Bobi Pike-Oates

U.S. Air Force

Retired Air Force Senior Master Sergeant, aircraft maintenance pioneer

The story

“Unfortunately they set a lot of girls up to fail when they started putting girls in maintenance.”
Hear it at 3:51
“A state trooper friend of mine had spent four years in the Air Force and said, ‘Why don't you join the Air Force?’”
Hear it at 10:43
“I’d have to work three times as hard to prove myself, but that’s what I did.”
Hear it at 20:32
“I asked, are we going to learn how to write resumes? ‘It's in your book.’ Okay. So this is like useless.”
Hear it at 32:49
“They were saying you should be planning 10 years out before you retire. And at my 10 year point, I'm in the middle of my career.”
Hear it at 33:31
“A vast number of those who do commit suicide have never reached out.”
Hear it at 51:30
“It’s not about you. It’s about a bigger calling. It’s taking care of our nation.”
Hear it at 56:56