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Share Your Covid Story with the aviation community. Send us your story in a short video or audio file, in writing or photos and inspire millions of others.

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Greta Adlyte

Pilot Greta: what is it like to be a freshly licensed aviator amid pandemic?

The pilot Greta Adlyte shares her bumpy COVID-19 experience in brief....

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Maria Pandolfi

Maria’s story: from dentist to flight attendant and back again

Certified dentist and flight attendant Maria Pandolfi, 27, shares how she manages to combine both professions as she nav...

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Flight Attendant Week
Romina Ciut

Flight attendant Romina in maternity leave limbo: “The virus had a huge impact”

Stewardess Romina had been flying for a decade. But during the pandemic, her employer closed its base in Rome, leaving h...

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The Covid crisis wreaked havoc on aviation, changing the lives of hundreds of thousands people in the industry. As the vaccine rollout begins and we can start to see the end of the tunnel in sight, it is important to document the memories of recent months. My Covid Story will share memories and experiences from the time of the pandemic and will highlight a wide variety of stories from across the industry, ranging from ordinary life to some inspirational and unexpected tales. The challenges, the heartache, the life changing experiences, the good, the bad and everything in between.

You never know who you will help by sharing your experience.

2020 was one for the books. Share your experience, whatever it is, with the aviation community as we support each other through these extraordinary times.

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Flight Attendant Week
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Precious’s Story: From cabin crew to pilot and COVID-19 philanthropist

From waitress, to cabin crew, to pilot, Precious Sibalo’s inspiring journey to the cockpit began with turbulence b...

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Flight Attendant Week

Rochelle’s story: from Emirates cabin crew to soap business in Philippines

Emirates stewardess Rochelle shares how she managed to open her zero-waste soap refill business in the Philippines durin...

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Corporate Pilot Kristupas: “It’s time to take advantage of new opportunities”

While commercial aviation struggles to overcome pandemic restrictions, pilot Kristupas Sulija believes that new prospect...

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Paul’s story: pilot secrets help NHS staff during COVID-19

Pilot Paul Green lost his dream job in aviation, but took the unique skills and knowledge gained while flying and applie...

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Captain Ali’s story: from Airbus joystick to laundry business

Ali Andoko, the Captain of Airbus A330 at Asiana Airlines, lost the job in the airline but opened his own laundry servic...

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Alessandro’s story: from ground staff to ambulift truck driver

Alessandro Moratti devoted 16 years of life working for a single airline. After losing the job, he found employment assi...

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Corporate Pilot Kristupas: “It’s time to take advantage of new opportunities”

While commercial aviation struggles to overcome pandemic restrictions, pilot Kristupas Sulija believes that new prospect...

#MyCovidStory
(4)

Paul’s story: pilot secrets help NHS staff during COVID-19

Pilot Paul Green lost his dream job in aviation, but took the unique skills and knowledge gained while flying and applie...

#MyCovidStory

Captain Ali’s story: from Airbus joystick to laundry business

Ali Andoko, the Captain of Airbus A330 at Asiana Airlines, lost the job in the airline but opened his own laundry servic...

#MyCovidStory

Alessandro’s story: from ground staff to ambulift truck driver

Alessandro Moratti devoted 16 years of life working for a single airline. After losing the job, he found employment assi...

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Rachel’s Story: Grounded flight attendant wins Project Wingman award

Flight attendant Rachel Thorn might have had her wings clipped, but her outstanding service to the NHS granted her a Pro...

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Quo Vadis Aviation Training?

Anca Gosling has spent almost 11 years in aviation. She calls the past year a wake-up call for learning and development...

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International Pilots' Day
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From Boeing 737 to tactical freighter: commercial pilot turns military aviator

Mindaugas Zidonis was a commercial aviation pilot who made a sharp turn in his career and became a military aviator. &nb...

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International Pilots' Day
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Aviator Jack's story: from barista to twin-engine pilot in Australia

A British pilot Jack Stott-Sugden in the vast Australian outback reveals how the pandemic has helped his fledgling pilot...

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International Pilots' Day
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Pandemic challenge: Norwegian Captain rejoins Dutch Air Force

Franck de Groot, Boeing 777/787/737NG Captain, discloses what he had experienced amid the global pandemic and what...

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International Pilots' Day
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Captain Andreea turns author of book dedicated for children

Captain Andreea Litescu has been a pilot for ten years. Now she is using her aviation experience to write a book de...

International Pilots' Day
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Women in Aviation
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Divya Manchanda:“It's always been a quest for learning new things”

Divya Manchanda - a pilot at Jet Airways who believes that one should never stop learning...

International Pilots' Day
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Women in Aviation

Sneha Sharma: IndiGo captain and international racing champion

Going against the odds, Sneha Sharma has carved out an impressive career in India, a country that boasts the highes...

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International Pilots' Day
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Emirates Captain Joerg starts coaching consultancy in Dubai

Emirates pilot Joerg Hartmann shares details about his 33-year career in aviation and explains how the global pandemic h...

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IT engineer on a bumpy road to a pilot’s seat

Gurinder Singh, 27, has spent his life either dreaming about aviation or working in the sector. But a two-prolonged cris...

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Karla’s story: from flight attendant to teacher…and back again

22-year-old Karla Daniela Fuertes Casañas recalls what it is like to be a flight attendant during the COVID-19 pa...

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Space

China’s historic Shenzhou-12 manned mission takes off

 China launched a manned spacecraft Shenzhou-12 to earth orbit in a historic mission to build its own space station...

Space

China to send humans to space after 5 years gap

China will send taikonauts to work on the upcoming space station in the country's first crewed space mission followi...

Space

Seat on Bezos‘ New Shepard flight sells for $28 million

An anonymous benefactor will pay $28 million for an inaugural flight on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship....

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Stewardess Jordan: “The virus took my true love and my purpose overnight"

Flight attendant Jordan shares what obstacles she had to hurdle when her wings were sadly clipped from the time of the p...

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Aeronautics professor on his challenging 23-hour journey home during covid

MIT Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ed Crawley shares his experience of taking a 23-hour journey home from Sou...

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Flight attendant Mara finds success in financial advisory: “I’m saving lives”

Former flight attendant and now a financial consultant Mara says that sometimes to get a breakthrough one has to take a...

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Flight attendant Goda returns to her dream job, shares hope for o

Flight attendant Goda returns to her dream job, shares hope for others

After a year spent on the ground, flight attendant Goda received an unexpected call ‒she received a second chance for ta...

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Stewardess falls in love with a stray dog, flies it across border

Stewardess falls in love with a stray dog, flies it across borders

While some people found air travel during the pandemic challenging, flight attendant Dominika decided to adopt a dog fro...

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Couple’s journey: from Emirates cabin crew to honey business

Couple’s journey: from Emirates cabin crew to honey business

Violeta and her husband were both Emirates flight attendants. After losing their jobs, the couple started selling honey...

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VIP flight attendant: how to keep your wings despite double crisi

VIP flight attendant: how to keep your wings despite double crisis?

VIP flight attendant Anastasia was hit by a crisis twice in a row. Despite it, she shows determination and says that not...

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Emirates flight attendant: what’s it like living in the city of t

Emirates flight attendant: what’s it like living in the city of the future?

The Emirates flight attendant Karla shares what lesson she has learned during 7 years spent while being based in Dubai....

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Jess Covid story: from Qatar Airways flight attendant to pilot

Jess Covid story: from Qatar Airways flight attendant to pilot

Jae Won Jess Shin had been working as a flight attendant at Qatar Airways for three years when she decided to make a hug...