One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning.

I think it's become an economic necessity for people to be able to learn and grow throughout their lives, because most people can't get through their entire career with one skill set. We have to keep reinventing ourselves.

Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.