ERA is delighted to announce this year’s inspirational speaker Diana Gomes Da Silva [1]. At 21, Diana became the youngest and first Portuguese female aerobatic pilot and this was followed by a career as a commercial airline pilot flying all over the European skies. Diana was the youngest female Airbus instructor, the youngest female instructor of Airbus in the Middle East, the first aerobatic instructor in the UAE and manager of the biggest UPRT (Upset Prevention and Recovery Training) training programme in the world for Etihad Airway’s flight college.
 
Diana will share with us her experiences as a commercial airline pilot and guide us through a real emergency she had where both engines partially failed. She will also reveal her game-changing philosophy of addressing training, including managing unexpected events and stresses, human factors and computer interfaces, decision-making and communication and the challenges of operating in a multicultural environment.