Northwest Airlines

• The organization promoted Bradley Saxe and Steve Lenderman to Co-CEO for Goldbergs Group.
• Goldbergs Group Founder and former CEO Wayne Saxe remains with the company as Chairman of the Board.
• “I am honored to step into this new role with Goldbergs Group and to work alongside Steve to drive our enterprise into an exciting future of growth and evolution,” said Bradley Saxe, Co-CEO for Goldbergs Group.
• “Goldbergs Group is a proven leader in the food and beverage space and I am delighted to build on its legacy with Bradley,” said Steve Lenderman, Co-CEO for Goldbergs Group.

• Earlier that year, Earhart had flown as an observer on a Northwest Airways winter flight across the U.S., testing the possibilities of a “Northern Transcontinental” route.
• Meanwhile, the ecosystem of air travel has grown more elaborate, often leaving passengers squirming in their seats on the tarmac before or after flight.
• Coast-to-coast air travel is in a rut – but there are still efforts to improve this mode of transit.

Just another ordinary miracle

• Transcontinental air journeys are clearly different 90 years after Earhart’s record-breaking exploratory flights: Travelers now take such trips for granted, and often find them to be pure drudgery.
• In 2018, travel blogger Ravi Ghelani reviewed in minute detail a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Seattle – roughly the same northern route that Earhart explored in 1933.
• But for Ghelani, seated in first class, it wasn’t the terrain or frigid temperatures that were the most cumbersome part of his adventure.

Little indignities multiply

• The high-risk adventure of air travel has been subdued, yet long flights today can paradoxically feel torturous.
• As philosopher Michael Marder puts it in his 2022 book “Philosophy for Passengers”: “When crew members wish passengers a ‘pleasant journey,’ I hear a dash of cruel irony in their words.
• Still, it’s worth noting that the majority of the human population has never boarded an airplane; flying cross-country remains a relatively exclusive experience.

2 futures of cross-country flight

• Where are the new frontiers for transcontinental flight today?
• One area of innovation is in a greener form of flight.
• Theirs is the high-flying equivalent of the Tesla electric sports car.” Solar Impulse was more recently reconfigured as a remotely piloted aircraft, with new experiments in long-distance solar flight underway.
• These are two starkly different visions of coast-to-coast flight, one a dystopian nightmare and the other a utopian dream.

• DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Derek Kerr and Jennifer Sampson have been appointed to the Comerica Incorporated Board of Directors, effective Feb. 28, 2023.
• Kerr serves as the Vice Chair and Strategic Advisor of Texas-based American Airlines Group Inc. (AAG), and the President of American Eagle.
• Sampson is the McDermott-Templeton President and CEO of the not-for-profit United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.
• "Both Derek and Jennifer will bring specific skills, experiences and areas of knowledge to our Board," said Curt Farmer, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Comerica Incorporated.

• DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBS Software , a leading SaaS solutions provider to the travel industry globally, has appointed Dr. Theresa Wise to its Board of Directors.
• The IBS Software Board now comprises eight Directors, of which six are Independent Directors.
• Wise brings a wealth of experience and expertise to IBS Software having led multiple major technology and digital transformation efforts, with a particular focus on customer-centric integration programs.
• "IBS Software has impressed me with its single-minded devotion to helping its customers evolve and grow through cutting-edge digital technology.