NBAA Announces F/A Scholarship Winners

As the 2010 NBAA Flight Attendants Conference in San Diego drew to a close earlier this week, recipients of the 40 Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians scholarships were notified of their prizes. More than 100 business aviation professionals were on hand for this year’s conference, the 15th annual meeting of cabin crewmembers.

The Flight Attendants Committee together with the NBAA pull together awards from industry trainers and educators including the following sponsors:

• Air Routing International, A Rockwell Collins Company
• AirCare International, Ltd.
• Aramco Associated Company
• ASI Group
• Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training
• Bombardier Aerospace
• Cornerstone Strategies LLC
• Corporate Flight Attendant Training by Susan C. Friedenberg
• The Corporate School of Etiquette
• The Darden School at the University of Virginia
• Dassault Falcon Jet
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• FACTS Training
• FlightSafety International
• GA Food Safety Professionals
• Jet Professionals, LLC
• M Foods Ltd. Corporate Flight Catering
• MedAire, Inc.
• Pelham Training
• S.T.A.R.K. Survival Co., Inc.
• Survival Systems USA Inc.

This year’s recipients include a number of recognizable names including some previous winners. They are:

• Catherine Alexander – Flight Attendant initial training program, Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training
• Jill Bagley – Management of Inflight Illness and Injury training including AED/CPR certification by MedAire, Inc.
• Lauren Brewton – Management of Inflight Illness and Injury training including AED/CPR certification by MedAire, Inc.
• Janine Brisebois- Two-day emergency training with open water survival, S.T.A.R.K. Survival Co., Inc.
• Elena Campbell – Initial Corporate Flight Attendant Training program, Corporate Flight Attendant Training by Susan C. Friedenberg
• Jennifer Caruso – AirCare’s in-flight emergency medical training program, AirCare International, Ltd.
• Lucy Del Real – General Emergency Training, FlightSafety International
• Barbara Desmarais – Initial/Recurrent emergency training, FACTS Training
• Connie Dice – Corporate Aviation Security Training (CAST) program, ASI Group
• Eliza Donnelly – Initial Cabin Attendant Training, FlightSafety International
• Richard Duma – Flight Attendant initial training program, Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training
• Betsy Dwyer – Initial/Recurrent emergency training, FACTS Training
• Julie Furmanczyk – Recurrent Cabin Attendant Training, FlightSafety International
• Dove George – Flight Attendant initial training program, Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training
• Caulette Gilfoil – Initial Corporate Flight Attendant Training program, Corporate Flight Attendant Training by Susan C. Friedenberg
• Pamela Glaze – Management of Inflight Illness and Injury training including AED/CPR certification, MedAire, Inc.
• Priscilla Gutenberg – Management of Inflight Illness and Injury training including AED/CPR certification, MedAire, Inc.
• Blake Haber – Professional development course focuses on topics for flight department managers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Cavett Hill – Basic EMT Training Course, Pelham Training
• Tiffany King – Aircraft Service Training, The Corporate School of Etiquette
• Jacqueline Kulas – Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
• Kathleen Laughlin – Advanced Service/Culinary Course, The Corporate School of Etiquette
• Sharon Ann Lopez – Aviation food safety training course, GA Food Safety Professionals
• Christa Mabry – Partial scholarship to one of two Executive Education courses, The Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia
• Danielle Mercier – Two-day emergency training course, Survival Systems USA
• Jewel Miller – $1,500Jet Professionals, LLC,
• Lisa Morganti – NBAA Professional Development Program (PDP) Course, Cornerstone Strategies, LLC
• Tammy Natalia – $500, Air Routing International, A Rockwell Collins Company
• Valerie O’Grady –AirCare’s in-flight emergency medical training program, AirCare International, Ltd.
• Kristin Otto – $500, Aramco Associated Company
• Stephanie Peck – $500, Dassault Falcon Jet
• Christy Pellegrino – Career Essentials™ Training, FACTS Training
• Jeri Polo – Flight Attendant initial training program, Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training
• Katherine Rickfelder – Career Essentials™ Training, FACTS Training
• Ronda Smith – $1,000, M Foods Corporate Flight Catering
• Soumontha Thipsouvanh – Two-day emergency training with open water survival, S.T.A.R.K. Survival Co., Inc.
• Nancy Vasseur – Aviation food safety training course GA Food Safety Professionals
• Stephanie West – Two-day emergency training course, Survival Systems USA
• Alexis Wozney – $1,500, Bombardier Aerospace Corporation
• Valdine Zakzanis – Flight Attendant initial training program, Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training

Since awards were first offered in 2000, some 386 scholarships have gone to individuals seeking cabin and safety training. Congratulations to each of this year’s winners and special thanks to each of the companies who contributed.

Source: NBAA

Photo Credit: Benjamin Earwicker