Janet Patton, MS Technology Studies

Experience

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  Independent

  Jan 1989 - now

  Certified Flight Instructor
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  Independent Flight Instructor

  Jan 1989 - Jan 2024

  Certified Flight Instructor

  Primary, Instrument, and Multi-Engine Flight Instructor

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  TransContinental Airlines

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1991

  Pilot

  Douglas DC-6 First OfficerFAR Part 121 operations

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  Zantop International Airlines

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1996

  Pilot

  Lockheed Electra L188 First Officer and Flight EngineerFAR Part 121 operations

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  Spirit Airlines

  Apr 1996 - Dec 1998

  Captain

  First woman pilot, first woman captain, and first all women flight crew. Additional experience included scheduled line flying, aircraft charters, reposition and ferry flight, maintenance test flights, pilot hiring, and new hire training. I set the standard for more women to follow. During the time of my employment, we built up to record number of women pilots from zero percent when I started to 10% at the time I resigned to fly for American Airlines.

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  American Airlines

  Jul 2009 - now

  Our JBEC Core Team includes management, front-line independent, and union employees who collaboratively produce communication with a focus on business information for all AA employees. JBEC includes several teams, including a Steering Team, Core Communications Team and field Joint Communications Teams (JCT). The Core Communications team produces the national joint newsletter, On The Fly; BizEd, training and support for field joint communication teams; and coordination for collaborative events. JBEC members also attend the NJLT monthly meetings and provide information on joint initiatives through a variety of communication vehicles. To stay in line with the Company Business Plan members attend the Fall Leadership Conference, both as participants and to share with other departments what JBEC is about in an informative and interactive trade show booth setting. Show less After an internal departmental transfer to Flight Operations Safety, Sr. Administrator Flight Aviation Action Safety Program (ASAP) & Flight Operations Quality Assurance Program (FOQA), I was a data processor for Flight ASAP, published reports from FOQA, created and presented a Domestic Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA), and represented the Flight Safety Department twice in Flight Incident Reviews (FIR). In addition, after our 737 accident in Kingston, Jamaica on December 23, 2009 I worked Command Center (SOCC) duty representing the Flight Safety Department. Show less

  • Airline Pilot

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Captain (Boeing 737-800, 737 Max 8 and Max 9)

    Dec 2017 - Sept 2021

  • Pilot (First Officer)

    Dec 1998 - Dec 2017

  • Core Team Member, Joint Business Education and Communications (JBEC)

    May 2010 - Mar 2011

  • Senior Administrator, Flight ASAP & FOQA

    Sept 2009 - Jun 2010

  • Senior Analyst (Auditor), Internal Evaluations Program (IEP), Safety, Security & Environmental Dept.

    Jul 2009 - Sept 2009
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  Mary von Mach Flight Scholarship

  Jan 2012 - now

  Trustee

  The MvM scholarship is awarded to a young lady in Civil Air Patrol to attend the flight encampment or to be used for additional flight training within the State of Michigan.

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  Eastern Michigan University

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  M.S. Technology Studies, InterdisciplinarySocial Impact of TechnologyMobility focusGPA 3.90 Taught Aircraft Dispatch II (AVT 379) in Winter 2013 semester.

  • Graduate School, Technology Studies

    Sept 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Adjunct Lecturer, Aircraft Dispatch

    Jan 2013 - May 2013
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  Texas State Technical College Waco

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2020

  TSTC Waco Aerospace Advisory Board
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  Michigan Aviation Education Foundation (MAEF)

  Jan 2017 - now

  MAEF Board of Directors
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  Patton Aviation

  Jan 2021 - now

  Company Owner
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  The Ninety-Nines, Inc.®, International Organization of Women Pilots

  Jul 2021 - now

  International Director
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  INTERNATIONAL FOREST OF FRIENDSHIP INC

  Mar 2023 - now

  Board Member