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AINsight: S&Ds Achieve Work-from-home Balance
A work-from-home option gives aviation schedulers and dispatchers more resilience and much-needed job satisfaction.

It was wonderful to return to the NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference (SDC) a few weeks ago. It is always a high-energy filled conference that I characterize as an amazing balance of professionalism and warmth. It made me think back to my last time at the SDC.

Ironically, it was Friday, March 13, 2020, and I admit being superstitious of Friday the 13th as a “bad luck day.” I was all set to moderate a panel on work/life balance. As it happened that fateful day, the pandemic was upon us and NBAA closed the conference a day early, sending everyone home.

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Sheryl Barden
AIN Contributor
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Sheryl Barden, CAM, is CEO of Aviation Personnel International, the longest-running recruiting and HR consulting firm dedicated to business aviation. A recognized thought leader on workforce and leadership issues, she is an NBAA CAM Fellow, past member of NBAA’s board of directors and advisory council, and recipient of NBAA’s John P. “Jack” Doswell Award for lifetime achievement and service to business aviation.

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