Gail Mancuso Jensen Gail
began working during the summers for the family business after graduation from high school. She experience the thrill of her first
solo flight in a Cessna 150 at Deer Park Airport.Each summer, while attending Kutztown State college in Pennsylvania, she continued to work for Mid Island. In 1976, she graduated with a B.S. in Art Education, certified to teach K-12. In 1978 she had the opportunity to fill in for an art teacher on leave at Hauppauge High School and taught courses as diverse as fashion illustration and jewelry making. After graduation, she began to work full time at Mid Island's Brookhaven Airport location as the flight school dispatcher. She earned her Private Pilot's Certificate in February 1980 and in the Fall of that year, she attended a 200 hours, FAA Aircraft Dispatcher, training course and successfully completed this certificate. From 1981 until 1987 she worked at LaGuardia Airport for New York Air, a regional airline, which operated MD-80’s and Boeing 737’s. She began as a dispatcher and not long after, was promoted to Flight Control Manager, responsible for overseeing the operation of 35 aircraft and a staff of ten dispatchers. When Continental and NY Air merged, the dispatch office was relocated to Houston and Gail came back to the family business. (But not before spending a month in the South Pacific) Acting as General Manager of the Islip branch and VP of the company, Gail is grateful that Lou, has generously made her a quarter partner in the business, founded by their father. She is an avid reader and loves to travel. She is gradually working towards her goal of visiting all seven continents. Back |
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