Michelle 'Mace' Curran

240 days of the year, you're away from home. So you see these people more than you see your family. So you are in a little bit of a pressure cooker, which means there, of course, will be little personality conflicts. Not everything is perfect all the time. But...

240 days of the year, you're away from home. So you see these people more than you see your family. So you are in a little bit of a pressure cooker, which means there, of course, will be little personality conflicts. Not everything is perfect all the time. But...

240 days of the year, you're away from home. So you see these people more than you see your family. So you are in a little bit of a pressure cooker, which means there, of course, will be little personality conflicts. Not everything is perfect all the time. But...

the environment and the culture there, there's this extreme level of accountability where the standards are laid out to an extreme level and you're taught very specific, precise standards that you need to meet. And every single flight that you fly, you come back in You have a video taken from the ground, like the crowd's perspective. That's a recording.

the environment and the culture there, there's this extreme level of accountability where the standards are laid out to an extreme level and you're taught very specific, precise standards that you need to meet. And every single flight that you fly, you come back in You have a video taken from the ground, like the crowd's perspective. That's a recording.

the environment and the culture there, there's this extreme level of accountability where the standards are laid out to an extreme level and you're taught very specific, precise standards that you need to meet. And every single flight that you fly, you come back in You have a video taken from the ground, like the crowd's perspective. That's a recording.

You have the video from inside your aircraft that shows your airspeed, your altitude, your G-forces, all of that. Every single flight you sit down with all the other pilots and you analyze that and figure out everything that went wrong. and how you can do it better. And there's never a perfect flight.

You have the video from inside your aircraft that shows your airspeed, your altitude, your G-forces, all of that. Every single flight you sit down with all the other pilots and you analyze that and figure out everything that went wrong. and how you can do it better. And there's never a perfect flight.

You have the video from inside your aircraft that shows your airspeed, your altitude, your G-forces, all of that. Every single flight you sit down with all the other pilots and you analyze that and figure out everything that went wrong. and how you can do it better. And there's never a perfect flight.

We had some really good flights, especially on the third year when you're pretty experienced, but there's never a perfect flight. And just having that expectation set that this is what we do every time we're going to look at this. And it doesn't matter who you are on the team, whether you're the boss leading it or you're the person that's your first year.

We had some really good flights, especially on the third year when you're pretty experienced, but there's never a perfect flight. And just having that expectation set that this is what we do every time we're going to look at this. And it doesn't matter who you are on the team, whether you're the boss leading it or you're the person that's your first year.

We had some really good flights, especially on the third year when you're pretty experienced, but there's never a perfect flight. And just having that expectation set that this is what we do every time we're going to look at this. And it doesn't matter who you are on the team, whether you're the boss leading it or you're the person that's your first year.

The expectation is you admit the mistakes you made And we all look at how we can get better from them. So there's this huge level of humility that's built in that I think is people don't expect after they see Hollywood's portrayal of fighter pilots. But that is how we operate on such a high level is no mistakes are brushed under the rug.

The expectation is you admit the mistakes you made And we all look at how we can get better from them. So there's this huge level of humility that's built in that I think is people don't expect after they see Hollywood's portrayal of fighter pilots. But that is how we operate on such a high level is no mistakes are brushed under the rug.

The expectation is you admit the mistakes you made And we all look at how we can get better from them. So there's this huge level of humility that's built in that I think is people don't expect after they see Hollywood's portrayal of fighter pilots. But that is how we operate on such a high level is no mistakes are brushed under the rug.

Everyone's willing to admit them because we realize it's for the betterment of the entire team.

Everyone's willing to admit them because we realize it's for the betterment of the entire team.

Everyone's willing to admit them because we realize it's for the betterment of the entire team.

That's so powerful, that level of accountability and whether that be in business or flying a jet, right? Like just introducing that really high standard. And like you said, it's offering up humility because we all make mistakes. We're going to make mistakes every day, but let's embrace them. Let's roll that tape again and see how we can get better.

That's so powerful, that level of accountability and whether that be in business or flying a jet, right? Like just introducing that really high standard. And like you said, it's offering up humility because we all make mistakes. We're going to make mistakes every day, but let's embrace them. Let's roll that tape again and see how we can get better.