{"id":10652,"date":"2019-01-23T16:59:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T22:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=10652"},"modified":"2019-01-23T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T22:59:27","slug":"women-with-wings-first-officer-ying-liu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2019\/01\/23\/women-with-wings-first-officer-ying-liu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Women With Wings: First Officer Ying Liu"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are\u00a0hundreds of reasons why someone becomes an airline pilot. Some pilots have a long family history of flying planes, while some are the first to jump onto the flight deck. Some are drawn to the prestige of the profession, while others just want to fly like a bird.<\/p>\n

First Officer Ying Liu is a pilot for altruistic reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best part of being a pilot is helping people get to where they\u2019re going,\u201d said Ying. \u201cWhether it\u2019s bringing someone home to their family or taking someone on their first vacation, that\u2019s what aviation is all about; the joy of bringing people together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming to Envoy<\/h3>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

A former Cadet Instructor at L3 Airline Academy, Ying is a newly-minted First Officer with Envoy, based at Chicago O\u2019Hare Airport (ORD) and\u00a0flying the Embraer 175. Ying is unique in that she began her aviation career as a Flight Attendant with American Airlines where she first became interested in flying jets.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ying began her First Officer training in late November 2018 and after seven weeks of intensive studying where she\u00a0learned proper procedures and simulator training, she completed her Initial Operating Experience (IOE) just a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just so real,\u201d said Ying about her IOE. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what to expect going from the sim to a real live flight, but my IOE instructors helped me through every step of the way. However, once the door shut, I became so focused that I completely forgot about the nerves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set up for success<\/h3>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Life for Ying has been moving so fast. She\u2019s got a new job, a new place of work and new coworkers, yet she\u2019s enjoying every minute of it.<\/p>\n

As an Envoy\u00a0Cadet, Ying started earning company seniority before even setting foot in the Envoy training center, which allowed her first dibs on base and aircraft. Ying chose the Embraer 175 because she wants to be on the cutting edge of Envoy\u2019s future with the growing fleet of 76-seater jets.<\/p>\n

Commuting in from Orlando, the Chicago base seemed like a great fit for Ying with the plethora of flights between the two airports. Like most pilots and flight attendants, Ying is sharing a \u201ccrash pad\u201d with some friends, which allows her to be close to the airport and have a place to stay if she can\u2019t make it back to Orlando.<\/p>\n

A pilot is a pilot<\/h3>\n

\"IMG_2784-ying-liu\"<\/a><\/p>\n

First Officer Ying Liu (right) on her first Initial Operating Experience flight with Captain Heather Ulman van Deur (who has since flowed to American Airlines)\u00a0and Flight Attendant Valerie Daniel<\/h5>\n

As far as flying, Ying said she\u2019s had a great experience learning from the Captains with whom she\u2019s flown. They\u2019ve taken her under their wing and offer her all and any advice she needs to become a better pilot.<\/p>\n

On her first trip, Ying had the pleasure of learning from another woman pilot. However, Ying said that as far as flying the aircraft, there are no differences between men and women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all had the same training and have learned the same procedures,\u201d said Ying. \u201cWe\u2019ve all rehearsed these scenarios over and over again. We\u2019ve all dreamed of becoming pilots. The only thing to do is focus on the task at hand and that\u2019s to bring passengers to their destinations safely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Free to fly<\/h3>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ying is still fresh and has a long way to go in her career, but she still appreciates the present. Growing up in a small village in China, Ying said she impresses herself with how far she\u2019s come.<\/p>\n

More than traveling the world or earning a living as a pilot, Ying is looking forward to inspiring other women and foreign pilots. She loves being the shining example of a hard-working woman pilot, and an inspiration to foreign pilots to join a diverse company like Envoy.<\/p>\n

More and more flying will come Ying\u2019s way. She\u2019ll have plenty of opportunity to become a great pilot.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ying\u2019s still enjoying the moment and soaking in every sight and sound of flying for Envoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t help but get excited looking out on a beautiful runway getting ready to take flight,\u201d said Ying. \u201cWhen you hit those thrusts, that\u2019s equivalent to the sound of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are\u00a0hundreds of reasons why someone becomes an airline pilot. Some pilots have a long family history of flying planes, while some are the first to jump onto the flight deck. Some are drawn to the prestige of the profession, while others just want to fly like a bird. First Officer Ying Liu is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":42067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[105,64,66,77,78,144,58,86,51,68,118,493,79,92,87,98,80,82,83,494],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}