Sunday is Earth Day: What ExpressJet is doing to help the environment
Sunday is Earth Day; what better time to share what our people are doing to help reduce waste and energy use, promote a healthy planet and support ExpressJet’s environmental policies. As a company,...
View ArticleHR Admin Kristie Miles spends her springs welcoming fans at Turner Field
Human Resources Administrator Kristie Miles spends her springs mingling with the family of Braves team members and welcoming fans to Turner Field. In 2010, Kristie decided that with two teenagers, she...
View ArticleKathy Hardie used her emergency training in a real-life emergency
Kathy Hardie’s Airport Customer Service (ACS) training proved invaluable when she used the skills she learned as an agent in Wilmington, N.C., to help safely evacuate her daughter and her classmates...
View ArticleExpressJet attends the 2012 International Learn to Fly Day
“Look, can you see it?” I say to the small boy standing right beside me. “Where?” he asks. “Right there,” I reply as I point my finger to the east towards Cleveland Hopkins Airport. What started...
View ArticleFrom flight school to flight deck: How I became an ExpressJet pilot
Hello! My name is David Brown, and I am a first officer for ExpressJet Airlines on the Embraer 145 regional jet. I graduated from Southern Illinois University (SIU) in the spring of 2011, went...
View ArticleCentennial Aviation Academy students learn from ExpressJet’s finest
On July 24, ExpressJet had the pleasure of hosting Centennial Aviation Academy students for a tour of our A-Tech hangar and workshops in several of our operating divisions. “Centennial Aviation...
View ArticleFrom takeoff to landing: How I became an ExpressJet flight attendant
When I pushed “submit” on my application to become an ExpressJet flight attendant, visions of the “Pam Am” television show ran through my head as I wondered what a day in the life of a flight...
View ArticleCaptain Noel Harvey’s flexible schedule allowed him to help his wife start a...
Chicago-based Captain Noel Harvey and his wife Joanna know that fulfilling a lifelong dream is one of the best feelings it the world. When their after-school art classes outgrew their basement, they...
View ArticleFrom flight school to flight deck: How I became an ExpressJet pilot
Hi my name is Branden Dungy and I’m a first officer on the CRJ 200 for ExpressJet. I came to ExpressJet from the University of North Dakota where I graduated in 2009 and was a flight instructor until...
View ArticleFirst Officer Ashley Dowd followed in the footsteps of her father, Captain...
An ExpressJet pilot for 24 years, Captain David Dowd says flying was always in the back of his mind growing up, but he never expected his daughter to share his childhood dream and follow in his...
View ArticleFrom takeoff to landing: How I became an ExpressJet flight attendant
I’ve always wanted to be a flight attendant. When I was little, I would fly with my family. The flight attendants were always really friendly, and that sparked my interest. The job was so glamorous –...
View ArticleHome Base Atlanta with Chief Pilot Captain Brian Harris
Captain Brian Harris is the chief pilot of ExpressJet’s crew base in Atlanta, which is our largest domicile with nearly 1,300 pilots. Operating out of the world’s busiest airport as Delta Connection,...
View ArticleExpressJet intern Abdul Khan shares his story
I remember at the age of seven walking down an impoverished street in Karachi, Pakistan looking up at a Boeing triple seven in the sky and imagining having the freedom of living in the United States...
View ArticleExpressJet participates in Discover Aviation Days
Last weekend, ExpressJet brought an ERJ aircraft and more than a dozen volunteers to the annual Discover Aviation Days event in Ohio which promotes aviation careers to the thousands of aviation...
View ArticleFirst Officer Byron Hernandez spent six days giving back in Haiti
Dulles-based ExpressJet First Officer Byron Hernandez has always been passionate about traveling and volunteering. From his first trip to volunteer in Mexico with his family, to his work as a...
View ArticleHub Coordinator Erin Daniels ran the Cleveland Half Marathon to support...
As the hub coordinator and base administrator at ExpressJet’s Cleveland base, Erin Daniels has a busy schedule. From managing relations with ground handling operations to working with United...
View ArticleHome Base Dulles with Chief Pilot Captain Mike Ellis
Captain Mike Ellis is the chief pilot of ExpressJet’s crew base in Dulles, Va., which serves the metro DC area. IAD is our only crew base with both ERJ and CRJ aircraft. I first realized I wanted to...
View ArticleMaintenance Inspector Gil Montoya helps the homeless
Shreveport-based Quality Control inspector Gil Montoya and his wife Hope have moved around a lot. They’ve lived in big cities and small, but one thing is constant: there are always people in need, and...
View ArticleHome Base Houston with Chief Pilot Captain Jim Campbell
Captain Jim Campbell is the chief pilot of ExpressJet’s second-largest crew base in Houston, Texas. When I was in the second grade, my first book report I ever did was on the Time-Life book series...
View ArticleShreveport Maintenance Base Manager Kevin Roberts leads our mentorship program
Kevin Roberts, Shreveport Maintenance base manager, has been in the aviation industry since he was 15. Kevin says he owes much of his success to the mentors he had in high school and throughout his...
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