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Podcast: Ready 4 Pushback
Episode: Ep. 311 Leading the Future of Airports: AAAE & Airport Ops with Samantha Spencer
Description: Today we're stepping out of the cockpit and into the nerve center of the airport itself. Nik sits down with Samantha Spencer, Operations Manager at South Bend International Airport and leader within the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), to unpack what really happens behind the scenes to keep airports safe, compliant, growing, and ready for every takeoff and landing. From runway geometry and snow operations, to emergency drills, youth outreach, industry career paths, and what AAAE actually does in DC and nationwide — this episode opens the hangar doors on an entire aviation world most pilots never tr...