Matthew Goodman:
CLASS OF 1986
West Springfield High SchoolClass of 1986
Springfield, VA
Matthew's Story
I went to George Mason University in Fairfax after HS. Graduated and decided to move West. Landed in California. Went to grad. school at Cal. State Long Beach and got a Master's in Science. Worked as a Rehabilitation Therapist for 7 years in a Psychiatric Hospital. Loved the people, loved the patients, loved the experience! Left the career for a job as a Flight Attendant with United Airlines in 1999. Been flying ever since. Finished another Masters degree, this time in Education. Taught third grade for a year (took a leave from United). Decided to go back to the friendly skies! Started flying as a corporate (private) flight attendant this year on small private jets as well as staying on at United. In 2014 the airlines offered us a buy out post Continental merger, is I grabbed the cash and the "fly for free for life' b...Expand for more
enefit and left to concentrate on the private side. Briefly worked for Gulfstream Aerospace as a Cabin Systems Specialist delivering , at the time, the newest fastest jet to new owners training crew on all the aircraft offered (except the flying part. A year later I was poached by a training vendor. I work now as an Emergency Procedures Instructor in Fort Lauderdale Florida having moved here from Rancho Mirage CA in 2018. I have been
training Flight Attendants, Pilots, Mechanics and principals in all aspects of human factors based emergency procedures for a little over eight years.
I am divorced now after a 17 year relationship. Keep busy etc with church missions to build homes for people who need them, volunteerism and mentoring new corporate Flight Attendants. Drop me a line. It is always nice to hear from people! Matty
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