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Did you know that Heather started the first pilot recruiting department at the regional airline CommutAir (a United Express carrier) in 2014? She single-handedly recruited all pilots hired at that airline. In fact, she was solely responsible for pilot recruiting events, university & flight school visits and partnerships, flight department marketing and airline branded swag, booking flights for interview candidates, picking them up from the airport in the company van (yes, really), conducting pilot interviews, processing their fingerprints, extending conditional and official pilot job offers, and scheduling new hire class dates. 

She was recruited by Piedmont in 2015 and was one of two people to recruit, interivew, and hire all of the Piedmont Airlines pilots until the team was able to expand. She trained every new pilot recruiter at the company and created the pilot interview process. Heather hired the first jet pilot at Piedmont after they transitioned from the Dash 8 to the Embraer 145 and hired the first Piedmont Cadet. She spearheaded the Military Transition Program and worked with military helicopter pilots transitioning to fly fixed wing with the airlines and created partnerships with flight schools who worked with these pilots, using their GI Bill and airline bonus incentives to cover funding for their flight training. Heather also hired the first Australian pilot at Piedmont through the E-3 Visa program. 

Heather was recruited by American Airlines in 2017 to become their very first Manager of Pilot Career Recruiting where she helped with interviewing pilot candidates at the airline, was responsible for every pilot recruiting event (including WAI, OBAP, NGPA), created and launched the first virtual pilot career fair, worked directly with the pilot recruiting departments at Envoy, Piedmont, and PSA to oversee the American Airlines Group pilot recruiting efforts, helped create and launch the American Airlines Cadet Academy program, managed a $1 million dollar flight education grant program to help grow and diversify the pilot pool in the US, and was responsible for every flight scholarship awarded, and managed 120 special assignment pilots for recruiting events every year. 

And get this - Heather has experience in both pilot recruiting AND pilot selection/hiring.