Giving Back is Part of Good Business: We build companies because we want to make a real difference. Every entrepreneur wishes to significantly improve things for their prospective customers and within their industries. But, once we have attained a certain level of business success, it is important to be able to give back to the wider community, so it can also benefit from our hard-earned success.
The initial UAS CARES ‘Share to Care Program’ saw myself and some of my employees volunteer to provide and distribute food parcels to some 1,500 laborers at Sonapur Labor Camp in Dubai throughout Ramadan. Since the Holy Month is the time when the less fortunate are foremost in our thoughts, it was the ideal time to make a donation of money and time to circulate some goodwill and see the direct impact that our efforts were making. It turned out to also be an incredible learning experience for me personally.
We received a great welcome from the workers when we arrived. Despite the basic living conditions at the camp, the place was kept clean and was noticeably well cared for. I was impressed with how well the workers organized cooking cycles in their huge shared kitchen to ensure everyone got an adequate amount of time and space. The camaraderie amongst the workers is remarkable. As we began giving out food parcels, I noticed they appointed a single representative per group to ensure more efficiency and speed in the distribution. This high level of collaboration really impressed me, as did their humbleness and patience.
I had the opportunity to speak to men whose work is extremely physically demanding and who are often separated from their families for two years at a time. Being open to constant learning is crucial for business success and spending time with laborers so far from their homes helped me empathize with them better and this, in turn, made me feel even more thankful that I have those I love close to me.
Finally, it was great to mix with my employees outside of the office environment and see that their enthusiasm for their work extended to their volunteering activities. I’m also hoping that leading by example as UAS CEO will inspire more people to get involved in voluntary work in the future, so they too can enjoy the blessings of knowing that they are contributing to a significant change in the world. With UAS CARES, we will continue to plan and execute voluntary activities to ensure we constantly reinvest in our communities.
Take a look at our short video of UAS at Sonapur Labor Camp, Dubai
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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