock interview with him. I learned
a lot about his organization and the
work he was doing on and off the
job. Although he recently left the
FAA, he will be a great contact for
the future.
This year, I will be a mentor for the
PWC mentor Program ( formerly
National FAA mentor Program). I
expect to learn about yet another organization within FAA from my
I volunteered to be an official mentor mentee and also hope I can help her –
in 2011, for a national FAA Mentor even if it is just by listening.
program being piloted at FAA (hi,
Jackie Brucker!). I was matched
It is such an honor to be a Federal
with a wonderful mentee, who was at executive. I am thankful every day
the time an Front-line Manager at
to come to work. Having laid off
Newport News tower, and we have
over 4,000 people while in private
continued the mentoring relationship industry in the early 2000s and lived
as she moved on to two other jobs. I through a couple of airline bankruptteased her that she recently “fired”
cies, I will take any opportunity to
me, because she felt since we are
express my gratitude for the opportunow in the same organization, a men- nities I now have. Yet, I have also
toring relationship might not be ben- found being a mentor very valuable,
eficial. And she is right! We met via personally. I know I will create a
the phone at least quarterly, and she better Executive Development Plan
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viewee because of what I have
learned from being a mentor. It really only takes a little bit of time and
energy, and it is so rewarding. Try
it!
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
Free discovery flights for children, $25 for adults
 Flight simulators – Students
practice their flying skills on ground
with free flight simulators
 WINGS accredited course
TAG Competition - Pilots compete
in precision landing activity
These are but a few of the events
planned. As a potential sponsor of
this event, volunteers may be needed
to staff the PWC booth. This would
entail speaking to students and adults
alike on the benefits of: an aviation
career, a career in ATC and a membership in PWC (when talking to other controllers).
If you live or will be near the Miami
area during April 22 and 23, we
strongly encourage your participation. We guarantee you will receive
three fold as much as you give. Some
of the rewards of volunteering is the
feeling of making a difference to
children who come from families in
which aviation and flying is a luxury
and a privilege only for the select
few. Your rewards will materialize
when you see the children’s faces
light up when told of new aviation
possibilities not yet considered. If
this type of event sparks your interest
and humanity, please contact Maria
Hofbauer at mariagg7@cs.com for
further details.
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