By Samuel Allen, C.M., ACE Airport Operations Manager Construction sites are inherently hazardous situations, but physical risks are only part of the safety equation. Mindset plays an equally important role. In aviation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) identifies five “hazardous attitudes” that impair judgment and increase risk: anti-authority, impulsivity, invulnerability, macho, and resignation. Although developed… Read more »
By Ilona A. Munzer, CEO, Alder Airfield Services High-risk. High-pressure. High-stakes. Airfield construction leaves no margin for error. Yet too often, safety on the Air Operations Area (AOA) is folded into general labor or reduced to a checklist. That’s the problem Alder Airfield Services was built to solve. I came to aviation construction through an… Read more »
A friend recently sent me a link to a New York Times article titled “A Construction Worker’s Suicide Highlights a Wider Crisis” focusing on suicide in the construction industry. She asked if I’d read it and was curious how closely it mirrored what day-to-day life in airfield construction is really like. What struck me most… Read more »
As 2025 came to a close, and as we’ve ventured into these first weeks of 2026, I’ve spent some time reflecting on the year behind us, the people who made it meaningful, and the direction Alder Airfield Services is heading in 2026. This year took us from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to San Antonio… Read more »
As the year winds down, I’m once again amazed at how fast December whizzes past us. We prep for the holidays, blink, and they’re over. One of the things that makes me genuinely happy during that time is writing personalized cards to clients and shipping little tokens of appreciation in the mail. Real cards. Real… Read more »
As Thanksgiving approaches, I’m reflecting on our mission to bring emotional well-being to the construction safety industry—and celebrating the people who make it possible. What we have at Alder Airfield Services is special. We have a community of dedicated professionals who show up every day to ensure safety, efficiency, and care on our nation’s airfields.… Read more »
LinkedIn recently reunited me with my Austrian second cousin, whom I hadn’t seen since childhood. Technology is just wild, isn’t it? We used to play together in my relative’s 300-year-old farmhouse, complete with an attic and an old spindle. Those memories got me thinking about where we come from and how geography, history, and circumstance… Read more »
Halloween has always been my favorite time of year. I love the creativity, the imagination, the chance to transform ordinary spaces into something magical or…spooky. I have scaled back a bit over the years, but I used to go all out. We’re talking full-blown decorations: fog machines, glowing pumpkins, creepy music, the works. There’s something… Read more »
Apparently I’m a morning person. Or at least I’ve become one. When I first started showing up to jobsites in the dark of morning, the sites were pretty much what you’d expect: tired, coffee-clutching men who had been doing this kind of work far longer than I. The airfield is not exactly the kind of… Read more »
On a recent Saturday morning in September, the sun was shining, the air carried a toasty Texas warmth that always encourages me to take more time for reflection … and more coffee. Like my morning brew, my gratitude has felt especially bold, rich (and a little sweet) these days. Not long ago we were celebrating my graduation from Denver International… Read more »