Lee Ann Shay

Executive Editor, Business Aviation & MRO

Washington, DC

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
MRO Coopesa expects to resume constructing new hangars soon, after recently receiving Costa Rica government permits to run water to the facility.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Technical operations groups at American and United are making positive major changes behind the scenes. They might not grab as many headlines, but they should.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Integrating fleets and MRO processes proves challenging for American Airlines Tech Ops after merger with US Airways, but progess is being made.
MRO