Linda Tavlin has been an aviation communication consultant since April, 1989.  She is a communication specialist in helping the aviation industry communicate its message with expertise in issues including safety, accident investigation, flight standards, manufacturing, security, air traffic and environment, both foreign and domestic.

 

Her knowledge expands beyond the United States and she has worked training carriers, manufacturers, regulators and accident investigators and her expertise has been sought by foreign carriers who’ve experienced the tragedy of an airline crash including Saudi Arabian Airline’s 747 crash in New Dehli in November of 1996, with Swissair prior to their tragedy in September, 1998 and Air France prior to their Concorde tragedy in July, 2000.  She has conducted courses at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aeronautical Academy and teaches in the accident investigation program at the University of Southern California.  Her clients include regulatory agencies and investigative all over the world as well as carriers and manufacturers.

 

Prior to becoming a consultant, Ms. Tavlin was the Director of press and communications for the largest agency at the United States Department of Labor.  With employees numbering over 4,000, she designed, developed and conducted communication projects that helped her agency communicate its message to its customers.

 

Preceding government service Ms. Tavlin produced and hosted a cable television talk show in Southern California in addition to being in the financial and real estate industry.  She graduated from the University of California at Irvine with a bachelor’s degree in social science.