From a mile away, a sound like cracking lightning began roaring louder and louder to a crescendo of a thunderous boom. All eyes turned toward the F-16 Fighting Falcon piercing through the clear, blue sky over Dannelly Field Air National Guard Base. In the sweltering Alabama heat, thousands of aviators and aviation enthusiasts gathered to… Read more »
On Friday, August 17, Envoy opened its doors to eight lucky aviation enthusiasts for a behind-the-scenes look into the inner workings of an airline, as well as a tour of the American Airlines Training Center in Fort Worth, Texas. For its third year, in conjunction with American and Airlinegeeks.com to celebrate National Aviation Day, Envoy had the pleasure… Read more »
Most full-time working Americans spend about a third of their lifetime sleeping and another third working, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The last 33 percent is spent on education, leisure and family. This blog series is dedicated to our employees who’ve learned to game the system, and combined their time toiling away at work… Read more »
Galveston, Texas. It’s supposed to be muggy and hot. Or so thought Jay Murray, Envoy Vice President of Maintenance, on the day of his Memorial Herman Half-Ironman Triathlon. The 70.3 mile course of swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, biking and running was sopping wet, bitterly cold and endlessly challenging. Yet, he and his wife… Read more »
Remember the scene in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” when the lucky children get their first glimpse of the candy factory – chocolate waterfalls, gum drop trees, marshmallow mushrooms… – and the look on Charlie’s face as he enters Wonka’s world of “Pure Imagination”? That scene was virtually duplicated at Boeing’s Puget Sound assembly… Read more »