BIO
Susan C. Friedenberg started her aviation career in 1970. She has spent the first 15 years of her aviation career flying for American Airlines and then Capitol Air. She has been a corporate flight attendant for the last 29 years flying both as a contract flight attendant with a coast to coast clientele list and as a full time flight attendant for Coca Cola Company, DuPont Aviation and American Standard Companies.
In 1999 Susan started her own training company called "The Corporate Flight Attendant Training Program" and today she teaches her training course in Long Beach, California and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also conducts In-House training classes for clients globally as well as in the US. Susan does consulting within the business aviation industry/community and also does contract flying.
She is committed to raising the standards within business aviation where it pertains to the third crew member. She has been published in numerous business aviation trade journals globally as a pro-active advocate for Corporate Aviation Flight Attendants and lack of FAA regulations where it is applicable to the third crew member on private aircraft. Her professional mission in life is to have the United States Congress implement and pass legislation requiring professional flight attendants on all business aircraft of a specific weight level and seats in addition to all business flight attendants being required to have corporate aircraft specific emergency training and attend yearly recurrent training.
Susan was an active sitting member on the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Flight Attendant Committee in Washington, DC for ten years. She held the position of Scholarship Chairperson for the Flight Attendant Committee for two years. In that time she raised $44,650 in educational scholarships for the corporate flight attendant. She served as the NBAA Flight Attendant Committee Vice Chairperson for one year. She represented Contract Flight Attendants throughout the United States on this committee for five years. She now serves on this national committee in the capacity of an esteemed Advisory Consultant.
Susan was awarded by Women In Corporate Aviation, VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR for 2011.
Susan is an Advisory for Dr. Beau Altman's (Founder of FACTS Training) EASI/ASCERT Training; Executive AirTraveler Safety Instruction and teaches human factors for Dr. Altman's training from time to time. Susan is a monthly contributor and Consultant Editor on corporate aviation flight attendant training and safety issues for business aviation in the international online magazine Blue Sky produced by Newslett Publishing in the UK. Susan is also a frequent contributor and Blog writer for Universal Weather & Aviation in Houston, Texas. She is now a full time writer for a Business Aviation Magazine for new business jet aircraft owners called Business Aviation Advisor. Click onto the hyperlink and then onto the article on the right called:
The Corporate Flight Attendant - Safety & Service
http://issuu.com/businessaviationadvisor/docs/baa_April_2014
She has also been a participant in writing BLOGS for business aviation experts in their respective fields created from Forbes Magazine entitled Forbes Blogs. Susan is highly respected and considered an expert in business aviation. She speaks at various conferences globally on many topics reflective of the professional role of the business aviation flight attendant and safety issues. Susan also actively speaks out about Horse & Carriage tourism/abuse in Philadelphia and is a volunteer for Operation Ava, a no kill animal shelter in Philadelphia. She resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.