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WOMEN IN AVIATION
AVIATION FUEL

HONOURING EMILY A FUELLING

MILESTONE

mily Howell Warner, a woman of many firsts in the avia-

Eti on industry, including the fi rst woman hired as a pilot by
a US commercial airline and the first female commercial captain,

died July 3 in Littleton, in Denver, USA. She was 80 years old.

Warner was the first woman member of the Air Line Pilots

Association, the largest pilots union in the world and the

leader of the first all-female commercial flight crew. She is

an inducted member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame in

Dayton, Ohio and is included in the Smithsonian National Air
and Space Museum.
“When she was hired, I was so gung-ho,” said Maggie Po-
dunovich, a long-time friend and former Frontier Airlines flight

attendant. “I was like, ‘You go girl!’ ”

Podunovich, who worked many flights with Warner during

their careers, described her flying friend as an aviation trailblaz-

er. “She opened doors for so many women across the country.”
Warner was born on October 30, 1939, along with her twin
sister, Eileen, to John and Emily Hanrahan, according to the

National Aviation Hall of Fame. Her parents also had four sons.

Emily attended Holy Family high school and went to work

at the May Co. department store. Mulling over a career as a
stewardess in 1957, the young woman, who had never flown,

booked a round-trip flight to Gunnison. On the way home, she

was invited into the cockpit.
“I looked out that front window and it just hit me,” Warner
told The Denver Post in 2014, the year of her aviation hall of innovative systems such as Airfield Automation

fame induction. “It’s so beautiful looking out of the front win- that prevent the possibility of mis-fuelling is a

dow instead of looking out of the sides.” nternational aviation fuel products and ser- welcome addition. The printed dockets are an

A pilot on the flight overheard her excited chatter in the cabin Ivices supplier Air bp has passed a milestone added benefit which again helps remove errors

and he encouraged her to take flying lessons. “To which I said, of 250,000 fuellings using its Airfield Automa- in documentation.”

‘Gee, can a girl take flying lessons?’ ” tion digital technology. “We are pleased to have reached this mile-

The rest, as they say, is history. Q The fuelling milestone took place in Adelaide, stone and I am delighted to hear the positive
feedback from our customers globally. We
Australia, when the business supplied Jet A-1 to look forward to extending the roll out across
The Royal Flying Doctor Service. hub airports in the coming months. With this

Using a cloud-based platform, Air bp is the new technology, we are playing our part in
NEWS first commercially deployed system in the helping to ensure that the fuelling process is

world to provide an engineering barrier to ac- fast, efficient and safe. Mis-fuelling is one of

tively help prevent mis-fuelling. It consolidates the biggest risks we face in our industry. Our

the data related to airport fuelling operations

ASIA PACIFIC COUNTRIES TAKE A HIT and works via an app on a handheld device in global solution is good news for our customers
and good news for our industry,” said Air bp
the fuelling vehicle.
Since launching in May 2018, Airfield technical director Kerry Rutherford.

The ‘safe2go’ app captures fuel volume
In a July statement, IATA’s regional in 2020 and Australia’s by (US) $14.8 bil- Automation has been rolled out to 145 Air readings and provides fuel grade checks to add

vice-president for Asia-Pacific, Conrad lion. Over the same period, IATA expects bp network locations in 18 countries on four an additional mis-fuelling barrier. It then elec-

apan, Australia, India and South Clifford said governments in the Asia-Pa- the revenue impacts on India and South conti nents. tronically captures customer details which are

JKorea are the Asia-Pacifi c countries cific region need to facilitate the restart Korea to be (US) $11.6 billion and (US) Since the start of the year, new sites have confirmed with an electronic signature from

that will see the worst revenue impact of air connectivity in line with ICAO’s $11.1 billion respectively. also gone live in Norway, Sweden and the UK. the pilot or airline representative. By using this

from the Covid-19 pandemic, running guidance on measures to mitigate the The industry body has predicted that Before many aircraft were grounded due to automated, end-to-end, paperless system, ac-

into tens of billions of US dollars, IATA public health risk. most Asia-Pacific countries will lose the Covid-19 pandemic, Air bp was completing curacy is enhanced and any potential mistaken
has predicated. He said, “It will take a few years for around half of passenger demand in around 1,000 fuellings per day globally with errors minimised.

In providing a country-by-country the industry to get back to 2019 levels 2020 compared with 2019, though the some 20% using airfield automation. Aside from the enhanced safety barriers, air-

breakdown, IATA reiterates its June fore- of activity. In the interim, governments revenue impact varies across countries. Designed to enhance safety, reliability and craft operators also benefit from faster, more
will need to continue providing financial

cast that Asia-Pacific, as the first region relief and assistance to airlines as well as Cirium schedules data indicated that compliance in airport fuelling operations, Air comprehensive and more accurate fuelling and

to feel the impact of Covid-19, will suffer flexibility in slot usage. Australia, India and Japan are among bp’s technology has been well received by delivery data.

the largest loss this year: (US) $29 billion the 10 largest domestic markets across operators who have reported increased speed It is anticipated that the majority of Air bp’s

“We are also working with airports and

or (US) $30.09 per passenger. air navigation service providers to iden- Asia-Pacific countries. and efficiency in fuelling. Customers have not- planned 350 Airfield Automation locations will

The same forecast estimates that Eu- tify areas of co-operation with a view to Nearly 40% of the seat capacity cut in ed improved turnaround times and enhanced be fully operational by the end of 2020.

rope will take a (US) $21.5 billion hit and reducing costs for airlines.” Japan during the first half of the year was accuracy in fuelling. In the future, Air bp will continue to develop

North America (US) $23.1 billion, against from its domestic network. This figure Damien Heath, head of flying operations the system by providing extra digital services

a global loss of (US) $84.3 billion. IATA forecasts that Japan’s revenue will stood at 74% for Australia, 69% for India, for RFDS central operations said, “Safety and for customers such as improved back-office

decline by (US) $23.9 billion year on year and 13% for South Korea. Q reliability are critical to RFDS providing care in processes by accelerating reconciliation of

South Australia and the Northern Territory, so invoices with delivery receipts. Q
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