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Gordon Gilbert

Safer Skies, a&nbsp;new video podcast&nbsp;series&nbsp;from&nbsp;Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, features safety experts revealing insights and&nbsp;lessons learned&nbsp;from their experiences in the aviation industry.&nbsp;The&nbsp;segments are&nbsp;hosted by Robert Sumwalt, the executive director of Embry-Riddle’s&nbsp;Boeing Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety&nbsp;and former NTSB chairman.
Each&nbsp;30-minute episode offers&nbsp;“rare insight into the experiences of industry experts, the practices that ensure the safety of all who fly, and the ideas that are shaping the future of flight,”&nbsp;Embry-Riddle said.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;Safer Skies’&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sm496UE1Xk">inaugural episode</a>, Janet Kavandi, a three-time&nbsp;space&nbsp;shuttle veteran&nbsp;who completed a 25-year career with NASA before joining Sierra Space as president, shares an inside look at her career as an astronaut and scientist.&nbsp;
Upcoming first-season guests include&nbsp;Jeannie Leavitt, the first U.S. woman to serve as a fighter pilot and commander of a U.S. Air Force fighter wing,&nbsp;and dean of Embry-Riddle Prescott’s College of Aviation;&nbsp;Tammie Jo Shults, former U.S. Navy aviator and airline pilot who, in 2018,&nbsp;successfully landed&nbsp;a&nbsp;Southwest Airlines&nbsp;Boeing 737 after an engine failure, fuselage damage, and rapid depressurization; John Lauber, retired senior vice president of product safety for Airbus and former NTSB member; and&nbsp;Patty Wagstaff, U.S. national aerobatic champion.
“Safer Skies shares real industry stories and invaluable safety insights,” said Embry-Riddle President P. Barry Butler.&nbsp;

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