“She Slept Peacefully — Until the Captain Screamed: ‘Any Fighter Pilots on Board?!’”

The program had to be practical. It had to include active commercial pilots in its design. It had to focus on actual response capability, not public-relations theater. And she wanted retired military aviators with real operational experience involved at every level, not just as symbolic advisers.

To her surprise, those conditions were accepted.

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