Breaking the Cockpit Barrier: One Pilot's Fight to Engineer Inclusion into the Military
The Steady State Sentinel di The Steady State
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A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel on height requirements that excluded 44% of women, the first maternity flight suit, and why "truth isn't afraid of transparency."
In her debut as a co-host of the Steady State Sentinel, retired Space Force Colonel Bree Fram joins Lauren Anderson to interview retired Lieutenant Colonel Jessica Ruttenber, a senior pilot with over 3,000 flight hours.
Their conversation explores the effects on combat readiness of hidden barriers, the importance of data over anecdotes, the chilling effect of censorship and erasure of military history (including the Tuskegee Airmen and The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) and why veterans have a duty to speak out.
Lt. Col. Ruttenber shares her journey from being told she was "too short" to fly to becoming a driving force behind the ...