RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA)Invites you to its meeting, October 15, 2025,at 11 am atChrist Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT. The program will also be shown on Zoom at https://bit.ly/30IBj21 and on local cable channels 24 (Verizon) and 79 (Optimum)
Christine Negroni
“Don’t Wear Leggings on an Airplane and Other Lessons from Unhappy Landings”
(Note: This talk will be presented via Zoom which may be viewed either in Parish Hall or remotely)
This 30-minute presentation is a humorous and empowering look at the tremendous advances in aviation safety over the years, explaining how we arrived at a time when the vast majority of air accidents are survivable. Aviation got to this stellar level of safety through intentional effort. From enhanced communication to checklists to pre and post-flight briefings, these flying lessons can be applied throughout our personal and professional lives.
Christine Negroni has the distinction of working in three often reviled fields. For most of her career she has been a journalist, or an “enemy of the American people,” as one U.S. President characterizes the profession. And for eight years she worked for lawyers as chief of investigations for air accidents and aviation-related terrorism. Then there was the time she got close to government work while serving on an FAA advisory committee planning new rules for airlines.
She began her career as a television correspondent and worked at CBS, CNN and ABC where she still participates as a “talking head” during coverage of air disasters. She writes about the aviation industry for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, and Slate among others.
Her book, The Crash Detectives, is a New York Times best seller. Her previous book, Deadly Departure was a New York Times Notable book. She is presently writing her third book, a memoir titled - Don’t Wear Leggings on an Airplane - and Other Lessons From Unhappy Landings
During the Obama administration she was interviewed for a White House nomination to the National Transportation Safety Board. And though she does not claim to have worked in politics, she cannot rule out entering a 4th odious profession in the future.
Our next speaker, on October 22, will be Marc Wortman, author, on “Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00 am. For additional information see https://greenwichrma.org.
