Training and Workforce
Panel Explores Work-from-home Dynamic at JetNet iQ Summit
Accelerated by Covid, the practice has its pros and cons
Workforce and leadership panel at 2024 JetNet iQ summit
(r-l) Solairus Aviation president John King moderated a panel on challenges in corporate leadership in business aviation on Wednesday at the JetNet iQ Summit in New York. His panelists included Jeannine Haas, Gulfstream's chief marketing officer; Paul Sislian, e-v-p of aftermarket sales & strategy with Bombardier, Elisabeth Sass, s-v-p for Rolls-Royce Deutschland's Bombardier account, and Melvyn Heard, general manager of GE Aerospace's business aviation division. © Curt Epstein/AIN

Over the four years since the Covid pandemic, many changes have impacted businesses, with perhaps the most radical being the work-from-home paradigm. How businesses continue to respond to this dynamic was one of the topics discussed in an industry leadership panel on Wednesday at the JetNet iQ Summit in New York City.

“We absolutely had to learn to be a little more flexible and accommodating…and like many manufacturers, the key was keeping our factory running and making sure the people who worked in the factory were safe,” explained Jeannine Haas, Gulfstream Aerospace’s chief marketing officer, adding that it then evaluated the corporate roles that could work from home. “A few things were lost trying to communicate over the screen; it’s just not quite the same, so we really do appreciate the in-person time.”