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EUROCONTROL’s ‘Raising the Aviation Bar’ podcast series explores the stories of the people who are dealing with some of the key challenges aviation is currently facing: managing air traffic growth while fostering sustainability, digital transformation, innovation and more. Our interviews also look at how our interviewees came to work in aviation, and get their take on the very latest sector developments.
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Talking to Charlotte Pedersen
In our latest EUROCONTROL Raising the Aviation Bar podcast, pioneering helicopter pilot, CEO and diversity champion Charlotte Pedersen provides insights into a life-long career in aviation, and what it takes to attract a young generation to aviation. Born on the Danish island of Bornholm, Charlotte became the first female pilot in the Royal Danish Air Force in 1989, and served for many years as a helicopter search and rescue pilot. She worked at the Civil Aviation Authority in Luxembourg as a flight operations inspector, and later became CEO of Luxaviation Helicopters. She is currently the Founder and CEO of advisory company Pegasus Consilium SarL and serves among others, as a Member of the Board to WizzAir and Air Greenland. Drawing on her own experience she stresses the enormous potential for exciting opportunities the sector has to offer and hopes in particular to reach a young generation with her story.