GROUNDED

Captain Emma Henderson MBE (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

2024
Fisher King Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-916776-42-5 (ISBN)

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There was something else in the air that night which made us
feel that the flight we had just operated was somehow significant.

Whether it
was anticipation of our impending doom or just a realisation that a tidal wave
was rushing towards us and we were trapped on the beach, unable to escape its
inevitability, I will never know, but ultimately, although I did not know it at
the time, this was a very significant flight for me because it turned out to be
the last flight in eleven years at my airline, in a career spanning more than
thirty years and five different bases.

The fact that there are still fewer than 500 female airline
captains in the world today is part of the reason that I wanted to tell my
story.

I have a voice, it is my responsibility to use it to benefit
other people, I may be grounded, at the moment, but this isn't necessarily the
end of my flying story, it never is when you fly, because flying is not
something you do, flying is something you are.

Until September 2020 Emma was one of fewer than five hundred female airline captains in the world. Then, as covid swept the globe and grounded Emma and her colleagues, she founded a charity, of which she is now CEO, and had to choose to allow the sun to set on a flying career that spanned three decades. Already well-known in the airline industry, in 2019, Emma starred in an ITV documentary, Inside the Cockpit, and overnight became known as 'Captain Emma'. She was nominated easyJet Captain of the Year in 2018. The challenges Emma faced throughout her career have taught her more than most about leadership, resilience, perseverance and grace, and she has used these skills to great effect at Project Wingman which has gained national acclaim uniting the airline industry in providing well-being support to those in aviation and to NHS frontline staff across the UK and briefly, the US. In January 2021 Emma was made MBE for her services to charity. Emma's story is one of triumph over adversity, determination, finding the good in everyone and inspiring and empowering her team of six thousand volunteers, and always with a generous heart. She now uses her years of knowledge and experience gained from life at 37000 feet to inspire the next generation of aviators. Key achievements are reflected in all she has done, widely celebrated across the industry for these, being recognised as businesswoman of the year in 2020, she also received a Points of Light award, the ACA Chairmans Industry Recognition Award, she was awarded the Brabazon Cup in 2021, as well as being made MBE.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	1-916776-42-6 / 1916776426
ISBN-13	978-1-916776-42-5 / 9781916776425
Zustand	Neuware