Safer Skies

In this episode of the Safer Skies Video Podcast, Captain Tammie Jo Shults shares the experiences that shaped her aviation career, from becoming one of the first female U.S. Navy pilots for the F/A-18 Hornet, to leading Southwest Flight 1380 through a life-threatening emergency. Her story offers powerful lessons on leadership, aviation safety and staying calm when the stakes are highest.

In the inaugural episode of the Boeing Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety's Safer Skies podcast, Robert Sumwalt interviews Dr. Janet Kavandi, a veteran of three NASA space shuttle missions. Dr. Kavandi has logged more than 33 days in space and circled the globe 535 times. She later served as deputy chief of the NASA Astronaut Office, followed by tenure as director of flight crew operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center. And then she moved to lead the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and after retiring from NASA in 2019, doctor went on to become president of Sierra Space, where she served for five years, and among other accomplishments.Dr. Kavandi is an inductee into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, and she serves on the board of trustees for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.