CMG Urban Professional Series Interview With Lateef Battle Federal Express Boeing 757 CaptainEducation
Lateef Jacobson Battle, Captain
Education
Work Experience 1993 Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Bachelor of Science/Airway Science
Nov 2005 – present – Federal Express
July 2017-present Captain 767
Nov 2015 – July 2017 Captain, Boeing 757
Nov 2008 – October 2015, 1st Officer, Airbus 300/310
June 2005 – November 2005 – Continental
1st Officer, Boeing 737
April 2003 – June 2005 – American Trans Air
1st Officer, Boeing 757
March 1999 – January 2002 – USAirways
1st Officer, DC-9, Boeing 737
January 1996 – March 1999 – Trans States Airlines
1st Officer Jetstream 3200, Captain Jetstream 3200
Community Service
2016 – 2017 – Male Involvement Chairperson, Miami – Dade County PTSA
2014 – present – Male Involvement Chairperson, Frank C Martin PTSA
2016 – Aviation Career Enrichment Camp Volunteer – Florida Memorial University
2012 – Room Parent – Frank C Martin K-8 Center
Various Career Days and Speaking Engagements with Youth
Awards
2016 Father of the Year – Trayvon Martin Foundation
2015-2016 – Volunteer Award – Frank C Martin PTSA
2016 – Bravo Zulu Award – Federal Express
Membership
1994 – present -Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP)
Black Pilots Association (BPA)
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Chair – Omega Youth Program
Keeper of Peace
South Florida Hampton University Alumni Chapter
University Alumni Chapter