Cockpits & Cocktails

Natalie is joined by her new cohosts Stephannniiiieeeee and Cooper the Pilot! Who are the new female pilots joining the podcast? Our new season has begun and we want you to call all of these women your friends in aviation! Cheers to the new chapter and new season!

Kim Metris is a winner of the Fly Girl Scholarship and talks to Natalie and Alyssa about how she went from biology to an interest in flight. She also talks about her French husband, who drops by, the importance of finding a mentor, and the importance of staying out of your own way.

Captain Valerie joins Natalie and Fly Alyssa. The native of Canada tells the Fly Girls what movie first got her interested in aviation, why you need a twin-engine plane to fly to the Bahamas, what it’s like living on a hangar community, her dream plane, and more.

Saundra Zimmerman is a corporate flight attendant. She sits down with the Fly Girls to to discuss how her job differs from those of her commercial counterparts, why she’s learning to fly, serving a naked passenger, who refused to get dressed, and more.

The author Dr Mica Endsley has studied endless aviation topics during her career as an associate professor, Chief Scientist with the Air Force, and with the FAA. On this episode we discuss Air Rage, automation, situational awareness, decision-making, and her latest endeavor as an airline passenger advocate! You will learn something on this episode!