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Voices of
Aviation
The anecdotes in this feature were adapted from conversations
held with ISTAT board member Peter Negline as part of the
ISTAT Podcast at istat.org/istat-online.

Kimberly Higgins Bergin
Senior Consultant at AVITAS Inc.
ISTAT Certified Senior Appraiser
*Aired on 1 October 2020

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* T H E O F F I C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N O F I S TAT

On what inspired her to
pursue aviation:
I was a young university student about
to finish my history degree when a
friend recommended I read a book
because it was a wonderful love story.
The author happened to be a pilot, and
the way he wove writing about flying
into his book made me intrigued and
want to learn to fly. A couple years
later, I got my pilot's license and had
been working a couple entry-level,
not-going-anywhere jobs that weren't
in the industry, and decided I wanted
to work in aviation - but I didn't really

want to be a commercial pilot. I started
looking around for a job to do with
aviation and stumbled upon an ad in
the newspaper - which may date me
a bit. I faxed my resume to the number,
got a call and went in to interview with
a gentleman named Doug Kelly, who
decided to hire me as a new assistant
for the valuations department at
AVITAS. I was very interested in what
they were doing, and I asked a lot of
questions. Doug took note of that and,
after a few months, he realized that
maybe I could do a little more, and he
gave me a test to appraise a couple of



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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021

ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021
From the President
News & Events
Perspectives: Q&A With Abdol Moabery
Voices of Aviation
On the Rise
ISTAT Foundation
Appraisal: Boeing 737-900ER and Airbus A321-200
At a Glance: Joel Wagner
From the Vault: Favorite Moments from the Past Five Years
Advertiser Index
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Intro
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Cover2
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 1
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - From the President
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 3
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 4
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 5
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ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 7
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - News & Events
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 9
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Perspectives: Q&A With Abdol Moabery
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ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Voices of Aviation
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ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - On the Rise
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ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 33
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - ISTAT Foundation
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 35
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Appraisal: Boeing 737-900ER and Airbus A321-200
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 37
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 38
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 39
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - At a Glance: Joel Wagner
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 41
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - From the Vault: Favorite Moments from the Past Five Years
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - 43
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Advertiser Index
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Cover3
ISTAT Jetrader - Spring 2021 - Cover4
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