Jessica interviews Laura Laster about career paths in aviation beyond flying: aircraft dispatch, airline operations, airport roles, maintenance, network planning, and Laura’s YouTube courses and resources.

They also discuss practical steps for becoming a dispatcher, tips for training and scholarships, air racing experiences, and how to balance family life with an aviation career.

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Jessica interviews Captain Stefanie about her aviation journey from a flight-family childhood and Purdue’s flight program through regional flying to a major airline, and how she balances a demanding pilot career with raising four children. The episode also covers maternity leave, childcare strategies, perseverance in aviation, and Stefanie’s new children’s book Passport to Sunshine, plus resources and community support for women in aviation.

In this episode pilot-host Jessica speaks with IBCLC Sheila King about breastfeeding while working in aviation. They cover practical strategies for pumping on the road, milk storage and transport, maintaining supply, preventing mastitis, and using wearable pumps and coolers. Sheila also discusses emotional challenges like postpartum mood disorders, miscarriage, unsupportive partners, and how partners and employers can better support pilot moms. Resources and steps to plan schedules, build a reliable village, and normalize breastfeeding in the aviation workplace are provided.