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After 40 years of experience in various roles, such as leading aviation marketing efforts, cofounding two companies — Azul Airlines and Breeze Airways — consulting, writing 18 books on aircraft and serving as publisher of Flap International magazine, Beting still gets excited when talking about airplanes and the industry built around them.

Amerijet International Airlines announced the launch of its Pilot Pathway Program with Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

In his latest “Aviation Week” essay, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., emphasizes the need to “place mental health issues front and center” to improve aviation safety.

This Aviation Week op-ed explores how the aviation industry has avoided addressing mental health issues faced by its professionals. Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., points out that the best pilots are wise decision-makers who know their limits and make appropriate course corrections.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s online bachelor’s programs ranked No. 2 in the nation, tied with the University of Illinois Chicago, according to the 2023 issue of the U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs ranking. The university has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in this category every year since 2016.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Patrick Hunter has his career sights set on remote piloting drones to utilize uncrewed aircraft systems in exciting, new ways. Already, as a student in the Master of Science in Unmanned Systems program, he has been involved in a project using drones to track endangered turtles.

For Michelle Tabor, it feels like mere months ago that she barely knew a thing about airplanes. But now, the 17-year-old Dual Enrollment student, who is on track to earn her associate’s degree from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus before the end of the year, has 125 hours of flight time and just recently earned her private pilot’s license. Her passion for flying has made the time flash by.

From coast to coast, flight teams from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University set the bar at the recent 2022 National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) SAFECON regional competitions, winning first place in each of their respective regions.

This Aviation Week op-ed describes efforts to advance aviation data analytics. Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., writes that the rapidly growing field has the potential to save lives and reduce accidents.

Meaningful, high-paying jobs for young people are the focus of a plan set forth on Sept. 27, 2022, by The Boeing Company and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

Vince Taguba, a native of the Philippines who is studying Aeronautical Science at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona, campus, always knew that he wanted to become a pilot.

As a student, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Rocio Frej Vitalle ('12) worked in the Eagle Flight Research Center, which helped land her first job modeling and simulating uncrewed flights for FAA NextGen projects.