As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt lives, communities, and economies around the world, it is clear that 2020 will go down in history as one of the most tumultuous and tragic years ever. More than 1.3 million people have died of COVID-19 to date, and there have been more than 56 million confirmed cases worldwide. The impacts have been felt everywhere, and the effects are unlikely to fade any time soon. In commercial aviation, most observers predict it could be 2024 or 2025 before air travel recovers to pre-pandemic levels.
But the year has not been totally bleak. Throughout the pandemic, individuals and communities have banded together to come to the aid of those most in need. In aviation, which has a long history of competitors working together to drive safety performance improvements, cooperation has reached historic levels. Diverse international stakeholders from numerous disciplines have jointly developed new processes, procedures and technologies to protect emp…
