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The article presents the speech "I Saw a Woman Today," given by National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman at the International Women in Aviation Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on March 7, 2014. The speech topics include women in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields, women working in the aviation industry, and women such as Katherine Wilson who graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

The article presents a speech by National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman, "Defying Gravity, Safely and Surely," delivered at The Wings Club in New York City on June 12, 2013 in which she talks about regulating commercial aviation, the NTSB's work in identifying and improving airline safety, and the issue of flight crew fatigue.

The article presents profile of occupational safety professionals who are nominees of the Rising Stars of Safety, Class of 2016 presented by the National Safety Council which includes Jordan Adkisson, Mark Ahner and Sonia Alvarez. It also mentions their role to provide occupational health and safety to industrial workers.

The article presents interviews with several chief executive officers (CEO) in the U.S. They include Gerald Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of DTE Energy, Andrea E. Bertone, president of Duke Energy International, and Carol Johnson, president and CEO of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions. They talk about their safety and health programs, obstacles to safety and the measurement of safety.

The article features the Rising Stars of Safety, Class of 2015 of the U.S. nonprofit organization, National Safety Council, which highlights leaders and innovators in safety. Among them are Casey Anderson, environmental safety and health manager at aerospace firm, Lockheed Martin, Julie Barbaro, safety spacialist/safety pillar lead at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) (Chrysler Group), and Jordan Haller, project procurement advisor at oil and gas firm, ExxonMobil Global Services Co.

The article presents several interviews of executives including Michael S. Burke of service firm Aecom, James R. Miller of environment firm Brown & Caldwell, and Jason Pond of industrial constructor Greenberry. Topics include their views on safety as a core of any organization; their efforts to instill safety awareness in employees; and indicators used by them to measure how safe their organizations are.

Information about the public forum called Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Substance-Impaired Driving that was held in May 2012, hosted by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is presented. Topics at the public forum include substance-impaired driving, impaired driving countermeasures, and traffic safety. The forum featured several expert panelists including law enforcement officers, and advocacy groups. INSET: What is the NTSB?.

The article discusses the development of regulations concerning airplane pilot fatigue by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued fatigue-related recommendations since 1981 and the Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act, which requires that the FAA establish rules about flight times, was passed in 2010. The author argues that delays caused by industry executives put passengers in danger.