Lee Ann Shay

Executive Editor, Business Aviation & MRO

Chicago, IL

Summary

As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week's coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.

She won the World Leadership Forum’s Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards in 2009 (propulsion category) and in 2002 (maintenance category), and has been a finalist in other years. In 2017, Lee Ann won the Aerospace Media Awards' Best Future Tech submission.

She holds a B.A. in English and political science from Luther College and an M.A. in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.

 

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Articles

By Lee Ann Shay
Two leasing companies plan to start implementing a system geared toward automating and digitizing critical parts of aircraft lease transitions.
Business Aviation

By Lee Ann Shay
Although Airbus has withdrawn its proposed royalty fees on MRO invoices, the issue of how OEMs will protect their IP is far from resolved.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Mark Yerger, vice president of material management at FedEx Express, talks about material tactics to keep the cargo carrier’s 686-aircraft fleet on schedule.
MRO