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Key Takeaways:
David St. George, Executive Director of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE), has announced his retirement.
St. George was a long-standing and foundational member of SAFE, serving as chairman of the board in 2015 before becoming executive director in 2018.
Under his leadership, SAFE experienced exponential growth, increasing to over 8,000 members and becoming a significant force in aviation education and safety.
The SAFE board thanked St. George for his dedicated service and is currently working on a transition plan to appoint a new executive director.
According to organization records, St. George was one of the first members of SAFE, serving as the chairman of the organization’s board of directors in 2015 before being named executive director in 2018.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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