Southwest Section Meeting Report

Report by RHS Treasurer Stacie!

The Utah Air Hearts Chapter (Love their name!) put on a great weekend. Everything went very smoothly and that included any transportation I needed for events and to and from the airport. I also ended up with a fantastic roommate from Palm Springs. All in all I saved a bit of money in the end.

As far as the weekend went, I attended a tour of Salt Lake Center. If you haven’t toured a “Center” it is fascinating. Long ago, I toured SoCal Center in San Diego. Technology has changed a bit since then! In any case, we learned about traffic spacing and flow, where your flight plans go and flight following. Our guide had being working there for 10 years and was a wealth of knowledge.

Next we enjoyed the new Top Gun movie in a brewery. The business meeting was brief. My takeaways were that we need to find really goods ways to report back on our activities (none had been reported for 6months or more by any chapter!), nominate women for pilot of the year (nobody was nominated!) or for any other award. Lastly if we cannot attend events that other chapters put on, let’s offer support even from afar by attending on zoom as that option will now be a normal part of all events moving forward. It is soo much work to put on these fabulous events and it would be sad to see them not happen.

Next we had a wild west themed dinner and the formal banquet. So much fun with minute to win it games, a photo booth, live music and delicious food. I did not attend a few seminars as I had a chance to see some dear friends from when I lived in Salt Lake. I also did not attend the Salt Lake Tower tour as my flight home was at the same time.

We are an amazing organization and I was so glad I was able to connect with so many cool women!

The next event is the Winter Workshop in January in Los Angeles which will focus on Health and Wellness for Women Pilots. If I was going to be here I surely would consider going!

Keep in mind Aloha Chapter is hosting in Fall of 2024... how fun would it be to go to HAWAII Ladies!!