Apr 28, 2021
Stacey Rudser is Maintenance
Supervisor for Breeze Airways, specializing in Airbus A320
family maintenance. She was the first woman to graduate from the
Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Orlando and earned her A&P
in 2009.
Passionate about diversity in aviation, Stacey serves on the
national Board of Directors for the Association for Women in
Aviation Maintenance (AWAM), chairs the national Scholarship
Program, and is the founder of Central Florida AWAM chapter
#23. She works closely with many industry organizations like
the Aviation Technician Education Council (ATEC) and the
Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) to ensure women are
represented at all levels of the aviation maintenance
industry.
Stacey was inspired to become an advocate after receiving a career changing scholarship through AWAM for UPS Airlines 767 maintenance training. In 2018 she was selected as a recipient of the AMT Magazine Next Gen 40 under 40 award and her greatest honor is the opportunity to serve on the FAA Women in Aviation Advisory Board.
Hear more about Stacey's career path to aviation maintenance as well as the extreme challenges she faced being a woman in the aviation industry.